Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards 2015

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Sense of Place category: photo by Tom Roe. Project: Kandalama Hotel. Architect: Geoffrey Bawa. Taken in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

Sense of Place category: photo by Tom Roe. Project: Kandalama Hotel. Architect: Geoffrey Bawa. Taken in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Image: Tom Roe

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Buildings in Use category: photo by Tan Lingfrei. Project: Yick Cheong Building. Architect: Public housing development. Taken in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.

Buildings in Use category: photo by Tan Lingfrei. Project: Yick Cheong Building. Architect: Public housing development. Taken in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. Image: Tan Lingfrei

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Exteriors category: photo by Su Shengliang. Project: Long Museum West Bund. Architect: Atelier Deshaus. Taken in Shanghai, China.

Exteriors category: photo by Su Shengliang. Project: Long Museum West Bund. Architect: Atelier Deshaus. Taken in Shanghai, China. Image: Su Shengliang

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Exteriors category: photo by Laurian Ghinitoiu. Project: Philharmonic Hall. Architect: Estudio Barozzi & Veiga. Taken in Szczecin, Poland.

Exteriors category: photo by Laurian Ghinitoiu. Project: Philharmonic Hall. Architect: Estudio Barozzi & Veiga. Taken in Szczecin, Poland. Image: Laurian Ghinitoiu

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Exteriors category: photo by Grant Smith. Project: Bethel Secondary School. Architect: Article 25. Taken in Gourcy, Burkina Faso.

Exteriors category: photo by Grant Smith. Project: Bethel Secondary School. Architect: Article 25. Taken in Gourcy, Burkina Faso. Image: Grant Smith

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Exteriors category: photo by Doublespace. Project: Universite Ibn Zohr de Laayoune. Architect: Regroupement d'Architectes El Kabbaj. Taken in Laayoune, Morocco.

Exteriors category: photo by Doublespace. Project: Universite Ibn Zohr de Laayoune. Architect: Regroupement d’Architectes El Kabbaj. Taken in Laayoune, Morocco. Image: Doublespace (Amanda Large and Younes Bounhar)

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Exteriors category: photo by Christopher Frederick Jones. Project: Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Architect: Cox Rayner Architects. Taken in Gold Coast, Queensland.

Exteriors category: photo by Christopher Frederick Jones. Project: Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Architect: Cox Rayner Architects. Taken in Gold Coast, Queensland. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones

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Interiors category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: Tranfor. Architect: Pedro Gadanho + CVDB. Taken in Torres Vedras, Portugal.

Interiors category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: Tranfor. Architect: Pedro Gadanho + CVDB. Taken in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Image: Fernando Guerra

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Interiors category: photo by Mark Gorton. Project: the Leadenhall building. Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Taken in London, England.

Interiors category: photo by Mark Gorton. Project: the Leadenhall building. Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Taken in London, England. Image: Mark Gorton

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Interiors category: photo by Su Shengliang. Project: Long Museum West Bund. Architect: Atelier Deshaus. Taken in Shanghai, China.

Interiors category: photo by Su Shengliang. Project: Long Museum West Bund. Architect: Atelier Deshaus. Taken in Shanghai, China. Image: Su Shengliang

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Interiors category: photo by Inigo Bujedo Aguirre. Project: Living-Garden House. Architect: KWK PROMES Robert Konieczny. Taken in Katowice, Poland.

Interiors category: photo by Inigo Bujedo Aguirre. Project: Living-Garden House. Architect: KWK PROMES Robert Konieczny. Taken in Katowice, Poland. Image: Inigo Bujedo Aguirre

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Interiors category: photo by Mads Mogenson. Project: Refugi dil fieu. Architect: AAM Architektin. Taken in Flims, Switzerland.

Interiors category: photo by Mads Mogenson. Project: Refugi dil fieu. Architect: AAM Architektin. Taken in Flims, Switzerland. Image: Mads Mogenson

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Sense of Place category: photo by Ieva Saudargaite. Project: JBR Beachside and public beach. Architect: Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. Taken in Dubai, UAE.

Sense of Place category: photo by Ieva Saudargaite. Project: JBR Beachside and public beach. Architect: Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. Taken in Dubai, UAE. Image: Ieva Saudargaite

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Sense of Place category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: Parque Natural do Fogo. Architect: OTO Arquitectos. Taken in Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.

Sense of Place category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: Parque Natural do Fogo. Architect: OTO Arquitectos. Taken in Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde. Image: Fernando Guerra

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Sense of Place category: photo by Ryan Koopmans. Project: De Rotterdam. Architect: Rem Koolhaas OMA. Taken in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Sense of Place category: photo by Ryan Koopmans. Project: De Rotterdam. Architect: Rem Koolhaas OMA. Taken in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Image: Ryan Koopmans

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Sense of Place category: photo by Grant Smith. Project: Bethel Secondary School. Architect: Article 25. Taken in Gourcy, Burkina Faso.

Sense of Place category: photo by Grant Smith. Project: Bethel Secondary School. Architect: Article 25. Taken in Gourcy, Burkina Faso. Image: Grant Smith

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Buildings in Use category: photo by Jeremie Souteyrat. Project: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. Architect: SANAA. Taken in Kanazawa, Japan.

Buildings in Use category: photo by Jeremie Souteyrat. Project: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. Architect: SANAA. Taken in Kanazawa, Japan. Image: Jeremie Souteyrat

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Buildings in Use category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: EPFL Quartier Nord. Architect: Richter Dahl Rocha & Associes. Taken in Ecublens, Switzerland.

Buildings in Use category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: EPFL Quartier Nord. Architect: Richter Dahl Rocha & Associes. Taken in Ecublens, Switzerland. Image: Fernando Guerra

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Buildings in Use category: photo by Christopher Frederick Jones. Project: Nudgee College. Architect: M3 Architecture. Taken in Brisbane, Queensland.

Buildings in Use category: photo by Christopher Frederick Jones. Project: Nudgee College. Architect: M3 Architecture. Taken in Brisbane, Queensland. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones

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Buildings in Use category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: Parque Natural do Fogo. Architect: OTO Arquitectos. Taken in Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.

Buildings in Use category: photo by Fernando Guerra. Project: Parque Natural do Fogo. Architect: OTO Arquitectos. Taken in Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde. Image: Fernando Guerra

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Twenty of the year’s best architectural images have been shortlisted by Arcaid for their 2015 awards – the annual Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards. The photographs will be exhibited at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 4-6 November, where the overall winner will be announced.

The awards have four categories – Exteriors, Interiors, Sense of Place, and Building in Use. The judging panel will focus on the photographer’s ability to translate architecture into understandable dimensions, and to explain detail, character and the surrounding environment of a project rather than focus only on the architecture itself.

Judges of the 2015 Arcaid Architectural Photography Awards are Barozzi/Veiga: Barcelona architects, Amy Croft: curator of Sto Werkstatt London, Katy Harris: Foster + Partners, Hufton + Crow: photographers, Ian Moore: Australian architect, Clifford Pearson: deputy editor of Architectural Record and Christine Murray: editor of The Architectural Review. 

The winners will be considered for the Photographer of the Year Award, won last year by Hufton + Crow. 

See the slideshow above for the 20 shortlisted images.


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