The Architectural Photography Awards 2019 announced 24 finalists this week. The annual celebration of the best architectural photography attracted 2,000 entries from 42 countries. For each of the categories Exteriors, Interiors, Sense of Place and Buildings in Use, four finalists have been selected.
The winner will be revealed at the World Architecture Festival Gala on Friday the 6th of December in Amsterdam. The jury that includes John McElgunn, Partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners; Pawel Paniczko, the overall and portfolio category winner of The Architectural Photography Awards 2018 and Ben van Berkel, Principal Architect of UNStudio, will select the winners that receive a $3000 cash prize.
The 16 shortlisted entries for the main categories are:
Exterior
Marco Tagliarino – Generali Tower, Milan, Italy, designed by Zaha HadidSu Zhewei- China Resources Headquarters, Shenzhen, China, designed by Kohn Pedersen FoxLaurian Ghinitoiu – The Twist Museum, Kistefos Sculpture Park, Jevnaker, Norway, designed by Bjarke Ingels GroupAurelien Chen – Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China, designed by Büro Ole Scheeren
Interior
Thomas Knowles – The reflection of the main hall in a glass case at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UKJoris Hoogstede – Grundtvig’s Church, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Peder Jensen-KlintHe Zhenhuan – BingDing Wood Kiln Factory in Qiancheng village, China, designed by AZL ArchitectsVincent Wu – Hill of the Buddha, Makomanai Takino Cemetery Sapporo, Japan, designed by Tadao Ando
Sense of Place
Laurian Ghinitoiu – The Twist Museum, Kistefos Sculpture Park, Jevnaker, Norway, designed by Bjarke Ingels GroupInge Schuster – The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, designed by Amanda LeveteMa ChengRong – Housing in Irkutsk, RussiaMarco de Groot – Aerial view of the Camp Adventure Observation Tower, Gisselfeld Klosters Forest, Denmark, designed by EFFEKT
Buildings in Use
Yi-Hsien Lee – An office building in Tokyo, JapanIn Orbit, an art installation by artist Tomás Saraceno, K21 Ständehaus by Kiessler Architekten in Dusseldorf, GermanyLaurian Ghinitoiu – Skandenberg Square, Tirana, Albania, designed by 51N4EJoan Muñoz Arango – The Vessel, New Your City, USA, designed by Heatherwick Studio
