The winners of the Chartered Institute of Building’s annual Art of Building competition have been announced. The contest, the world’s largest photography contest featuring buildings and construction projects as works of art, received more than 1,500 entries. These were narrowed down by the judges to a shortlist of 12 before the public had the chance to vote for their favorite online. A favorite of the judges was also chosen.
The Dutch photographer won the Judges’ Choice award for this photo, titled My Own Little Cosmos Within Reach
PARTY JOHN
Winner of the Public Choice award, the Italian photographer titled this shot, taken in Dubai, White Constellation
FRANCESCA POMPEII
Titled Staircase along a retaining wall, this image was taken in the photographer’s hometown of Hong Kong
WILLIAM SHUM
The Ysios winery in Spain’s Rioja Alavesa region provided a spectacular subject for the Bilbao-based photographer
PEDRO LUIS AJURIAGUERRA SAIZ
A Turkish farmhouse is the modest setting for this image, titled Mother and Her Children
MUSA TALASLI
The Dutchman traveled to Italy to take this photo of a colorful but crumbling chapel, which he titled House of God
ROMAIN ROBROEC
The photographer traveled from Beijing to the port city of Qinhuangdao for this image, titled A Lonely Small Pink Church
RONG XU
Forrester, from Yorkshire, draws attention to the contrasting styles in Baku, Azerbaijan, for a snap titled New vs Old Baku
THE FORRESTERS
Scholars In A Cage, showing rows of students in front of their laptops, was taken in Berlin
VINCENZO AVALLON
The Cypriot photographer took this photo, titled Girl With The Red Hat, in the capital, Nicosia
HELENE GEORGIOU
Steam rises in A Man-Made Forest, showing a verdant winter garden in the city-state of Singapore
CHONG BOON WONG