Architecture & Urban Spaces

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1st classified

Home Alone
by Attila Balogh


Only a single apartment's windows are lit in Tsing Yi district, a densely populated area of Hong Kong, right before sunset.

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2nd classified

Church Ceiling Concrete
by Barbara Schmidt


Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom church has a truly unique architecture, with this concrete ceiling that seems to be an abstraction in reality.

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3rd classified

Security Man
by Martin Seraphin


It was still very early and the Maat Museum was still closed. But the guard was already walking slowly along the building. There was only a narrow path between the building and the river Tejo and my feet got wet taking this shot.

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Honorable mention

Wooden Spiral
by Jacqueline Hammer


This is an upward view of the beautiful wooden spiral staircase at CitizenM hotel in London. It is quite a small staircase and at the top there are several circular lights, a few of which are shown here.

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Clockhouse
by Marcel Van Balken


In a play of light and shadow the building forms an almost surrealistic and abstract decor, reinforced by the apparently disproportionate presence of man.

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Chicago
by Iván Ferrero


A picture taken from a public parking in Chicago. The effect of the train lights, which meet coming from opposite directions, creates this striking visual effect.

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Vortice
by Alberto Caselli


This unique staircase is located inside the Chianti Classico Antinori winery near Florence. The shot captures the moment when a woman is passing.

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Roof architecture
by Eberhard Ehmke


In everyday life it is often the case that people walk past buildings on the street without taking a closer look at them.

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Alex
by Ute Scherhag


The Berlin TV tower on Alexander Place is the tallest building in Germany and at the same time the most distinctive landmark in Berlin.

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The Net and the Gull
by Ignacio Medem


This net is a huge monument near Porto. It is a mobile structure that the wind swings to create beautiful forms. The two seagulls that can be seen in the net give an idea of the majesty of the monument.

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Remarkable Artwork

Looking up
by Maurizio Sartoretto


The stairwell of a building, in this case a hospital, becomes an occasion to combine graphics, architecture and design.

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Remarkable Artwork

la Cattedrale
by Fabio Sartori


The majestic interior of a cooling tower of a geothermal power plant, whilst maintenance operations were carried out during plant shutdown.

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Remarkable Artwork

As-Salt
by Ibrahim Nabeel Salah


For long periods in history As-Salt has been the most important settlement between the Jordan River and the desert to the East. Its golden age was at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, and it is the legacy of this period that makes As-Salt unique in Jordan...

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Remarkable Artwork

The Eye
by Jacqueline Hammer


I took this upward angled view of the beautifully textured curves of the Citizen M hotel staircase in London, including one of the lights to form an eye.

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Remarkable Artwork

City light
by Yunhua Yu


During a night storm, the lights of the skyscrapers of a Chinese metropolis seem to disappear at the presence of the imposing illumination of the sky radiated by a lightning.

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Remarkable Artwork

Follow The Red Line
by Muhammad Almasri


An interesting entrance guides the way into a place called the World of Illusion. The entrance makes you somewhat lose focus, especially when standing in the middle.

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Four of a kind
by Nurlan Tahirli


The Haydar Aliyev Center with its unique, award winning design, is located in the center of Baku. It hosts important exhibitions, events and includes several permanent exhibitions about Azerbaijan.

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Remarkable Artwork

Space Station TLV
by Ilan Shacham


The elevator shaft of the Amot-Atrium building in Ramat-Gan, Israel. The open space, with windows letting light in from the outside, and five elevator shafts side by side, create a sci-fi looking image.

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