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Art of Building architectural photography competition - the incredible winners

  • <p>The interior of an abandoned power plant in Budapest glows with an eerie green light in this picture that was named as the overall competition winner. (Roman Robroek) </p>
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    Control

    The interior of an abandoned power plant in Budapest glows with an eerie green light in this picture that was named as the overall competition winner. (Roman Robroek)

  • <p>The sharper corners of this building jut towards the camera in Jonathan Walland’s picture, which won the Young Photographer of the Year category. (Jonathan Walland) </p>
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    Overlook

    The sharper corners of this building jut towards the camera in Jonathan Walland’s picture, which won the Young Photographer of the Year category. (Jonathan Walland)

  • <p>New York City’s flatiron building is buffeted by a snowstorm. (Michele Palazzo) </p>
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    Flatiron Building in the snowstorm

    New York City’s flatiron building is buffeted by a snowstorm. (Michele Palazzo)

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  • <p>Men and women work alongside one another in West Bengal, India, lifting heavy bricks for construction. (Shibasish Saha) </p>
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    Purelife

    Men and women work alongside one another in West Bengal, India, lifting heavy bricks for construction. (Shibasish Saha)

  • <p>Worshipper wait to enter this modern and non-traditional mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Bulent Suberk) </p>
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    Sancaklar Mosque

    Worshipper wait to enter this modern and non-traditional mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Bulent Suberk)

  • <p>A tree is silhouetted in front of a 30-foot titanium arch. (Oleksandr Nesterovskyi) </p>
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    People’s Friendship Arch

    A tree is silhouetted in front of a 30-foot titanium arch. (Oleksandr Nesterovskyi)

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  • <p>Bright colours and intricate patterns mesh together in the typical Moorish style – but the building is in fact a castle in Italy. (Gina Soden) </p>
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    Peacock

    Bright colours and intricate patterns mesh together in the typical Moorish style – but the building is in fact a castle in Italy. (Gina Soden)

  • <p>Riga’s ‘Tower Counter’ statue keeps watch over the city’s cable bridge. (Oleg Dashkov) </p>
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    He and the bridge

    Riga’s ‘Tower Counter’ statue keeps watch over the city’s cable bridge. (Oleg Dashkov)

  • <p>By developing this image in the wrong chemicals, photographer James Tarry created this space-age purple image of London’s Gherkin. (James Tarry) </p>
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    The Gherkin

    By developing this image in the wrong chemicals, photographer James Tarry created this space-age purple image of London’s Gherkin. (James Tarry)

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  • <p>Lurang Gar, once the world’s largest Buddhist settlement, is being demolished by authorities in China. (Marco Grassi) </p>
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    The Hive

    Lurang Gar, once the world’s largest Buddhist settlement, is being demolished by authorities in China. (Marco Grassi)

  • <p>A lond-exposure shot captures the movement of a wind turbine, transforming it into a flower. (Derek Snee) </p>
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    The turbo dandelion wind farm

    A lond-exposure shot captures the movement of a wind turbine, transforming it into a flower. (Derek Snee)

  • <p>The photographer describes this surreal picture as an ‘unusual, minimalistic view of the architecture detail. (Senad Tahmaz) </p>
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    Coast minimalism

    The photographer describes this surreal picture as an ‘unusual, minimalistic view of the architecture detail. (Senad Tahmaz)

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  • <p>Kew Gardens’ ‘Hive’ installation is seen from below, as a visitor lies on the top glass platform. (Naf Selmani) </p>
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    Elevation

    Kew Gardens’ ‘Hive’ installation is seen from below, as a visitor lies on the top glass platform. (Naf Selmani)

  • <p>A Paraguayan construction worker climbs a ladder on a new building. (Enrique Gimenez-Velilla) </p>
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    Jeporeka

    A Paraguayan construction worker climbs a ladder on a new building. (Enrique Gimenez-Velilla)

  • <p>A building crumbles to the earth is n a cloud of dust in Sokhna, Egypt. (Barbara Rossi) </p>
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    Changing landscape

    A building crumbles to the earth is n a cloud of dust in Sokhna, Egypt. (Barbara Rossi)

<p>The interior of an abandoned power plant in Budapest glows with an eerie green light in this picture that was named as the overall competition winner. (Roman Robroek) </p>
<p>The sharper corners of this building jut towards the camera in Jonathan Walland’s picture, which won the Young Photographer of the Year category. (Jonathan Walland) </p>
<p>New York City’s flatiron building is buffeted by a snowstorm. (Michele Palazzo) </p>
<p>Men and women work alongside one another in West Bengal, India, lifting heavy bricks for construction. (Shibasish Saha) </p>
<p>Worshipper wait to enter this modern and non-traditional mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Bulent Suberk) </p>
<p>A tree is silhouetted in front of a 30-foot titanium arch. (Oleksandr Nesterovskyi) </p>
<p>Bright colours and intricate patterns mesh together in the typical Moorish style – but the building is in fact a castle in Italy. (Gina Soden) </p>
<p>Riga’s ‘Tower Counter’ statue keeps watch over the city’s cable bridge. (Oleg Dashkov) </p>
<p>By developing this image in the wrong chemicals, photographer James Tarry created this space-age purple image of London’s Gherkin. (James Tarry) </p>
<p>Lurang Gar, once the world’s largest Buddhist settlement, is being demolished by authorities in China. (Marco Grassi) </p>
<p>A lond-exposure shot captures the movement of a wind turbine, transforming it into a flower. (Derek Snee) </p>
<p>The photographer describes this surreal picture as an ‘unusual, minimalistic view of the architecture detail. (Senad Tahmaz) </p>
<p>Kew Gardens’ ‘Hive’ installation is seen from below, as a visitor lies on the top glass platform. (Naf Selmani) </p>
<p>A Paraguayan construction worker climbs a ladder on a new building. (Enrique Gimenez-Velilla) </p>
<p>A building crumbles to the earth is n a cloud of dust in Sokhna, Egypt. (Barbara Rossi) </p>
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Astonishing architecture, frantic urban scenes and beautiful buildings are the subjects of the winning pictures for the Art of Building photography competition.

The architectural picture contest seeks out the world’s finest photography featuring the built environment.

The competition is run by the Chartered Institute of Building and aims to celebrate the creativity of the industry, and the creativity of the people who work within it.

Photographer Roman Robroek’s eerie picture of an abandoned power station, resembling the inside of a UFO, was crowned winner overall.

The winners and runners up were taken across the world. from rural settlements to brutalist city centres.