The international showcase for the very best digital photography of the built environment was won by a Hungarian entry this year.
Highly commended was an image taken in Sydney titled 'Flatten', while another Australian entry, of Sydney Olympic Park, was among the finalists for 2011.
The competition is run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and celebrates the creativity of the industry, the passion of the people who work within it, and the impact their work has on those who make use of the final construction.
It is open to both professional and amateur photographers.
Winner
Title: The last tower
Photographer: Zoltán Balogh
From: Budapest, Hungary
The photo was taken: Esztergom, Hungary
Camera used: Konica Minolta 7D+Sigma 10-20mm
Photographer's Comments:
The old boat loader building next to the bank of the river Danube looks like a remnant of a forgotten civilization.
The Judges Said:
Makes me want to be there.
The Last Tower depicts an aging boat loading building near the banks of the River Danube in Esztergom, Hungary, its form silhouetted starkly against the pasty sky, leading Balogh to compare the structure to ‘a remnant of a forgotten civilisation’.
Highly Commended
Title: Flatten
Photographer: Quang Huynh
The photo was taken: Sydney, Australia
Camera used: Nikon D3sPhotographer's
Comments: Everything in the picture is flat except the man downstairs and up as you jump out of the picture. It makes the image easy and everything is in good correlation.
Finalist
Title: Golden Moment
Photographer: Mirza Shoaib
From: New South Wales, Australia
The photo was taken: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia
Camera used: Canon 5D Mark ii
Photographer's Comments:
When the sun lights up in the morning, it creates a golden moment to the children who to come to play here. That is how a structure becomes successful - it does not just create beauty for people - it creates golden memories.
The Judges Said:
Very Sci-Fi, like Close Encounter.
Highly Commended
Images via Art of Building
Title: The Steepest House
Photographer: Calvin Payne
The photo was taken: Dunedin, New Zealand
Camera used: Lumix DMC-TZ11
Photographer's Comments:
The steepest house on the steepest street in the world. Was it the postie or the builder who put the post box at an angle?
Finalist
Title: Level Seventeen
Photographer: Nieva German
From: London, UK
The photo was taken: Bishopsgate Tower, London, UK
Camera used: Canon EOS 550D
Photographer's Comments:
People in an empty 17th floor, as if they were part of a photo montage. A non-space, a white empty room, a standard universal office floor.
The Judges Said:
More like a gallery than an office, where the people are
Highly Commended
Title: Light
Photographer: Andrew Fu
The photo was taken: Herbert F Johnson Museum, New York, USA
Camera used: Canon EOS Elan 7 35mm SLR
Photographer's Comments:
The beautiful play of light on the meticulously cast concrete walls.
Finalist
Title: Rooftop Walk
Photographer: David Poultney
From: Hertford, UK
The photo was taken: On the roof of the IBC/MPC on the Olympic Park, London, UK
Camera used: Canon 5d MK11
Photographer's Comments:
Checking his work, the long and lonely walk across the gigantic roof by the roofing contractor at the International Broadcast Centre on the Olympic Park, Stratford (The building is large enough to house five 747’s).
The Judges Said: Incredible space -The subject is perfectly positioned.
All the finalists can be viewed on the Art of Building website.
