Most Incredible Architecture Photos from 2016

These are the 15 finalists’ photos from the Art of Building Competition. The competition boasts the best of Architecture photos from around the world. The incredible finalist photos from 2016 display a large range of composition, texture and subject. From an incredible man made mosque to nature’s contribution and often juxtaposition with our Art of Building.

The Turbo Dandelion Wind Farm, Derek Snee

Derek Snee: “Imagine if we could use plants to harvest wind. Well, now we can. Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys… the Turbo Dandelion Wind Farm.”

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The Gherkin, James Tarry

James Tarry: “This series is about looking past imperfections and ‘incorrect’ architectural photography techniques. The expired Kodak Ektachrome was developed in the ‘wrong’ chemicals to produce these big slabs of often other-worldly colour. These are flawed and hopefully challenging, just like some of the buildings themselves.”

Overlook, Jonathan Walland

Jonathan Walland: “This is part of a series of photographs demonstrating how the absence of light can be used to divert the attention of the observer towards what the photographer intended to highlight.”

Changing Landscape 1, Barbara Rossi

Barbara Rossi: “I took this photo of deconstruction – it shows transformation, action and beauty.”

The Hive, Marco Grassi

Marco Grassi: “Since June 2016, everything has changed in Larung Gar, but almost nobody knows. What before was the largest Buddhist settlement in the world, a remote place out of the modern society where nuns and monks led a passive life, is now being demolished by Chinese authorities.”

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Peacock, Gina Soden

Gina Soden: “A fine example of Moorish architecture – but in a castle in Italy. These rooms were all hand designed and painted by one man who had a vision to build this beautiful castle and open it as a hotel.”

Elevation, Naf Selmani

Naf Selmani: “The Hive – Kew Gardens – a spectacular new bee-inspired sculpture seen from below, as one of the visitors lays on the top glass floor to pose for pictures. This multi-sensory experience integrates art, science and landscape architecture.

Jeporeka, Enrique Gimenez-Velilla

Enrique Gimenez-Velilla: “This photo seeks to pay homage to all the clever unknown workers that still build and maintain built infrastructure in the developing world.”

Purelife, Shibasish Saha

Shibasish Saha: “In this frame, men and women are working very hard to feed their individual families. Women forget their pain and work alongside the men in a brick field.”

Sancaklar Mosque 2, Bulent Suberk

Bulent Suberk: “Modern architecture as a non-traditional mosque.”

He and the Bridge, Oleg Dashkov

Oleg Dashkov: “Riga’s Tower Counter keeps his records during any season, rain or shine, wet or fine. Is he distracted by the beauty of the cable bridge, I wonder?”

People’s Friendship Arch, Oleksandr Nesterovskyi

Oleksandr Nesterovskyi: “The photo shows the combination of nature and architecture, the harmony in the combination of a titanium arch and a tree.”

Flatiron Building in the Snowstorm, Michele Palazzo

Michele Palazzo: “New York City’s iconic Flatiron building emerges from the blizzard, like the bow of a giant ship ploughing through the wind and the snow. Taken during the historic coastal storm, Jonas, on 23 January 2016, the photograph went viral during the aftermath of the storm.”