Winners of the 2021 AIA|LA Architectural Photography Awards
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects just revealed the winners of the 2021 AIA|LA Architectural Photography Awards. Recognized were 19 photographs, Instagram feeds, and, for the first time, renderings that featured architecture and the built environment as a central component. This year's jury included Michael 'Caco' Peguero, Designer + Founder of United Futures; Craig Shimahara, Hon. AIALA, President & Founder, Shimahara Visual; and Claire Zimmerman, Author + Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory at the University of Michigan.Keep scrolling for the winning entries.BEST IMAGE - HONOR AWARD WINNERSTitle: Transformation Photographer: Marius Nimitz, AIA Location: Mumbai, India Instagram: @marius.nimitz Jury Notes: "The image powerfully dramatizes the uneven development between financial accumulation in global urban centers, and the specificities of local sites. | This portrait of a BRIC landscape squarely questions the economic adage that the rising tide lifts all boats. The background, midground, and foreground elements solemnly read like a stacked bar chart: multinational development on top, bearing down on a dry local economy, leaving the individual at the bottom with nothing in his hands and hiding his face."Read the full post on Bustler
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects just revealed the winners of the 2021 AIA|LA Architectural Photography Awards. Recognized were 19 photographs, Instagram feeds, and, for the first time, renderings that featured architecture and the built environment as a central component.
This year's jury included Michael 'Caco' Peguero, Designer + Founder of United Futures; Craig Shimahara, Hon. AIALA, President & Founder, Shimahara Visual; and Claire Zimmerman, Author + Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory at the University of Michigan.
Keep scrolling for the winning entries.
BEST IMAGE - HONOR AWARD WINNERS
Title: Transformation
Photographer: Marius Nimitz, AIA
Location: Mumbai, India
Instagram: @marius.nimitz
Jury Notes: "The image powerfully dramatizes the uneven development between financial accumulation in global urban centers, and the specificities of local sites. | This portrait of a BRIC landscape squarely questions the economic adage that the rising tide lifts all boats. The background, midground, and foreground elements solemnly read like a stacked bar chart: multinational development on top, bearing down on a dry local economy, leaving the individual at the bottom with nothing in his hands and hiding his face."
Read the full post on Bustler
