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