News Art of Building 2022: Vote now for your favourite GCR Staff 19.12.22 The Chartered Institute of Building’s annual photography competition has shortlisted 12 entries for a public vote. Go to artofbuilding.org to pick your favourite by 15 January. The winner, who receives a £1,500 prize, will be announced on 26 January. “Staircase along a retaining wall” by William Shum in Hong Kong “New vs Old Baku” by Les Forrester of UK, taken in Baku, Azerbaijan, showing Soviet era apartments and Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Centre “White constellation” by Francesca Pompei of Italy shows the Santiago Calatrava-designed UAE pavilion at the Dubai Expo A lonely small pink church” by Rong Xu of Beijing shows a church on a beach in Qinhuangdao, China. “The entire campus and beach was totally locked down due to the Covid-19 restrictions in China,” Rong Xu said, “so it was really rare to get a photo of this famous church without any person in the frame.” “My own little cosmos within reach” by Pati John of the Netherlands shows the Milky Way seen from a mall. “I discovered this astonishing view looking up while I walked around the mall. It was breathtaking, so I stayed there for a long time with my tripod and ND filter to capture every detail in my long exposure shot.” “Phoenix International Media Centre” by Tien Sang Kok of Malaysia depicts the media centre in Beijing “Girl with the red hat” by Helena Georgiou of Cyprus shows Eleftheria Square in Nicosia designed by Zaha Hadid “Scholars in a cage” by Vincenzo Avallone of Italy shows Berlin’s Humboldt University Library “House of God” by Roman Robroek of the Netherlands shows a church in a village in Italy “A man made forest” by Chong Boon Wong of Singapore shows a greenhouse in the city state “Mother and her children” by Musa Talasli of Turkey shows a woman in Turkey preparing food for her family “Ysios Winery” by Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz of Spain shows the winery in Araba, Spain designed by Santiago Calatrava Topics: Art of Building / CIOB / photography Story for GCR? Get in touch via email: [email protected] Latest articles in News China Energy Investment to spend $24bn on coal-to-oil plant in Xinjiang Denmark launches $4.2bn carbon capture and storage tenders Turkish contractor to create regional port hub in Somalia Foxconn to build ‘very, very enormous’ Nvidia plant in Mexico UNStudio opens Sao Paulo towers which create a “new form of living” Kengo Kuma to lead design team for terrorism memorial in Washington DC