15 stunning architectural photographs honored by the AIA's Los Angeles chapter

The AIA's Los Angeles chapter recently announced the winners of its second Architectural Photography Awards. Created last year, the awards recognize that photographers have long been an integral element of the architect’s work; they not only document buildings but act as translators, explicating the architect's ideas to the public. 

This year's celebrated selection does just that. From images of Frank Lloyd Wright's historic Hollyhock House and Johnston Marklee's curvaceous Vault House, to ones of the famed Venice skatepark and an unremarkable parking structure, the photographs this year remind us that photography is capable of doing so much more than simply capturing a structure. Through the 2018 honorees' works, we see, not only the transcendent qualities of space, but the photographer’s eye, skill, and talent in expressing it.

Take a look at the winning selection below!

Honor Award:

↑ Photographer: Joshua White—Image: Schindler House

↑  Photographer: Joshua White—Image: Frank Lloyd Wright - Hollyhock House

↑  Photographer: Mike Kelley—Image: Venice Skatepark

Merit Award:

↑  Photographer: Adam C. Umber—Image: Barn Maintenance

↑  Photographer: Sandra Feller—Image: Two hours

Citation Award:

↑ Photographer: NYS Museum 4D—Photographer: Alex Nye

↑ Photographer: Anne S. Williams—Image: Look Up!

↑ Photographer: Donia Emilie Tadayoni—Image: CopenHill—Architect: BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group

↑ Photographer: Donia Emilie Tadayoni—Image: Towers of Silence 

↑ Photographer: Lois Narae Lee—Image: Something Greater

↑ Photographer: Sandra Feller—Image: Late Fee

↑ Photographer: Tamara Heimlich—Image: Enlightenment

↑ Photographer: Tim Griffith—Image: Apple Park—Architect: Foster + Partners

↑ Photographer: Eric Staudenmaier—Image: See Through—Architect: Johnston Marklee & Associates