Dazzling facades

A stunning image that I must admit perplexed me slightly when I first saw it. Having read the photographers explanation it now makes perfect sense and my admiration for the image has grown to the point where I'm happy to declare it the winner of this competition.

The use of a 'flipping' technique works well here as it exacerbates the repetive nature of the facade. Not only is it a great idea, I'd say it's been perfectly executed.

This strong monochrome image for me balanced the seemingly endless repetition of the hexagonal bee-hive like facade with the trees at the base of the frame.

It looks like a vignette has been applied which holds the viewers attention in the centre of the frame. It's not a building I know but it's definitely one I'd be keen to photograph myself.

A superb shot that I would be proud to have taken but on the basis that this is street art rather than decoration integral to the design of the building I felt it fell outside of the brief for 'Dazzling Facades'

The contrast of the warmth of the red and the cold blues of glass made this one stand out for me. I think a filter has been applied to flatten the detail, the result of which is suitably akin to a architectural visualisation. It may be the photographer had done their research as this is definitely my kind of shot........

I may be wrong but unlike some of the photos of facades entered in the competition I think here the painted decoration is integral to the building, i.e. I think the architects intended to enliven the facade with colour. Shooting this facade with almost oblique side-lighting has made the most of the shadows created by the shallow balconies and their planting. The result is a very eye-catching image that deserves looking at in detail.

The first thing to say about this is that it's a wonderfully vibrant and colourful image that leaps off the screen. I think there's also a degree of subtlety here thanks to the clever composition as it juxtaposes a flat simple section of facade with a slightly angles more complex one. I don't think it is as the direction of the shadows seem uniform but initially I thought it was maybe a diptych.

A photo full of facades..... Individually I wouldn't say any are particularly 'dazzling' but seen as a collection, and not least due to the wonderfully harmonious colours, I think this makes for a fascinating image. The steepness of the underlying landscape creates an image that almost looks likes it's a montage created from several shots.

There were not unsurprisingly quite a number of images like this one entered in the competition. For me this one stood out as it gets the balance between repetition and variation just right thanks to the shutters open to varying degrees. The image has been very precisely framed and colour combination is also unusual. A minor point and one that would be very easily 'corrected' in Photoshop etc is the small object protruding into the frame on the bottom right.

Assuming this is a collage as the 'tags' would suggest this is a great concept with almost flawless execution. The colouration of the individual windows looks to have been harmonised to give some uniformity of blue which itself contrasts well with the warm earthy tones of the rendered wall.

A strong image thanks to it's red, white(ish) and blue colours. The statue and tree add some 'human' and natural interest and break the repetition created by the windows. Some might consider me being fussy but the small black element at the bottom of the frame for e detracts from the otherwise wonderful precision of the composition.