FAQs

There are four main categories: 1) Exterior. 2) Interior. 3) Sense of Place. 4) Buildings in Use.

In addition to the four main categories, there are two ‘special’ categories: 5) Portfolio – Social Housing 6) Mobile – Shelter

The 6 categories are open to all nationalities.

Any entrant under 18 on 16th September 2019 must gain the permission of a parent or guardian to enter the competition. Entrants under the age of 13 on 16th September 2019 are not permitted to enter.

You can find other eligibility criteria here

A reminder of three key mistakes that disqualify your work;
– Do not enter images that have previously won or are currently shortlisted for any other Photographic Award.
– Make sure your images are entered into the right category
–Do not have a name on the face of your images – only in the metadata.

The six categories in The Architectural Photography Awards 2018 will be open for submissions from 22nd July 2019 to 22:59:59 UTC/ 23:59:59 GMT (UTC+1) on 16th September 2019.

A shortlist of images taken from the 6 categories will decided by the judging panel and announced in the week of Monday 4th November 2019. Entries featured on the shortlist will be considered for the overall winners’ prize and will be exhibited at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Amsterdam, 4th - 6th December 2019.

The overall winner will be decided by visitors to WAF, who will cast their votes on the images in the main awards’ shortlist to produce an overall winner and three runners up. The overall winner will be announced at the WAF Gala dinner on Friday 6th December 2019.

There will be two winners in the mobile category – one chosen by the WAF attendees and the other decided by a community vote on Photocrowd that will run from 2nd July to 6th December 2019. The two winners from this category will be announced after the WAF Gala dinner on Friday 6th December 2019.

You can enter up to 6 images in each of the 6 categories. There is a minimum requirement of 4 images in the portfolio category (maximum 6) – all telling the story of one housing project.

The cost is based on the number of images you want to enter. Entries are bought in advance and can then be used at any time before 11:59:59 UTC/ 12:59:59 GMT on the Monday 16th September 2019. The following entry bundles are available, and entries can be used across any of the 6 categories:

1 image - £8 (£8 per image)
6 images - £30 (£5 per image)
36 images - £72 (£2 per image)

A discount on the price of entry bundles of 5%, 10% or 20% is available for Photocrowd Challenger, Pro or Master subscribers, respectively.

Multiple bundles can be purchased (eg 3 x 1 image bundles = 3 total entries) but the maximum number of entries that can be made across all 6 categories is 36 (6 images per category).

Yes, the same image can be entered into multiple categories, if you consider that it fits the brief for each category you enter it into.

Images shot on mobile phones are eligible for entry into any of the categories, not just the mobile phone category.

Each entry to a category counts as one entry, for the purposes of payment.

Each photographer can enter the awards once, using one Photocrowd account. More than one image bundle can be purchased, but there is a maximum of 36 images that can be entered by each photographer – 6 into each of the 6 categories.

To enter this category you must enter between 4 and 6 images, which will then be judged as a series, rather than as single images. It is up to each entrant whether they enter 4, 5 or 6 images to this category. Entering more images will not necessarily increase your chances of winning.

If the awards are still open for entries then at any time you can remove an entered image and enter a different one in its place. Once the deadline for entries has passed, and judging is underway, images cannot be removed or swapped out for other images.

Yes, there’s a simple signup process to register on Photocrowd, which will then give you full access to The Architectural Photography Awards.

Yes, images can be taken on any device capable of producing a digital image of sufficient size for entry. For full guidelines on minimum image requirements see the Preparing Your Images page.

Only images taken on a mobile phone or tablet can be entered into the ‘Mobile Architectural Photography’ category.

No, The Architectural Photography Awards is an international competition and you may enter photographs taken anywhere in the world.

No, if your photo has previously won a photo awards, it is not eligible in The Architectural Photography Awards. This does not include standard Photocrowd contests.

Yes, all entries must have been taken in the last 5 years. Any images shot before 22nd July 2014 are not eligible.

There is a recommended minimum file size of 5000 pixels* on the longest side. Full guidelines on image requirements are provided on the Preparing Your Images page.

*recommendation not applicable in the ‘Mobile Architectural Photography’ category, where we advise that you use the highest resolution possible for your phone or tablet.

There are some restrictions on the use of digital manipulation. Full guidelines on what image manipulation and retouching is allowed are provided on the Preparing Your Images page.

Full guidelines on image preparation are provided on the Preparing Your Images page.