Final shortlist drawn from more than 100 countries

The judges prize was won by Ajuriaguerra Saiz's photograph named Fish.

Source: Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz

Metrostation by Alexandr Bormotin won the public choice award.

Source: Alexandr Bormotin

“The photo is an example of needful interaction between humans and buildings. Without the busy people cleaning the giant glass frames of the tower the building would look quite ugly.”

Source: Volker Sander

Source: Grzegorz Tatar

Source: Jonathan Walland

Source: Pegova Olya

Source: Jose Pessoa Neto

Source: Volker Sander

Source: David Martin Huamani Bedo

Source: Agnese Sanvito

Source: Debdatta Chakraborty

“It is an elegant and appealing solution to a mundane problem.”

Source: Adam Regan

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The winners of the Art of Building 2019 competition, organised by the Chartered Institute of Building, have been announced.

Photographs of the built environment from India, Russia, the UK and beyond made up the shortlist.

Judges voted for Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz’s photograph entitled Fish, that shows Valencia’s science museum over a body of water.

The Spaniard said: “Due to the reflection of the water at night, the architecture of the buildings shows us the figure of a fish, perhaps prehistoric with its heart still alive.”

The public choice award was won by Russian photographer Alexandr Bormotin. His image of the futuristic Savelovskaya metro station in Moscow gained 30% of the vote.

Now in its tenth year, the award saw submissions from photographers across more than 100 countries.

Photographs of window cleaners on a building in Abu Dhabi, an aerial shot of Wroclaw’s National Forum of Music and a minimalist view of London across the Thames made the final shortlist of 12.