Omer Kanipak
Turkish photographer Omer Kanipak photographed children peering through Wolfgang Buttress' installation, The Hive, at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, UK.
James Newton
British photographer James Newton captured 'The Vortex' -- a timber lobby in Bloomberg's European headquarters in London, UK.
Roman Robroek
Dutch photographer Roman Robroek's image shows a semi-abandoned power station in Budapest, Hungary.
Shao Feng
Chinese photographer Shao Feng entered his image of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Border Crossing Facility designed by ECADI into the Exterior category.
Ai Qing
Chinese photographer Ai Qing captured the Seashore Chapel in Qinhuangdao, China designed by Vector Architects.
Suraj Garg
British photographer Suraj Garg captured the ceiling of Liège-Guillemins station in Belgium designed by architect Santiago Calatrava.
Zhu Wenqiao
Chinese photographer Zhu Wenqiao captured swimmers on the riverside opposite the construction of Raffles City Chongqing, China designed by Safdie Architects.
Jeff Eden
Jeff Eden is another photographer who captured The Hive at the Royal Botanic Gardens in UK. While Kanipak's image shows the interior of the building, Eden photographed the design in the snow.
He Zhenhuan
Chinese photographaer He Zhenuan's image shows a kinetic pattern on the Bank of China Tower in Ningbo, China designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Ryan Koopmans
Entered into the Buildings in Use category, Canadian photographer Ryan Koopmans' image of a Soviet-era sanatorium "Sacartvelo" is in the town of Tskaltubo in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
Pawel Paniczko
UK Photographer Pawel Paniczko photographed the Long Museum in Shanghai, China designed by Atelier Deshaus.
Marco Tagliarino
Italian photographer Marco Tagliarino entered his image of the historic Piazza Duomo designed by Italo Rota into the Sense of Place category.
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American photographer Brad Feinknopf captured runners on an indoor track at the Auburn University in Alabama.
Andrew Robertson
Photographed by British photographer Andrew Robertson, The Ouse Valley viaduct in Sussex, UK is designed by architect David Mocatta.
Aldo Amoretti
Italian photographer Aldo Amoretti featured athletes at practice in Azur Arena in France designed by Auer Weber architects.
Eugeni Pons
Spanish photographer Eugeni Pons photographed the interior of the Théodore Gouvy Theatre in Freyming-Merlebach, France designed by Dominique Coulon & Associés.
B.R.S.Sreenag
Indian photographer B.R.S.Sreenag's image shows the perforated concrete skin of Vm Estancia in Chennai, India designed by KSM Architecture.
Laurian Ghinitoiu
German photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu photographed the Vantablack Pavilion in Pyeongchang, South Korea, known as the darkest building on earth.
Marius Liutkevicius
British photographer Marius Liutkevicius entered his image of an apartment building in Yaiza, Spain into the Exterior category.
Dirk Vonten
German photographer Dirk Vonten entered his image of Castle Neuschwanstein into the Sense of Place category.
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From a seashore chapel in Qinhuangdao, northeast China, to an abandoned power station in Budapest, some of the world’s most eclectic buildings have appeared in images shortlisted in the annual Architectural Photography Awards.

The 20 finalists, named across four main categories (exterior, interior, buildings in use and “sense of place”) will be exhibited at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam from Nov. 28-30. Winners will be announced on the last day of the event.

Photographs from almost 50 different countries, including Australia, Canada and India, were entered into this year’s competition.

Zhu Wenqiao
Chinese photographer Zhu Wenqiao captured swimmers on the riverside opposite the construction of Raffles City Chongqing, China designed by Safdie Architects.

Two very different images of London attraction, The Hive, were shortlisted in the sense of place category. Omer Kanipak captured children peering through the glass of the multi-sensory installation, while Jeff Eden shot the sculpture’s exterior in the snow.

Elsewhere, a photograph of the “Vortex,” the timber-clad lobby of Bloomberg’s European headquarters, was a finalist in the interior category. And an eerie aerial shot of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau border crossing was shortlisted in the exterior category.

While most images are devoid of people, several photographers used human subjects to illustrate the social impact of architecture. A powerful image by Chinese photographer Zhu Wenqiao shows swimmers wading into waters where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers meet, opposite the construction site of a new building complex by Safdie Architects in the Chinese city of Chongqing.

Browse the gallery above to see all 20 shortlisted photographers’ works.