AIA St. Louis Announces 2026 Winners of National Photography Competition

As the 2026 AIA Conference on Architecture & Design commences in San Diego, the St. Louis chapter of the AIA has introduced the winners of its annual National Photography Competition.

Now in its fourth decade, the competition is open to all registered architects within the United States, AIA associates, and college students enrolled at accredited structure colleges. This yr’s jury included Kimberly Dowdell, vice chairman at Amrize and 2024 AIA National President; Marcus Carter, accomplice at Object Territories; and architectural photographer Jason Keen. Cash prizes have been awarded to the primary, second, and third place winners in addition to the recipient of the Al Fuller Prize, which acknowledges photographic excellence in capturing a topic primarily based within the U.S., and the Student Award. The prime winners of the 2026 cycle depict the Jürgen Mayer–designed Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain; Robertson Hall, by Minoru Yamasaki, at Princeton University; Manhattan’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and extra.

See beneath for this yr’s competition-winning images in addition to the jury’s number of 10 excellent submissions honored with advantage awards. The profitable images may even be on show at RECORD’s sales space (2611) on the expo flooring of AIA26. See you there!

First Place: High Noon Square by Charles Matta

Seville, Spain

High Noon Square by Charles Matta of Arlington, Virginia. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Second Place: Walking In The Rhythm by Wentao Guo

Princeton, New Jersey

Walking In The Rhythm by Wentao Guo of Long Island City, New York. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Third Place: Observer Observed by Arsh Khanna

New York City

Observer Observed by Arsh Khanna, Georgia Institute of Technology. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Fuller Award: Layers by Colin Keiner

Seattle

Layers by Colin Keiner, University of Oregon Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Student Award: Magentahouse by Destiny Martinez, University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Magentahouse by Destiny Martinez, University of Oregon. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Merit Awards: 

Architecture inside a Shrine taken in Kyoto, Japan, by Adriana Baker. Photo courtesy AIA St Louis

The Broad is Watching taken in Los Angeles, by Bonnie Blake-Drucker. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Jupiter’s Jencks taken in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Colin Drumwright. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

Lost Reflection taken in Berlin, by Colin Drumwright. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

DC Reflections taken in Washington, D.C., by Lewis Goetz. Photo courtesy AIA St Louis

Sayamaike Museum Tableaux: Into the Light taken in Osaka, Japan, by Glenn Goldman. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

A Capsule in Time taken in London, by Yu-An Ma. Photo courtesy AIA St Louis

Sanctum taken in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Preston Kwok. Photo courtesy AIA St Louis

Work taken in Bologna, Italy, by Jonathan Myers. Photo courtesy AIA St Louis

Shadows inform the tales taken in Jaipur, India, by Sanjay Jani. Photo courtesy AIA St. Louis

See final yr’s winners right here and skim extra about this yr’s awards and subsequent yr’s competitors on the St. Louis AIA Chapter’s website.

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