Honorable Mention / 2020 / Architecture / Buildings

In Praise of Brutalism

London Brutalism is beautiful. Monolithic and bold, it is an imposing expression of material and form. It is exhilarating and raw, with rough textures emphasising heavy materials and construction. Brutalist buildings are massive and almost always concrete, their shapes at times adopting clever and unusual forms. To its endearing credit, Brutalism is honest and undisguised, naked and apparent, in truth a prepossessing manifestation of modernism (Alexander Adams)

Noel pursued a formal education at the academy of fine arts in Heusden Belgium, and individual master classes taught by different fine art photographers to further enhance his skills.

Noel gets inspired by an ability to create an image of a building that creates a mystery and mood surrounding that building. He uses his imagination and state of mind that day to create the image, and enhance it.

His favourite architects are Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry and Norman Foster and he travels all over Europe to be able to photograph their designs.

Calatrava inspires him because of the ‘ligh

Awards Noel pursued a formal education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Heusden, Belgium, and individual master classes taught by different fine art photographers to further enhance his skills.

-HM at the ND awards 2014, architecture Buildings.
- HM IPA 2015, Architecture Buildings
- HM IPA 2015, Architecture Bridges
- HM ND Awards 2015, Architecture Buildings
- Bronze Star Award ND Arwards 2015, Architecture Bridges
- Golden star Award Mifa 2016
- 1st Prize, architectural discovery of the year, Monochrome awards 2016