/ 2025 / Architecture / Abstract

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Elwin van der Hoofd, Germany

This image shows a warehouse’s front — arguably one of the most rational structures mankind knows. Stripped of all ornamentation and reduced to the bare minimum, it consists solely of a building’s basic element – the line.
And yet, within this rational framework, a quiet beauty emerges. The image reflects how pure functionality can give rise to visual tension and harmony. It’s a portrait of rationality turned into elegance — architecture that becomes compelling not despite its purpose, but because of it.