Architecture

FIRST PLACE, Rhea Schwartz, Bruges at Night May 2015, “A perfect night to stroll along the canals”

SECOND PLACE, Patricia Buescher, under the U Bein’s Bridge ( The Teak Bridge ) at Amarapura, Myanmar.

THIRD PLACE, Sue Murphy, Beach Cabanas, Australia

FOURTH PLACE, Roger Weatherburn Baker, The Treasury at Petra, Jordan seen from the narrow approach passage known as the siq

Roger Weatherburn Baker, 17th Century Stone Cottages at Bibury, the Cotswolds, England

Roger Weatherburn Baker, Entrance to the 9th Century Buddhist temple of Borobudur in central Java

Brad Vogel, “Spring time under the Chestnut Trees in Kiev” – A fountain splashed nearby and children gathered to learn about Ukrainian poets outside the Cathedral of the Dormition at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves).

Roger Weatherburn Baker, Mumbai Slum, India

Roger Weatherburn Baker, The church of Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice

Helen Jenkins, “Expecting snow” – This is a typical house in El Calafate Patagonia , Argentina. It is only open as a resort to visit the glaciers a few months of the year and sparsely inhabited. Those who stay experience very heavy snow and need to protect their properties.

Roger Weatherburn Baker, The Roman town of Ronda, sits high atop a rocky gauge in Andalucia, Spain

Sue Murphy, Amusement Park, This is from Australia and is the entrance to an amusement park.

Paul Buescher, in Cuba

Roger Weatherburn Baker, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey

Roger Weatherburn Baker, Catherine Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Paul Buescher, in Longyearbyen

Marcelo Alvarez, Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily

David Mink, Forbidden City, Beijing

Marcelo Alvarez, Doric Temple, Agrigento, Sicily, Concordia Temple

Ellen Parke, Palace, Marrakesh

Marcelo Alvarez, Valencia, Spain, Arts and Science complex – Hemisferic Cinema & Planetarium Architect: Santiago Calatrava

Sue Murphy, The Sydney Harbor Bridge

Roger Weatherburn Baker, Roman ruins in the ancient city of Gerasa (Jerash), 30 miles north of Amman, Jordan

Elizabeth Manny, Looking up in a lobby at Jean Nouvel’s new Paris concert hall, La Philharmonie

Cynthia Bassett, Dragon Bridge, Yunnan Province, China, Built in the Qing Dynasty, this pavilion-style bridge of three-stories and seventeen arches is considered one of the finest examples in China.