An image of a historic reservoir in London's Finsbury Park has been named the best architecture photograph of the year.

Taken by British photographer Matt Emmett, the photo of the covered reservoir (designed by the East London Waterworks Company in 1868) received the top prize at the Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards 2016 last month.

In its fourth year, the awards aim to highlight the expertise of specialist architectural photographers. This year there were four categories: exteriors, interiors, sense of place and buildings in use.

Covered Reservoir, Finsbury Park, United Kingdom (designed by East London Water Works Company) by Matt Emmett

“The breadth of architectural photography presented to us was amazing. With their own distinctive view the photographers opened our eyes for a second time and helped us to discover things we hadn’t previously appreciated…,” says judge, architect and founder of Architektur Galerie Berlin, Ulrich Müller.

Emmett's photograph was exhibited alongside 19 other images shortlisted for the award at this year's World Architecture Festival in Berlin.

Shortlisted photographs:

BUILDINGS IN USE

Musee de Confluences, France (designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au) by Fabrice Fouillet

Allianz Headquarters, Switzerland (designed by Wiel Arets Architects) by Adrien Barakat

Independance Square, Ghana by Julien Lanoo

‘Forest of Light’ for COS, Salone del Mobile, Italy (designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects) by Laurian Ghinitoiu

Dharavi, India by Torsten Andreas Hoffman

EXTERIORS

Shanghai Tower, China (designed by Gensler/Marshall Strabala) by Nick Almasy

SESC Pompeia, Brazil (designed by Lina Bo Bardi) by Inigo Bujedo Aguirre

Lattice House, India (designed by sP+A Architects) by Edmund Sumner

Vitra Shaudepot, Germany (designed by Herzog & de Meuron) by Julien Lanoo

Olympic Stadium, Finland (designed by Yrjo Lindegren and Toivo Jantti) by Sebastian Weiss

INTERIORS

Jesus Church, Spain (designed by Rafael Moneo) by Fabrice Fouillet

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, United Kingdom (designed by Selgascano) by James Newton

Interior and portrait of Derry Road Resident on the Queen’s Birthday (designed by Bell Phillips Architects) by Killian O’Sullivan
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Helical Staircase in Workshop, United Kingdom (designed by Finkernagel Ross Architects) by Will Scott

SENSE OF PLACE

Baku National Stadium, Azerbaijan (designed by Rossetti with Heerim Architects) by Victor Romero

Hygge House Warming Hut, Canada (designed by Plain Projects, Pike Projects, Urbanink) by Paul Turang

Blok 23, Novi Beograd, Serbia (designed by Aleksandar Stjepanovic) by Inigo Bujedo Aguirre

The stage for Haduwa Arts & Culture Institute, Ghana (designed by [a]FA [applied] foreign affairs) by Julien Lanoo

Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, Germany (designed by Peter Zumthor) by Mark Wohlrab

Nicholas Rider

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