Friday Eye Candy: A World Full of Beautiful Architecture

Arcaid has collected a shortlist for its 2017 architectural photograph of the year.

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October 13, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


A post for The Guardian shares the images that have been nominated for the Arcaid 2017 architectural photograph of the year, which will be on display from November 15-17 at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin.

Among the photographs shared on The Guardian are images of a newly built chapel in Cape Town, the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, high-rise housing in Singapore, and a Lighthouse on the Playa at Burning Man. 

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