Architecture nominee

"and if everything around you seems afar, rise your gaze to the sky”

‘Nortigo’ is an exercise in shifting points of view as a gesture to reveal new and interesting information, compositions and feelings from spaces designed to form tangible connections between above and below, by looking straight up towards the ceiling, atrium or sky. The progression from indoor to outdoor spaces supplements the introvert/extrovert design polarity, while the pairing of classical buildings with modern, postmodern and cosmogenic architecture allows for comparative viewing experiences and a diverse showcase of the visited buildings and landmarks.
Images are part of the photographic project - 'Integral Lens: an integral approaches to architectural photography’ - taken during a 5-month journey in United States awarded with the Fulbright Artist Scholarship and sponsored by the College of Architecture and Design of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. During this trip, approximately 9,600 miles were traveled by plane, 4,200 miles by car, 1,300 miles by public commuting, and 750,000 steps walking.
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Pygmalion Karatzas was born in Greece in 1973. He studied architecture in Budapest, and urban design in Edinburgh. Working as a freelance architect since 1999, he has designed more than 20 projects. Since 2012 he has been involved systematically with artistic and commercial architectural photography.
Distinctions include international competitions Architizer, Sony WPO, IPA, Spider Black & White Awards, PX3. His images are being featured regularly in web and print publications. Exhibitions include 'Eye See the Story', 'Points of View', 'Misty Landscapes', 'The Margin - Panhellenic Architecture Exhibition', 'KTIRIO Magazine - 30 Years of Greek Architecture'. 
Recent projects include the Expo Milano 2015 pavilions, Doha’s Contemporary Architecture, and buildings by Barlas Architects, Valia Foufa & Panagiotis Papassotiriou, Anmahian Winton Architects, R.C. Tech, among others. In 2015 he was awarded the Fulbright Artist Scholarship sponsored by the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design. 
He collaborates with the Danish Architecture Center as photo editor, a contributing photographer on Arcaid Images London and a member of the Association of European Journalists. His on-going research is towards an integral approach to architecture, sustainability and art. Based in Aigion, travels in Greece and abroad for his personal projects and assignments.