Architecture nominee

A view of the Shibuya Station's architecture in Tokyo.
The station connects the center of the city and suburbs to the south and west regions. It is one of the busiest commuters rail stations in Japan and in the world.

A Philosophy graduate, Francesca Pompei is specialised in Art and Architecture Photography and her professional collaborations include projects for AD-Italia, the Vatican City State, Emre Arolat Architecture, Jaca Book, Living Corriere della Sera, Artribune, Venaria Reale, the Cultural Heritage Ministry, the Italian Embassy in Qatar, TheTimes, The Guardian and The Washington Post. Artist selected to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day 2020 and 2021, she is winner of prestigious competitions such as Architecture MasterPrize 2022 and The Art of Building. She is included among the Exceptional Women In Architecture Photography and in the Annuario d'Arte Italiana 2022 promoted by Quadriennale di Roma and published by Treccani .
Her projects have been published on an international level and exhibited as part of solo and group exhibitions. She is a member of Sign Press and PhotoVogue, in addition to her role as a Professor of Photography in the Image and Storytelling Studio course of the Design, Multimedia and Visual Communication Department of the Faculty of Architecture in Sapienza University, in Rome. Since 2023 she has been appointed Photography Subject Expert at the faculty of Architecture of Sapienza University in Rome. Since 2025 she has been member of the Freelancers Network of The Washington Post.