TTA was proud to have acted as media sponsor of the 2009 Architect's Eye competition, a photography competition which judges architects' photography skills.

In its second year, the competition received a huge number of applicants attracting more than 200 entries from across the UK for its two distinct categories: Architecture and Place(which focused on the aesthetics of the architecture) and Architecture and People (which the interaction of people with the environments created by architects).

Conceived by International Arts Consultants (IAC) and with the involvement of established photographers and architects which included the likes of Jack Pringle (Chairman of Pringle Brandon Architects), leading architectural photographers Grant Smith, George Kavanagh and Jean-Francois Cardella, TTA successfully secured Editor of the RIBA Journal and architecture critic for the Sunday Times, Hugh Pearman to act as a judge for the competition.

TTA launched the event with a roundtable discussion in June 2009 which was attended by a select number of influential architectural and property professionals. TTA also generated coverage of the competition in both trade and national publications and handled the branding of the competition.

John Barr, an independent architect practising in Glasgow, and Philippe Brysse, an Associate at Foster and Partners were announced as the winners of the competition at the award ceremony in November 2009. Images are available on the Architects Eye website – www.architectseye.com

Given the continued success of the competition the International Art Consultants plan to make it a regular biannual event and will be planning accordingly for 2011.

TTA expects to continue its mutually beneficial working relationship with the International Arts Consultants (IAC) with the release of the TTA internal publication, Industry Insights, in February this year which will be focusing on Architecture.

The Architects Eye competition was organised by International Art Consultants and other sponsors include Construction Photography and the Royal Photographic Society and RIBA Trust.