This August 19th is World Photo Day, which celebrates photography on the anniversary of the day on which France bought the patent for the daguerreotype, one of the earliest photographic processes, and released it to the world for free in 1839. At ArchDaily, we understand the importance of photography in architecture—not only as a tool for recording designs, but also as a discipline that many of us enjoy. To celebrate the occasion, we decided to reveal the most popular images ever published on ArchDaily, as selected by you, our readers. Using data gathered from My ArchDaily, we have ranked the 100 most-saved images from our database; read on to see them.
01. Hiroyuki Oki
Binh House / VTN Architects
02. Edith Verhoeven
Modern Countryside Villa / Maas architecten
03. Krzysztof Strażyński
Apartment For A Guy And Even Two Of Them / Metaforma
04. Agnese Sanvito
Gallery House / Neil Dusheiko Architects
05. Parham Taghioff
Pars Hospital / New Wave Architecture
06. Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman
skinnySCAR / Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman
07. Martin Gardner
The Quest / Strom Architects
08. Iwan Baan
Heydar Aliyev Center / Zaha Hadid Architects
09. Shinkenchiku Sha
Nest We Grow / College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates
10. Edward Hendricks
House 24 / Park + Associates
11. Kyungsub Shin
The Layers / OBBA
12. ArchSD
Kai Tak Primary School / ArchSD
13. Jack Thompsen
Concrete Box House / Robertson Design
14. Rafael Gamo
Next Hydroponic Plant / CC Arquitectos
15. Anand Jaju
Brick House / Architecture Paradigm
16. Hufton+Crow
Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects
17. Fernando Gomulya
Splow House / Delution Architect
18. Tom Blachford
Courtyard House / FIGR Architecture & Design
19. Kevin Scott
Cabin at Longbranch / Olson Kundig
20. Paolo Rosselli
Bosco Verticale / Boeri Studio
21. Shannon McGrath
Armadale House / Robson Rak Architects + Made By Cohen
22. Brad Feinknopf
TinkerBox / Studio MM Architect
23. Ilya Kruchinin
Landform House / A61architects + YYdesign
24. Ivan Avdeenko
Arthouse / Pominchuk Architects
25. Terrence Zhang
Parc Central / Benoy
26. Rafael Gamo
Portales Dwelling / Fernanda Canales
27. Åke E-son Lindman
Kalmar Museum of Art / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
28. Nic Lehoux
The Bear Stand / Bohlin Grauman Miller & Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
29. Sophie Mayer
Rural House / RCR Arquitectes
30. Chibi Moku
Swiss Simplicity / Wohlgemuth & Pafumi Architekten
31. Andrés Lejona
One on One / Moreno Architecture
32. Shai Epstein
LB House / Shachar- Rozenfeld architects
33. Joao Morgado
JA House / Filipe Pina + Maria Ines Costa
34. Quang Tran
Ccasa Hostel / TAK architects
35. Chris Warnes
Allen Key House / Architect Prineas
36. Andy Ryan
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Steven Holl Architects
37. Vásquez Villegas
Energy Living / M+ Group
38. Liky Photos
Work-Studio in a Plant-House / O-office Architects
39. Jeremias Thomas
MeMo House / BAM! arquitectura
40. Chen Hao
The Qiyun Mountain Tree House / Bengo Studio
41. Hiroyuki Oki
Apartment in Binh Thanh / Sanuki Daisuke architects
42. Imagen Subliminal
Córdoba-Flat / Cadaval & Solà-Morales
43. Yi Fan
Seclusive Jiangnan Boutique Hotel / gad
44. ASSISTANT
It Is A Garden / ASSISTANT
45. URBANTAINER
Common Ground / URBANTAINER
46. Dean Kaufman
Grace Farms / SANAA
47. art4d magazine / Ketsiree Wongwan
Forest House / Studio Miti
48. Peter Sexty
Breeze Mooloolaba / Tony Owen Partners
49. Beer Singnoi
Townhouse with Private Garden / baan puripuri
50. Amit Geron
Bare House / Jacobs-Yaniv Architects
51. Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus am Stürcherwald / Bernardo Bader Architekten
52. Takahiro Nedachi / Shawn Liu Studio
Hotel Proverbs Taipei / Ray Chen + Partners Architects
53. Mike Sinclair
Shelton Marshall Residence / El Dorado
54. Bitter Bredt
Denver Art Museum / Studio Libeskind
55. John Horner
Rock Creek House / NADAAA
56. Alan Williams
Backwater / Platform 5 Architects
57. Philippe Ruault
Seattle Central Library / OMA + LMN
58. Timothy Soar
Caroline Place / Amin Taha Architects + GROUPWORK
59. Raphael Olivier
Neo-Brutalist Revival / Raphael Olivier
60. Atelier Alter
The Paradise of Color / Atelier Alter
61. Filip Šlapal
The BLOX / DAM.architekti
62. Alexander James Photography
The Courtyard House / De Rosee Sa
63. Agnese Sanvito
Stone Helical Stair / Webb Yates Engineers & The Stonemasonry Company
64. Mario Wibowo
Soori Bali / SCDA Architects
65. MCA Estúdio
LA House / Studio Guilherme Torres
66. NAARO
Villa Ypsilon / LASSA architects
67. Sergio Pirrone
Flying House / IROJE KHM Architects
68. J.Roc Design
Wooden Living-Roof / J.Roc Design
69. Edward Hendricks
22 Toh Yi Road / Ming Architects
70. Mina
Eden Villa / xyz architects
71. Åke E- son Lindman
Atrium House / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
72. Iwan Baan
Beirut Terraces / Herzog & de Meuron
73. Michael Neuhaus
Residential House Cologne Hahnwald / Corneille Uedingslohmann Architekten
74. Doublespace Photography
The Lookout at Broad Cove Marsh / Omar Gandhi Architect
75. Héctor Armando Herrera
CSF House / López Duplan Arquitectos
76. Simón Garcia
Citylife Apartments / Zaha Hadid Architects
77. Katherine Lu
Dolls House / Day Bukh Architects
78. Nic Lehoux Photography
Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre / DIALOG
79. Rasmus Hjortshøj – COAST
Krøyer Square / Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects & COBE
80. Steve Troes
Boos Beach Club Restaurant / Metaform architects
81. Doublespace Photography
Rosemary House / Kohn Shnier Architects
82. Wissam Chaaya
Wadi Penthouse / Platau
83. Tim van de Velde
CASWES / TOOP architectuur
84. Brett Boardman
Wellington on the Park / Fox Johnston
85. Himanshuu Sheth
The Dasavatara Hotel / SJK Architects
86. Derek Swalwell
Fitzroy Loft / Architects EAT
87. Hiroyuki Oki
Thong House / NISHIZAWAARCHITECTS
88. Stephen Goodenough
Urban Cottage / CoLab Architecture
89. K. Kopter
Oasia Hotel Downtown / WOHA
90. Vincent Monthiers
Eco-lodges Les Echasses / Patrick Arotcharen Architecte
91. Tina Nandi
Courtyard House / Abin Design Studio
92. Fabrice Fouillet
DYEJI / Costa Lopes
93. Wison Tungthunya
Hubba-to / Supermachine Studio
94. Adam Letch
Clifton House / Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design
95. Ali Daghigh, Parham Taghiof
ARG Shopping Mall / ARSH 4D Studio
96. Alt Kat Photography
Levent House / COA Mimarlık
97. Sigurgeir Sigurgeirsson
B14 / Studio Granda
98. Maxime Brouillet
Le Banc de Neige / Atelier Pierre Thibault
99. Robert Polidori
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – Terminal 2 / SOM
100. Bajura Oleg
Piano House / LINE architects