Photo Contest 2015 Winners

Aug 1, 2015||Elevator World
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Aug 1, 2015
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Awe-inspiring photographs celebrate the industry in EW competition.

ELEVATOR WORLD’s Third Annual Photo Contest received 227 entries from around the world. The categories were altered slightly from last year’s to include: Commercial Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walks, Inclined Lifts, Machines and Components, and Skylines and Tall Buildings. The competition was fierce, as so many spectacular photos were submitted. Readers cast more than 4,074 votes, and 26 photos were chosen as finalists.

EW is grateful once again to all those who participated by submitting photos or voting for them.

Commercial Elevators

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First Place (Tie) Right and below: Labyrinthine elevator lobby on the fourth floor and futuristic elevator lobby on the first floor of the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid (submitted by Carlo Ferrari, Wittur Group)
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First Place (Tie) Right and below: Labyrinthine elevator lobby on the fourth floor and futuristic elevator lobby on the first floor of the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid (submitted by Carlo Ferrari, Wittur Group)
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Second Place High-tech elevator design with stairs in the San Jose Tech Center in San Jose, California (submitted by Mel Lindstrom, Mel Lindstrom Images)
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Third Place: Hoistway before rail installation in the State Farm building in Frisco, Texas (submitted by Ron Acord, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas)
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Honorable Mention Symmetry Elevating Solutions Elevation Limited Use/Limited Application with C.J. Anderson custom fixtures in the Audrain Building in Newport, Rhode Island (submitted by Klayton Wald, Elevator Service Co., Inc.)
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Honorable Mention Elevator hoistway in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (submitted by Dawn O’Connor, Daytona Elevator)

Private Residence Elevators

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First Place The Alhambra De Granada in Granada, Spain, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (submitted by Beatriz Col Marchena, MP Ascensores).
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Second Place A panoramic lift connects the road on the hill to the Villa Troubetzkoy situated on the banks of Lake Como in Belvio, Italy (submitted by Begoña Flores Canseco, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Southern Europe, Africa & Middle East [SEAME]).
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Third Place Glass elevator in Provo, Utah (submitted by Chris Harris, A+ Elevators & Lifts)

Escalators and Moving Walks

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First Place Twelve sets of spiral escalators in the New World building in Shanghai (submitted by Jack Qiao, Mitsubishi Electric Shanghai Electric)
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Second Place Escalator in the Marina Bay Sands building in Singapore (submitted by Mithra Weerakone, Tele Extreme)
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Third Place Moving walk in the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar (submitted by Begoña Flores Canseco, ThyssenKrupp Elevator SEAME)
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Honorable Mention “Time to Descend”: escalator in the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore (submitted by Jean Lim S K)

Inclined Lifts

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First Place At 45˚, the 165-m-tall Montreal Tower is the tallest inclined tower with the only funicular that operates on a curved structure (submitted by Xana Herrera Casariego, ThyssenKrupp Elevator SEAME).
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Second Place The inclined lift at the Grand Mediterraneo in Corfu, Greece, is 214 m long and has five stations (submitted by Jiannis Gianniotis, Anelkistires Kerkiras).
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Third Place Grand Mediterraneo in Corfu (submitted by Gianniotis, Anelkistires Kerkiras)

Machines and Components

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First Place Gears in the KONE Spares parts warehouse in Moline, Illinois (submitted by Jerry J. Davis, KONE Spares)
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Second Place Imperial PMAC Machine at 1441 Broadway, New York City (submitted by Amarnauth Eric Appana, Motion Control Engineering)
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Third Place Ultracapacitor bank for energy storage and reuse in a Zaragoza, Spain, elevator (submitted by Pilar Molina Gaudo, Epic Power)
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Honorable Mention Elevator safety limit switch, used as elevator speed control and safe landing, at the Fujitec India PVT LTD factory, Bengaluru, India (submitted by Madhavan V., Sparrows Media)
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Honorable Mention Transmission chain pallets in a ThyssenKrupp iwalk at the ThyssenKrupp Norte Factory in Asturias, Spain (submitted by Juan Diaz Olojo, ThyssenKrupp Elevator SEAME)

Skylines and Tall Buildings

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First Place Atop the highest point of the Comcast Center in Philadelphia (submitted by Kenny Houser, Electrical Motor Repair Co.)
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Second Place Tall buildings in Chicago (submitted by Mohammed Kothambawala, Kantar Operations)
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Third Place “We Will Never Forget”: One World Trade Center (submitted by Ron Acord, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas).
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Honorable Mention Dubai Marina (submitted by Krishnan Kalp
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Honorable Mention Building in Madrid’s financial district (submitted by Pekka Juhani Pelkonen)
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