The 11th annual photo contest gets most submissions ever.
This year’s ELEVATOR WORLD Photo Contest hit some highs! The 388 photo submissions are the most-ever (as far as we know), and the Illustrations category got more submissions than ever before due to the expansion of the category to include one of this year’s most-talked about (even if not always positively!) topics: AI. We also added a brand-new category this year — Elevator Company Factories/Facilities — and the submissions did not disappoint. This is the 11th edition of our annual Photo Contest, and we are more and more pleased each year with the types of submissions we get and how popular the voting has become. This year, 5,653 total votes were placed. Each year, we’re excited to see what comes through, and it’s nice to know that you, our great readers, seem excited to see them, too.
We kick off the contest winners with a bang: City Skylines and Tall Buildings. Two are from the U.S., one is from the U.K. and the honorable mention comes from Milan, Italy. The Elevator Company Factories/Facilities winners show us the goings-ons of factories in Canada and Florida with an aerial shot of the “oldest escalator factory in the world” in Germany. The six winners in Elevators/Lifts, both Commercial and Private Residence, show just how truly special elevators can be and how easily they can be integrated into a setting. The Escalators and Moving Walks winners show color and a lack of color mixed with two sets used in urban mobility.
The Historical/Legacy Equipment winners take us back in time, before 1965, with some truly unique images to behold. Our Hoistway winners run the gamut in both color and style, and the winners for the Illustrations category are unique, as well. The Machines and Components offerings show a hoist machine, a cable guide and a two-speed door operator. To close, the Projects in Action winners show the lengths that some in our industry have to go to each day to get the job done.
We hope you enjoy!
City Skylines & Tall Buildings
“Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC)”; The TK Elevator (TKE) IQC is the cornerstore of TKE’s North American headquarters in Atlanta. It is the tallest building in Cobb County, Georgia, and the tallest elevator test tower in the U.S.; photo by Jim Roe, TKE.
“Central London view from elevator car”; A view of St. Pancras International train station from the external elevator of The Standard, London; photo by Carlo Ferrari, Wittur
“Snowy Murphy Elevator Aerial Shot”; The Murphy Elevator Co. building in Louisville, Kentucky; photo by Sam Hunter
Elevator Company Factories/Facilities
“Garaventa Lift”; The Garaventa Lift North American Headquarters in Surrey, Canada; photo by Sid Poojary, Garaventa Lift
“Southeast Elevator Manufacturing Facility”; The Southeast Elevator headquarters is located in a 20,000-plus ft2 office/warehouse facility in Fort Pierce, Florida; photo by Lisa Basil, Southeast Elevator.
“The oldest escalator factory of the world! TKE’s Manufacturing Centre in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1908!”; photo by Karsten Kambach, TK Fahrtreppen GmbHElevator/Lifts (Commercial)
“Getting Closer”; photo by Ander Mauleon, Orona S.Coop.
“Hay’s Galleria”; Fujitec UK delivered nine Rexia machine-room-less elevators for Hay’s Galleria in London, U.K.; photo by Alice Black, Blacks Productions.
“What a Beautiful Dam Elevator … Hoover Dam that is!”; photo by Inpro Corp.Elevator/Lifts (Private Residence)
“Elvoron Home Elevator”; This Genesis B model is an indoor lift sold by Garaventa Lift in Germany and manufactured by Domoflex; photo by Poojary.
“Oh My Deer!”; Savaria manufactured and Elpro Elevators & Lifts installed this one-of-a-kind unit in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; photo by Chris McClary, Elpro Elevators & Lifts.
“Elevators and Cars”; Global Tardiff manufactured and Elpro Elevator & Lifts installed this custom panoramic glass elevator in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; photo by McClary.Escalators & Moving Walks
“Living Colours”; taken at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain; photo by Vassily Getsov
“Getting Closer”; photo by Mauleon
“Escalator of Metro Dubai”; As a commuter on Dubai Metro, Anthony Austria documents the escalators, which he says are “among the most extraordinary in the world.” This one is by Shanghai Mitsubishi Co.; photo by Austria.
Historical/Legacy Equipment (pre-1965)
“East Hill Cliff Lift, Hastings, East Sussex, England”; photo by Katherine McCoy
“The Beginnings”; On Fernando de los Rios street in Madrid, Spain, this elevator box belongs to an out-of-service elevator that formerly accessed the kitchens of the house; photo by Raul Vazquez Garcia-Munoz.
“Winding Unit”; photo by Leah Sykes, Shorts Industries Ltd.
Hoistways
“Hoistway of inclined lift in Switzerland”; This hoistway for an inclined elevator that connects several flats built on a hill in Switzerland was surprisingly full of light; photo by Ferrari.
“Counterweight: The Silent Killer”; taken in a commercial building at 1141 North Brand Boulevard in Glendale, California; artist unknown; photo by Greg Jennings aka bobtotal, Total Access Elevator
“Panoramic Steel Structure Elevator in Private Villa at Abu Dhabi – UAE”; This photo captures the fusion of architectural brilliance and engineering excellence, showcasing the integration of modern design and functionality; photo by MASSAED.Illustrations
“Hand Illustrated Passenger Lift Drawing”; by Sykes
“AI created energy-based panoramic elevator”; In one of the first experiments in visualizing elevators with AI tools, Ferrari played with the concept of how a futuristic elevator working on pure energy could look; by Ferrari.
“NicTheElevatorGuy: Which rope for my application?”; The illustration brings attention to the advantages of PU-coated ropes in machine-room-less elevators, and NicTheElevatorGuy’s pins are used to represent the rope’s construction in a funny way; by Nicola Imbimbo.Machines & Components
“KONE MX100 Hoist Machine”; The MX100 is KONE’s largest hoist machine, seen here as it is being hoisted into the machine room at 110 North Wacker Drive in Chicago, photo by Dennis Murphy, KONE
“Guías de cable”; a traction cable repair on Calle Ferraz, in Madrid, Spain; The distance from the counterweight to the pulley is observed when the cabin is on the top floor; photo by Garcia-Munoz.
“2-Speed Door Operator”; two-speed door operator from a Southeast Elevator two-stop elevator residential installation in Palm Beach, Florida; photo by BasilProjects in Action
“How Do They Do It?”; an elevator replacement in Colmenar Viejo Calle Pintor Sorolla in Madrid, Spain; photo by Garcia-Munoz
“Caloundra Cay Project in Action”; Easy Living Home Elevators provides elevators complete with SMARTAFRAME for this resort on the Sunshine Coast of Australia; photo by Dijana Vojvodic, Easy Living Home Elevators.
“Night & Fly Installation”; A crane with a load capacity of more than 220 T was used to help install two TKE escalators in Bayreuth, Germany; photo by Waldemar Lieske, TKE.
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