Crowned

An architecture of ever more elaborate facades and tech-enabled structure is keenly worn like jewellery by our cities. Once limited to a few leading world cities, spectacle architecture has jumped and accelerated all around the world as global capitalism has taken hold. In the last few decades the new cities of the Middle East and the remodelled cities of China have been scrambling for extravagant architecture to put themselves on the map. These buildings brashly represent the large systems that act on us - economy, politics, imagination and myth - and are therefore a constant fascination to me, a constant puzzle to grapple with and try to get a hold on. Through an intense play with colour, form and composition the photographs tease out the delirium, complexity and beauty of this high pitch urbanism.

Looking north up William St. NY

Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

Looking down 7th Ave. NY

Westbay Skyline, Doha

Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

Corner of 10th Ave. and West 18th st. NY

The Shard, London

Dubai skyline with Burj Khalifa

53 West 53rd, NY

The Scalpel and Lloyds, London

Twin Towers & Gate Tower, Doha

20 Gracechurch Street, London

East 42nd St. NY

The Oculus,1 WTC and 7 WTC. NY

Pudong Financial District skyline, Shanghai

Dubai skyline with Burj Khalifa

Deansgate Sq, Manchester

No. 1 First St, Manchester

Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

Fiterman Hall and Oculus. NY

6th Ave. & 53rd St. NY

Red Cube & Brown Brothers, 140 Broadway. NY

Plac Unii, Warsaw

Atria, Dubai

Shanghai Tower reflection

Looking north up Manhattan

56 Leonard St., Titanpointe & Tribeca Tower. NY

First St, Manchester

Overlooking City Hall Park to 250 Broadway, NY

New York skyline with Hudson Yards and The Vessel

Jin Mao Tower & Shanghai World Financial Centre

Looking east across Manhattan

Cluster of Buildings, South St. NY

1 Seaport & Continental Centre. NY

Zuccotti Park & 4 World Trade Centre

20 Fenchurch St. London

Złota 44, Warsaw

Deansgate Sq, Manchester

William St. NY

Skyline, Shanghai

Leadenhall Building, London

The Oculus under construction, NY

Southern tip of Manhattan & New York Bay

Flat-pack (Shenyang & Chengdu)

New Towers, Changsha

Scattered Signals / The Commons

Scattered Signals (The Public)

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