City SPACES is a photo series that showcases many of the exciting (or mundane) things I stumble upon as I move around different parts of the world. I have curated a selection of images of urban environments and architectural interests. All the photos were taken using just my iPhone but fueled by my love for photography and obsession with city spaces.
New York City – On my morning strolls from Brooklyn to ManhattanCape Town – Looking back, I had a great view from my office deskLondon – Canary Wharf is slowly starting to look like “Downtown America”
Gaborone will always have a piece of my heart. The city is blossoming and has started translating aspects of its indigenous culture into a contemporary architectural aesthetic
Maputo is a city-sized sculpture gallery. Literally!Lower Manhattan – Speaking of sculptures; this was in the belly of the beast… Calatrava’s beast #62Kuala Lumpur – Another serene park with great views
My dad lived in South East Asia for a decade and kept asking me to visit. I regret not spending more time in that part of the world.
Palace of Westminster – Thinking about the detail of old Gothic buildings bedevils meUnpopular opinion – Some Postmodernist buildings need to be fiercely protected. “Don’t @ me”Church of Polana, Maputo – Before we got a hi-tech cheese grater we had a brutalist lemon squeezer
‘Prometheus’ is a Pancho Guedes masterpiece in Maputo that just catches your eye with its famous whiskers. Modernism in Mozambique in general, is mind-blowing
Another modernist masterpiece – nestled in the leafy ends of North London. Many of the Bauhaus founders had live here at one pointThe ‘Orapa House’ in Gabs really needs to get its damn respect Cape Town – Battery Park, along the canal in the Foreshore
Cape Town is beautiful on its worst day. Absolutely stunning!
Another Pancho Guedes masterpiece in Mozambique. This one was a pilgrimageStaten Island Ferry trips past the ol’ ladyGaborone is a planned modernist city, much like Brasilia.
The South Bank is one of my great pleasures of London. If I’m not at a screening at the BFI, then I’m at the National Theatre – it is something to behold
UCT Sports Centre – One of the most underrated buildings in Cape TownJoburg – On the other hand, the World Cup Stadium is a national treasureHudson Yards – Waited all afternoon, just to walk up a few flights of stairsMore London – More rain!
On the 60th floor and barely half way up Manhattan’s skyline. This is the view from my brother’s FiDi apartment.
Must be nice!
Bandar Seri Begawan – Sitting on a bench and watching people pop out like ‘Whac-A-Mole’Gaborone – Hashtag no filter; the sky really turns pinkish-purple sometimes. It’s quite surrealOne of London’s busiest tube stations… circa 2020
