I live in the Peak District but I was born and grew up in London. Even though London has changed considerably since I was young, whenever I go back it always feels like home. I know my way around on foot and I just love the buzz of major cities.

In this project, I wanted to showcase some of the architectural shots I’ve taken over the last couple of years. This is an ongoing project that I add to whenever I visit a city, whether that’s London, Liverpool, Manchester or further afield.

I took this image in More London, an avenue of premium office space situated next to Tower Bridge. I don’t think any of the buildings are that striking on their own, but when photographed together the shapes of the buildings do form interesting negative space.

Another photograph from London, this time from the City of London. This collection of skyscrapers is hidden between some smaller buildings either side. That means I was restricted to just photographing the tops of the buildings, but I think these are the most interesting parts anyway.

The Lloyds Building in London is almost a rite of passage for photographers who shoot architecture, and for good reason. The building has an industrial feel that belies the white-collar work that goes on inside. The curves on the outside of the structure really lends itself to this kind of black and white treatment.

This is a tricky composition to make because the road here is very narrow. On the day I visited, I also had to contend with roadworks that had closed off most of the road and footpath. I like the way that the cylinder shape of the BT Tower contrasts with the boxy buildings that surround it.

This is another composition taken looking up from More London and an image that I think is more about the negative space than about the architecture. I call it ‘Lambda’ because the negative space appears to form that Greek letter.

I was in Manchester to drop off a broken computer at the Apple Store. I spent some time walking around looking for pictures and got this of No 1 Spinningfields. This is another example of using contrasting shapes and using the space between the buildings to form an interesting pattern.

We tend to think of architecture in terms of boxes with straight lines so it’s surprising just how many buildings are based on curves. After making this picture I picked up a copy of a wonderful book called ‘The Liverpool Art Book’ and I discovered an artist had drawn the same building from exactly this perspective and even cropped it to a square format. I’m not sure if this is just a case of great minds thinking alike or the fact that it’s an obvious composition to make.

This is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, known locally as Paddy’s Wigwam. It’s a great location for this kind of architectural photography and after spending some time walking around the structure I came across this viewpoint. From this angle, you can almost imagine it’s a rocket about to lift off.

This is one of the first architectural images I made, back in 2017. It shows Samuel Beckett Bridge, in Dublin. I think it shows how interesting architecture can be if you focus on the details of a structure,.

I’ve wanted to photograph this building for some time as I thought it would make a good subject for this kind of treatment. Why the title? I thought that “161 Millbank” was a bit too literal. I like appropriating titles of songs and thought that the Rolling Stones' song title, 'Tumbling Dice', really suited this image.