Paul Dobraszczyk

Some views around St Mark's Square, seen by me for the first time

Sometimes you don't need to much to conjure entire worlds. Here's Venice in a single line

Venice patina is unlike any other - the entire city beaten and battered by water and wind into a glorious meld

Gondola under construction in a boat-building workshop on Giudecca, Venice

I am beginning to think that Ryanair have a personal vendetta against me

Four Venetian reflections

This morning the Dolomites felt within touching distance of Venice (in fact, they're 60 miles away)

Rising algae, Venice

Sudden appearance of a team of rowers, Venice

Shadow ornament, Venice

Waning Jodrell Bank from Macclesfield Forest

The City Road inn & Innside hotel, Manchester

Blue shards, Brinksway, Stockport

Stockport after the rain

In a week I'll be in Venice for a fantastic symposium on Colin Ward's legacy. centrostudilibertari.it/index.php/it...

Skulker under the Savoy Hotel, London

Technicolour corner, Covent Garden

Gower Street in early morning sunshine

Two views from Waterloo Bridge

Alighting on Tottenham Court Road

A Sisyphean endeavour on London's South Bank

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Red-brick reflection in a pool of detritus, Northern Quarter, Manchester

The towers of Salford and Strangeways prison from Cheetham

Ungenerous balcony, Northern Quarter, Manchester

Diaphanous figure, Northern Quarter, Manchester

To me, this spectacularly grim underpass off the Rochdale Road is one of the wonders of Manchester (and it was too for this friendly chap)

A glorious wander amongst the Woolpacks, a weathered gritstone outcrop on Kinder Scout that's full of creaturely rocks

Truncated pier in Colwyn Bay, opened in 2021

Cast iron railings, Llandudno pier

Gull's feet, Llandudno

Gorgeous set of tiles on the former W.H. Smith shop in Llandudno

A morning rainbow, Llandudno

Magnificent ductwork, Spinningfields, Manchester

Shovlin depot, Ardwick, Manchester

Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) lit up by the setting sun in Westminster

Wonky past versus straight present, Manchester

Vegetation spewing out of a railway arch, Manchester

Blue boat, Rochdale Canal, Manchester

Dancing light, Rochdale Canal, Manchester

Manchester Constructivism, St Peter's Square

Come and hear about the secret life of sewers on 13 October at the British Academy in London. I'll be waxing lyrical about sublime underground spaces and extravagant pumping stations. It's free too: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...

Rare north London decrepitude, Malden Road, Kentish Town

Gothick pile for sale in Cressbrook, Derbyshire

Municipal chequerboard: the 1930s Grosvenor Estate in Pimlico, designed by Edwin Lutyens

Manchester's fascinating and often bizarre architectural juxtapositions, a leitmotif of my wanderings in the city over the past decade

Part of Ai Weiwei's monumental Murano glass chandelier 'The Human Comedy', as seen at Aviva Studios in Manchester. Gave me Terminator vibes.

Three views of St Michael's tower on the rise, Manchester

Attempting a very difficult move on Stanage Edge, then resignation in defeat

Daniel Libeskind's extraordinary Jewish Museum in Berlin, perhaps the most powerful work of architecture of the last half century