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...

The secret life of sewers

From the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo...

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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

Simply fantastic that the new UK prime minister Andy Burnham's climate-change policy amounts to: 'we might consider banning the sale of disposable barbecues next year if there's another drought'

eee-clipse in Manchester

As the 50th consecutive heat-wave strikes Stockport...

Wonderful architectural contrasts in Kreuzberg, Berlin

The stunning Neues Museum in Berlin, a living ruin designed by David Chipperfield Architects and incorporating as much of the damaged historical fabric of the building as possible

The Badeschiff on the River Spree in Berlin

Hello from the Piccadilly Gardens of Berlin

Billowing muslin covering in Smithfield market, Farringdon

Hockneyesque in Highgate

A real pleasure to celebrate this year's Antepavilion winner at Hoxton Docks, built by Rites Studio

Back of Goodfather Pizza, Chapel St, Salford

Stroller in Ancoats

Architectural remnants swallowed up by the new, Swan Street, Manchester

My new painting: 'Rendezvous with Rama'

The golden hour, Blackfriars, Salford

Under the viaduct, Salford Central

Towers of Manchester from Werneth, Oldham

The view from Albert Bridge, Manchester. The weird flattening effect of a zoom lens combined with a building that has literally been cut in half.

Last light, Salford

Manchester's increasingly strange skyline

Ruins of the former Hotspur Press, Manchester