Led by a strong desire to look for the extraordinary in the ordinary, 63-year-old photographer Aspi Patel has created a set of visuals that establishes why it’s important to look at architecture as more than just a cluster of mortar and steel.

Some of the photographs that capture architecture from across the world

Titled Architecture Beyond Platitude, the show offers a collection of photographs, which Patel clicked over a period of 10 years during his travels across the world; featuring cities like New York, Washington DC, Sydney, Manhattan, Melbourne, and Mumbai. “It was Manhattan that inspired me,” says Patel, who begun exploring photography only after his marriage. “My agency wanted me to try black-and-white transparencies, so I went out capturing the Manhattan skyline. The result was amazing.”