Through the lens: photogenic architecture

Bold, beautiful and never boring, the Barbican is a design classic at the heart of the City of London, and home to many a designer and architect. A symphony in concrete, its raw urban gutsiness is tempered by cascading water gardens. The complex includes an arts centre, with a world-leading theatre and gallery, a lakeside plaza with restaurants, and hundreds of 1960s apartments. Skip the futile attempts to get a satisfying photo of the London Eye and instead try capturing your own images of the Barbican’s Brutalist splendour, ideally in black and white.

Stay at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London  

Sales of Moët Champagne and Louis Vuitton handbags helped fund this museum, which houses the art collections of the LVMH Group and its boss, Bernard Arnault. They include pieces by Basquiat, Koons and Gilbert & George, but the building itself is a work of art you’ll also want to capture. The 2014 complex was designed by Frank Gehry, who made his name with the languid lines of the Guggenheim Bilbao. Here, he sets jagged rooflines against the cool, swaying greenery of the Bois de Boulogne – an ensemble that begs to be photographed.

Stay at Mandarin Oriental, Paris 

Legendary Swiss-French architect and designer Le Corbusier’s grandest vision is one that few Europeans and Americans see in person. Punjabis are rightly proud of Chandigarh – a capital for the state which was needed after the partition of India and Pakistan. Le Corbusier’s plans for the capital, built in the 1950s, included public art, parks, ponds and striking government buildings finished off in primary colours. Show the world you’ve been here by taking and sharing your best pics.

Stay at The Oberoi Sukhvilas Spa Resort, New Chandigarh