Simon Schama, the very erudite British historian, is responsible for one of my favourite quotes,

"...landscape is the work of the mind. Its scenery is built up as much from strata of memory as from layers of rock".

For me, this also applies to the built environment us city dwellers live in. The way we build and shape our cities is entirely influenced by our culture and beliefs. I would even go so far as to argue that the dominant ideologies of the day design a city’s buildings as much as the architect who actually draws the plans. This isn’t a new theory with many photographers, such as David Goldblatt from South Africa and Paul Seawright from Northern Ireland, exploring different aspects of this process.