From the shanty towns of Khlong Toei to the hidden parts of Chinatown, Cody Ellingham walked Thailand’s capital every night for five weeks to photograph the city for his book Bangkok Phosphors

Photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure celebrates the often-overlooked architecture of Chicago’s South Side, an area known as a place of abandonment and violence

Christopher Herwig spent many early mornings capturing the pre-rush-hour emptiness of Soviet metro stations with their exhilarating mix of propaganda, exquisite mosaics and cosmic lighting fixtures

Paul Talling photographs the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories

Chongqing’s population is estimated at just below 10 million but that rises to more than 31 million if the built-up surroundings are included. Belgian photographer Kris Provoost finds that in a city so large, individuals can get lost

Photographer Jonathan Browning pictures Chinese migrant workers in front of advertising billboards for the projects they are helping to construct – office complexes and luxury apartments for the wealthy of Shanghai

Photographer and trained architect Francisco Ibáñez Hantke sees cities as a spectacle of constant conflict, negotiation and flux. Some of these facades will be retained, others have been demolished, and some will be integrated into new developments

An exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery, opening on 31 May, brings together works from the 17th century to the present day to show how the city’s architecture has inspired resident and visiting artists

Jeepneys are being phased to help ease city congestion, but the move will also cause unemployment for experienced drivers – and higher fares for commuters

Photographer Fred Sigman’s latest book, Motel Vegas, documents the vernacular roadside architecture that at once dominated the Nevada city’s skyline

Kineo Kuwabara captured these rich images of everyday life the city during the buildup to the second world war. The series is on display 18-19 May at the Special Edition of The London Photograph Fair

Jasper Léonard has shot Amsterdam from roofs, cranes and planes using a tilt-shift lens to make the city look like a toy town

From footballs to live fish, delivery mopeds piled high with unwieldy, unlikely goods are one of the Vietnamese capital’s most distinctive sights. As the city plans to ban motorbikes altogether, photographer Jon Enoch captured the drivers at work

Two Italian photographers, Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego, documented Soviet-era buildings in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Carolina Sandretto documents the last remaining buildings in Cines de Cuba, published by Skira

Cities have long sought to preserve historic views of landmarks or mountainous horizons. Architect Tom Brigden maps out protected ‘viewing corridors’ in cities from London to Vancouver

Brutalist masterpieces (or eyesores, depending on your point of view) face the wrecking ball in cities around the world

Artist Yuji Agematsu uses debris from New York’s streets to create miniature dioramas in cellophane sleeves from cigarette packets

Strategically placed ramps and ladders for urban cats are all the rage in Bern. Brigitte Schuster’s photo book Swiss Cat Ladders documents the phenomenon