Hong Kong embraced modernist architecture to construct mass housing projects for nearly three million residents, shaping one of the world’s most futuristic and densely populated urban landscapes.

Post-war Italy became a fertile ground for brutalist architecture, where stark new concrete forms reshaped urban landscapes with bold and experimental landmarks.

While some housing estates in Central and Eastern Europe are being renovated or demolished, their original residents remain undaunted. They have lived through the buildings' golden years and darker times; they are the estates.

The ‘sleeping districts’ are homes to the vast majority of Muscovites and the monumental cityscapes they form are beyond striking.

Viewing Edinburgh’s post-war redevelopment area from the air, one block stands out for its striking shape: Cables Wynd House, aka the ‘Banana Flats’.

The mix of postwar buildings in Great Britain is splendidly diverse: social housing and educational buildings built for an expanding welfare state, but also speculative projects designed and built to maximise profit.