Car parks are usually uninspiring, dull buildings. But Manchester has some that are totally hot… READ MORE BELOW

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Manchester’s New Bailey area is a new architectural development featuring housing, restaurants and other amenities.

And yes, multi-storey car parks. But they’re not the featureless lumps that usually pass off as car lots. One is encased in a compelling beehive structure, the other is a medley of candy-coloured stripes and lattice panelling.

They’re certainly sexy to photograph. And walking back from my shoot, I stumbled across another car park in the Spinningfields district, clad in a compelling metal of pink blush.

After this photo walk I needed to take a cold shower…