Ryan Koopmans - Vantage

An enormous roundabout functions as ornament and traffic control in the financial heart of Shanghai. Densely packed skyscraper façades from the central business district of Dubai fill the frame of this photograph. Artificial "supertrees" line Singapore's manmade marina, serving as vertical gardens. A tall ship passes by the breakwater of Monroe Harbor in downtown Chicago. The capital city of Kazakhstan, previously called Astana, was recently renamed Nur-Sultan in honor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev. International cruise ships assemble at the berths of Singapore's Keppel Harbour. In Almaty, Kazakhstan, a building advertises Victory Day celebrations commemorating the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. These skyscrapers in the Port of Rotterdam were built to resemble stacked shipping containers. Textiles hang from the balcony of a modern apartment building in the Black Sea town of Batumi, Georgia. Huaxi Village is a collection of private villas, factories, apartment blocks, farmland, and construction sites in China's Jiangsu Province. In Tskaltubo, Georgia, a former Soviet-era hotel has been converted into makeshift living quarters for international refugees. Dubai's fully automated metro rail line crosses over roads and a manicured garden. A dog scavenges through the basement of the abandoned Sanatorium Sacartvelo in Tskaltubo, Georgia. Buildings from various eras are packed together in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong. The Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa.