Last updated: February 7, 2013 12:45 pm

What makes a city beautiful?

Readers’ pictures

We would like readers to share their pictures with us.

In his article ‘The bad and the beautiful’ Edwin Heathcote, the FT’s architecture critic, asked: what makes a city beautiful? House & Home asked readers to send in their images of beautiful city moments.

Here are some of the best:

Liverpool by Rob Byrne
©Rob Byrne
Hong Kong by Munch Hausen
©Munch Hausen
A view from Hampstead Heath by Ria Bhavnani
©Ria Bhavnani
Battersea Power Station by Ria Bhavnani
©Ria Bhavnani
Kings Cross station, London by Ria Bhavnani
©Ria Bhavnani
Westminster Bridge, London by Ria Bhavnani
©Ria Bhavnani
Edinburgh by Ria Bhavnani
©Ria Bhavnani
Jodhpur by Ria Bhavnani
©Ria Bhavnani
The Shard at London Bridge, by Danielle Mimran
©Danielle Mimran
A Venetian fire escape designed by Palladio, Venice by @DianaYakeley
©Diana Yakeley
Florence by Viviana Morales
©Viviana Morales
Hong Kong flats by Munch Hausen
©Munch Hausen
Connaught Road footbridge, Hong Kong by Natasha Kaye Whiffin
©Natasha Kaye Whiffin
Hong Kong skyline by Natasha Kaye Whiffin. Forty per cent of Hong Kong’s land mass is devoted to its parks but the most familiar image of Hong Kong is the 25 per cent land mass of the overcrowded city.
©Natasha Kaye Whiffin
Venice Pier, Los Angeles by Richard Risemburg
©Richard Risemberg
Beijing city centre by Talo Tapani
©Talo Tapani
Old food lane, Beijing by Talo Tapani
©Talo Tapani
Cities by water, Istanbul by Masya Spek
©Masya Spek
Cities by water, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia by Masya Spek
©Masya Spek
Landing at La Guardia, New York City, 2009 by Dan Macy
©Dan Macy
Ludlow Street, Lower Eastside, New York City, 2009 by Dan Macy
©Dan Macy
Paris streets from the top of the Pompidou by Natasha Kaye Whiffin
©Natasha Kaye Whiffin
Suzhou street life, eastern China, 1994 by Masya Spek
©Masya Spek
Suzhou street life, eastern China, 1994 by Masya Spek
©Masya Spek
Suzhou street life, eastern China, 1994 by Masya Spek
©Masya Spek
Rome, by Diana J Spencer
©Diana J Spencer
The end of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage by @pentax_man
©Mike Pentax-Man
The end of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage by @pentax_man
©Mike Pentax-Man
A cast iron lace house, Melbourne by Kristine Byrne
©Kristine Byrne
Edinburgh meadows by Doug Corrance
©Doug Corrance
Stockbridge, Edinburgh by Doug Corrance
©Doug Corrance
Walking through Edinburgh meadows by Doug Corrance
©Doug Corrance

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