Moving into August, this week’s top exhibitions reflect upon life in cities around the world through bold photography and installation.

Tapping into innovation, RA explores 16 key projects by the prolific architect Renzo Piano, who is known for an inventive practice.

Technology is the signifier of our times, with people checking smartphones every 12 minutes. The 2018 Aesthetica Art Prize responds to this.

A photography show at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, questions the boundaries between fine art and documentary genres.

Curated by the Michael Reid Gallery in Berlin, the Australian Embassy in Paris showcases 22 leading figures in contemporary photography.

Unseen Amsterdam highlights the latest developments in fine art photography. Aesthetica collates a list of 2018’s must-see artists.

Emerging brands Gayeon Lee and Matter Matters address the rising levels of consumption with bespoke garments inspired by wider culture.

Influenced by humanity’s fascination with the nature of the everyday, Romain Veillon’s photographs inhabit a world of testimony and nostalgia.

Sisters Sally Ann and Emily May Gunawan return to Aesthetica with a shoot inspired by the Australian landscape and Pacific Ocean.

Considering the broad scale of materials available today,  a collection of innovative projects delves into the wider potential of 21st century production.

Continuing an ongoing support of emerging talent, Next Generation is an annual collaboration with LCC that celebrates the work of graduates.

Computer-aided designs break the material-making mould, steering the creation of increasingly responsible, adaptable and sustainable architecture.

Kevin Krautgartner’s works focus on geometric elements from the evolving landscape, revelling in bold structures set against an immaculate skyline.

Using patterns and data from intelligent surveillance systems, Esther Hovers’ images have been crafted around the detection of criminal behaviour.

Brooke DiDonato creates rich, palpable images that document a new kind of reality – taking figures from the realms of the everyday into a state of flux.

Photographs of the country’s interior and exterior structures provide thought-provoking insights into a society built upon fairyland aesthetics.

James Casebere devises table-top models, creating thought-provoking and visually deceptive images that have accrued international acclaim.

The August / September edition, Global Initiatives, looks at sustainable ways of living across range of disciplines, documenting the human story.

La Fondation Louis Vuitton pulls together art from across the globe to highlight connections between human beings and the planet.

Vogue Like A Painting at GL Strand, Copenhagen, establishes visual and thematic links between fashion photography and fine art.