A new year-long photography project has captured the secret lives of Manchester’s hotels, offices and homes - taken when most of us are asleep.

You Live With Us We Live With You is the latest project by local photographer Simon Buckley, whose previous work, Not Quite Light, documented changing parts of Manchester and Salford before sunrise.

Commissioned by Manchester-based architects 5plus, Buckley has spent the last year capturing how buildings affect the people who use them and vice versa in a series of stunning images taken at dusk and dawn

The photographs – of six buildings in Manchester and four in London, all designed by 5plus - are also being turned into a book, to be published in September.

Mancunian Simon - who has worked for Loaded magazine among others - said: “It has been a fascinating project looking at how buildings, be they hotels, offices or houses, sit in the middle of life and meld with it and mould it. How they cope with the detritus of daily life, the cash points, the white vans, the cyclists, people eating, people drinking, all the stresses of human activity.

“It has also been a journey for me to re-evaluate my city and has reinforced the great responsibility shouldered by architects who design these buildings. They have such a huge impact on our daily lives and the shape and feel of a city.”

5plus director Jon Matthews, said: “We were inspired by Simon’s Not Quite Light work which captures the city in its raw state at dusk and dawn and we wanted to see our buildings in the same way. It was a leap of faith but the results are revelatory.

“Simon has managed to create a totally different style of architectural photography – one that is much more real and as architects we can learn from this. The added bonus is that they are also really beautiful and we are very proud to be hosting the work and sponsoring the book.”

Ten works will be on display at a 5plus-hosted invite only event in the Manchester Festival Square on Tuesday July 4. They will also be able to be viewed on the 5plus website from that date.

You Live With US We Live With You View gallery

Simon said: “MIF will be the first time these images have been seen as individual pieces – not just digital images on a screen – for me that’s an exciting prospect.”

And his own personal favourite 5plus building? “In Manchester I have two – The Hive, because it is such a clever building which from the outside does not reveal its secrets. All the people who work there have obviously enjoyed getting to know it and love it.

“Then there is the Corn Exchange. It has been great to see it being brought back to life and a privilege to have been onto the roof and see what an incredibly complicated building it is and the struggles and solutions 5plus have had to come up with to make it work again.

“In London it is Kingston Road. Meeting the families and seeing how they lived in the new houses was a real privilege.”

All the exhibition images will be available to see on the 5plus website www.5plusarchitects.com . You can see more of Simon’s work at www.simonbuckleyphotographer.com .