Self-taught, Berlin-based photographer Matthias Heiderich’s vivid, often unexpectedly colorful photos reveal an almost perverse ideal of architecture, one in which places built for people are emptied of their people. Whether they are shots of famous landmarks or mundane and ordinary structures, his masterful photos show how human-built monuments can seem blithely indifferent to humanity. They’re also mesmerizing to behold.

You can see his many projects at behance.net and learn more at matthias-heiderich.de.