How the world could have looked: the most spectacular buildings that were never made
A mega egg in Paris, a hovering hotel in Machu Picchu, an hourglass tower in New York, a pleasure island in Baghdad … we reveal the architectural visions that were just too costly – or too weird
May 2019
Brief letters
How Subbuteo’s inventor bent it round the wall
Brief letters: Real names | The Guardian | Subbuteo | Banana bread | Packet brownies
IM Pei obituary
Doyen of architects who enriched the world with a series of bold cultural monuments
IM Pei: an audacious daredevil who built the impossible
In pictures – IM Pei's finest works
IM Pei: celebrated architect behind Louvre pyramid dead at 102
March 2019
Rebel with a cause: how the founder of Bauhaus changed the world
From Richard Rogers to Habitat and Ikea, the influence of the Bauhaus school is everywhere. So why is its charismatic founder, Walter Gropius, still so widely misunderstood?
May 2018
Observer dispatch
From Qatar’s blockade, a bold, unexpected new vision is emerging
Enforced isolation has given the emirate confidence to pursue a political and cultural reboot
October 2016
National Gallery of Art's East Building review – a new view of America
Closed for three years, the redesigned museum has reopened with a giant blue cockerel on the roof terrace and a spectacular showcase of 60s American art discovered by Virginia Dwan
January 2016
Carer charged with assaulting IM Pei in Manhattan home
Eter Nikolaishvili, 28, arrested on suspicion of assaulting 98-year-old architect after he was taken to hospital with bleeding lacerations and bruises
March 2010
Ancient and modern: the timeless architecture of IM Pei
From the Pyramide du Louvre to Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, we look back at the daring and elegant designs that made architect IM Pei a household name
February 2010
IM Pei 2010 interview: 'Wow! Perhaps I’m not so ancient after all”
He is one of the world’s greatest architects, whose stunning buildings have sparked both wonder and controversy. IM Pei, now in his 90s, talks to Jonathan Glancey
October 2009
IM Pei wins Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
Jonathan Glancey
The quiet geometries of this Chinese-American architect make him an unfashionable but deserving recipient of RIBA's architecture award
November 2008
Islamic art museum marks cultural shift in Gulf
Qatar unveils spectacular showcase holding 800 artistic and historical treasures from three continents
April 2006
Magnificent seven: icons of modern hotel design
Hotel Unique, Sao Paulo | The Kandalama, Sri Lanka | Hotel Marques De Riscal, Spain | The Vigilius Mountain Resort, Italy | The Grand Hyatt, Shanghai, China | Burj Al Arab, Dubai | The Four Seasons, New York
August 2004
Building my father brick by brick
Building my father brick by brick
July 2004
The man who was an island
Louis Kahn loved buildings more than he could ever love people. Now his estranged son has filmed a portrait of the great architect, his buildings and his haunted life. By Jonathan Glancey.
