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Jonathan Glancey

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Jonathan Glancey

SA refuses to indulge UN’s mercenary probe

From Hitler to Gaddafi: Dictators and their bunkers

Gaddafi, Hitler … no dictator can bear to be without a bunker. But however much gold you take with you, is life really worth living underground?

The ‘crustacean’ Pompidou

This is a very strange fish. What first strikes the eye about the Pompidou-Metz is its bizarre, undulating roof

The wow years

Taller, shinier, crazier… architecture in the Noughties is an outlandish celebration of wealth. We report on the boom that couldn’t last.

So long Dubya

Dubya’s reign is nearly over. What impact did he have on the artistic life of his country? Here 12 prominent Americans give their verdict.

Venice goes retro

Nude hippies, big blobs, stunning dog pounds — is the 2008 architecture biennale too wacky for its own good? Jonathan Glancey reports.

Fish out of water

His billowing, writhing designs have made Frank Gehry one of the most celebrated architects in the world. He talks to Jonathan Glancey.

Tower of faith

”I’m not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.” And raises Manhattan towers? Jonathan Glancey speaks to Daniel Libeskind, planner of Ground Zero and…

Eternal magic of mud

”The great mosque of Djenne in Mali is one of those buildings that haunted my boyhood imagination. It never seemed real, more a surrealist fairy-tale illustration.” Jonathan…