Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – giant cocktail umbrella gives the park a party vibe
French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled her festive big top. And this symphony of timber is a lovely place to eat and think about food – if you can overlook the clumsy flat-pack feel
June 2022
Architect Nigel Coates: ‘I like spaces that made you wonder. I was trying to softly seduce people’
How London will look in 2066: Zaha Hadid’s mind-blowing visions
September 2021
Martina Hall obituary
Maker of arts and history films for TV with an eye for detail and a flair for celebrating the creative gifts of women
February 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: interior designers get competitive with Alan Carr
It’s feng shui and furnishings as the second series of Interior Design Masters gets going. Plus: the late great Zaha Hadid. Here’s what to watch this evening
November 2020
'Toxic dispute' over Zaha Hadid's £100m estate finally settled
Four-year feud heard allegations of financial mismanagement and ‘clandestine relationships’ between practice principal and junior staff
January 2020
The despot dilemma: should architects work for repressive regimes?
2020 culture preview
Palette cleansers: our photography, art and architecture picks for 2020
September 2019
Zaha Hadid’s massive ‘starfish’ airport opens in Beijing
Daxing international, said to be world’s largest single-building terminal, to handle 72m passengers
April 2018
Names in the news
Has housing provocateur Patrik Schumacher ever lived in a studio?
Rebecca Nicholson
The architect suggests that busy young professionals can be accomodated in pods
January 2018
Architect Patrik Schumacher: 'I've been depicted as a fascist'
He has proposed eliminating social housing and privatising streets – so is Zaha Hadid’s successor the most hated man in urbanism?
October 2017
Secret Stans
'Норман бізге президент пирамида салынуын қалайды деп айтты'
Secret Stans
'Norman said the president wants a pyramid': how starchitects built Astana
February 2017
The millionaire's darling: Zaha Hadid's urban artworks – in pictures
The late architect was a favourite of wealthy clients in part for her bold visions of futuristic cities, including extensive subterranean development
January 2017
Zaha Hadid leaves £67m fortune, architect's will reveals
The Architecture of Neoliberalism by Douglas Spencer review – privatising the world
December 2016
Tokyo breaks ground on £1.2bn national stadium for 2020 Olympics
The Observer's obituaries of 2016
Zaha Hadid remembered by Rana Hadid
Zaha Hadid: from flaming sketchbooks to global phenomenon
