Bamboo airports and psychedelic oil refineries: Richard Rogers’ thrilling legacy

The visionary architect behind some of the world’s favourite landmarks – and some of its most expensive housing – is hanging up his pencil. Our critic assesses his impact

Macallan distillery review – whisky and spectacle galore

Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Moray
Macallan’s new £140m distillery and visitor centre, by Richard Rogers and co, is a suitably subtle blend of hi-tech and theatre designed to put the beautiful business of whisky production centre stage

Pompidou Centre: a 70s French radical that’s never gone out of fashion

The much-loved Paris landmark was designed in the 1970s by two young unknowns – Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. On the eve of its 40th birthday, they recall the sheer joy and bravado – and the struggle – of creating it

Rowan Moore: the best architecture of 2015

From dumb towers to cool interventions, 2015 saw the gap widen between the big and brainless and the small and thoughtful

Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full

London flat ‘sells for £140m’ to become the city’s most valuable property

One Hyde Park penthouse believed to be taken by overseas buyer, ‘injecting new vitality’ into capital’s super-prime market