The world’s ten most striking government buildings

News imageBy Jonathan Glancey profile image
Jonathan GlanceyFeatures correspondent
News imageAlamy Great Hall of the People, China, 1958-59Alamy
Great Hall of the People, China, 1958-59

One of them dwarfs the Forbidden City, one was built by slaves, another displaced 40,000 people. These civic structures overwhelm, says Jonathan Glancey.