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RA Magazine Blog: Did JG Ballard predict Facebook?

Photograph: Eamonn McCabe

What do Facebook and the Hilton at Heathrow have in common? Nothing, or so I thought until listening to Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space – a symposium held at the Royal Academy in May, which highlighted the relationship between science fiction writer JG Ballard, architecture and contemporary society. Read more

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RA Magazine Blog: Biennale diary

Photo: Kate Goodwin

The Royal Academy's Architecure Curator, Kate Goodwin, provides a special report from Venice on the opening days of the 12th Architecture Biennale.

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RA Magazine Blog: Sky-high Shanghai

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The RA's Kate Goodwin travelled to China recently on a design curators' study tour organised by the British Council. In part two of a series of photo-essays for this blog, she reports on Shanghai - a melting pot of architectural styles with thriving creative industries, and a domestic tourism powerhouse thanks to the city's recent World Expo.

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RA Magazine Blog: Beijing builds tomorrow

Seen at night the stadium and aquatic centre - the ying and yang - glowed red and blue respectively, making impressive architectural statements and leaving a fitting legacy of the Olympics. When we visited on a Monday night, the site was buzzing with people - most of whom were just wandering around.

The RA's Kate Goodwin travelled to China recently on a design curators' study tour organised by the British Council. In part one of a series of photo-essays for this blog, she reports on the burgeoning design and architectural scene in Beijing.

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RA Magazine Blog: Future focus

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Kate Goodwin, the RA's Architecture Curator, reflects on a recent trip to Singapore for a joint event with the British Council

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RA Magazine Blog: Shifting sands

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The RA's Architecture Curator on the story behind The Future Memory Pavilion, Singapore (18 October – 19 November 2011)

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Blue Firth in the Architecture Space: Heavy with History

Photo: Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Owen Hopkins talks with the artist Blue Firth about her Architecture Space exhibition this spring

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