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Asif Khan to Design Future Memory Pavilion in Singapore

SINGAPORE.- The British Council, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Preservation of Monuments Board, Singapore, today announced a programme of events entitled Future Memory in Singapore. The programme will culminate with a temporary pavilion designed by award-winning UK architect Asif Khan as part of Singapore’s annual architecture festival ArchiFest in October 2011. The theme of Future Memory, which forms the basis for a platform of activities in Singapore, derives from a series of discussion-based events (RA Forums) created by the Royal Academy of Arts in early 2011 in London. The platform will be launched in Singapore on 13 July 2011 with an RA Forum. The event will feature speakers Liu Thai Ker (architect and an important figure in Singapore’s urban development); Eric Parry RA (London-based architect whose work includ