Sage of Shepperton slips away

By Jonathan Glancey and Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey2009-04-24T00:00:00

JG Ballard, who died earlier this week, took on modern architecture in his stories more than once — and the power of his work was such that his fictions have become our reality

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