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We used delabor slate, which is mined from the quarry just two miles away. 40,000 hand—split and hand—cut slates have all laid on edge, like after eight mints. one word that sort of encapsulates the building, its not a very architectural word, but its — for me, its �*fun�*, and its the kind of project that you see so easily in the faces of users — the fun and the enjoyment they are getting from the project, and thats extremely gratifying. and now, ourfinal building, our mosque in cam...

Through the archaeology on the surface of the island. the elegance of this solution was that its anchored into the rock on either side below the sensitive archaeology. very, very clever. the materials that were used were important notjust structurally, but also how it tied into the landscape, its situation. for the bridge deck, we used delabor slate, which is mined from the quarry just two miles away. 40,000 hand—split and hand—cut slates have all laid on edge, like after eight mints. one wo...

Addington is a mixed—use development with accommodation, housing, retail, community centre, school, hotel. the university set out to establish and develop an extension to the city of cambridge which gives an opportunity for all staff and students to live and come andjoin and be part of the success story of the university of cambridge. of the development is one of the largest storm water recycling schemes within the world. all the water on the roof is stored and collected and then carried throu...

Vision about inviting in the public, getting the library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub. exactly. they were looking for a showcase building and what that meant was not that it was a show—off building but a building that revealed what was happening inside the building to the passers—by into the outside. do you think that this is about changing the way university education might be? because, i mean, a lot of the students are not from university background...

Generations, first—generation students and, of course, that leads us to the town house by grafton architects. cheering and applause. music sting plays. kingston town house — a building with a purpose to make university life open, accessible, collaborative, social. receiving the award for grafton architects, gerard carty. and we have the winner with us now. gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling. it is absolutely astonishing. we are really astounded, wer...

It is like a complete little world so you find people who are like you who maybe speak to you in this building. gerard carty, thanks for speaking to us. congratulations. the winner of this years riba stirling prize is kingston town gouse by grafton architects, and they said one measure of how successful the building was would be looking at how many chance encounters there were, how many conversations, how many smiles, how much laughter in the building and a building which is a celebration of tog...

Normal, minimalist, architects kitchen here, isnt it? yes, that is right, we can even hide the oven if we dont - want to look at it. nice big larders, hiding - the mess which is also a bit of a secret door short cut to our bedroom. i oh, it is a door. it is a doorway. come and follow me. wow. takes us past our bathroom. is this a bath? it is a nice big bath. the building is meant to evoke memories of old stone—built memory that once stood here, but it does stand out a bit when compared with it...

Issue is, dont spoil the view. the brief for this building was to create a world—class building in which to house the internationally significant boat collection. it is needed to be a building which can accommodate large—scale boats that was exciting for the public to want to visit but also, importantly, because it sat within one of our great national parks, it had to enhance the landscape that was within. sustainability has been really central to the concept of the building. we have systems...

We have sourced local material so that the travel from source to site as is short as possible. the building actually has a zero waste strategy so all of the domestic waste water is treated on site and filtered through the landscape and reed bed so that it can then be discharged back into the lake as clean water. the site is amazing, reflects nature, reflects conservation. some of the success of what the team has achieved here is a building that is simultaneously foreground and background. foregr...

Or steel—framed - building clad in stone. so very simplyjust cut the stone out of the body, transport and erect on site - and that is it. so, essentially, you have created a very high—tech building that has the appearance of a ruin. i guess so, yes. inside is equally natural. and this is your flat were coming into? yes, straight in. that is some view. st pauls out there and we can see the stone. that is correct. that is our limestone exoskeleton. - so the outside is all stone, inside, all eu...