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Landscape and situation. for the bridge deck, we used slate mined from a quarryjust two miles away. 40,000 hand=split and hand—cut slate slabs laid and arranged like after eight mints. one word that encapsulates it is not an architectural word, but it is �*fun�*, and you can see it on the face of users — the fun and the enjoyment they are getting from the project, and that is extremely gratifying. and now, ourfinal building, a mosque in cambridge. when i first walked in, i think, when yo...

But didnt dominate this cambridge street. so, set behind the greenery, the building slowly reveals itself as you walk towards it. the inspiration, a wooded grove. the garden of paradise. so, everything around us is wood, then? yes. a low carbon building, i guess? yes, one of the central tenets of the design was doing tonic design something that was both environmentally and socially sustainable so the involvement of the community was important too that this building should sit comfortably in its ...

100%. i think everyone can attest that dance is meant to be, it is a social... dance, you know, it is a social art form and i think it is meant to be in the space life, bumping into people, connecting with people, having conversations like this. our next building, like the mosque, is all about fitting into the local environment — which is not the residential neighbourhood but somewhere which is really, really beautiful and the key issue is, dont spoil the view. the residential neighbourhood bu...

Is equally elemental, a study in stone with all the attendant stresses, strains and personal trauma. was there a moment when you thought youd wished youd never started this? he laughs. of course, yeah. somebodys decided to press a button, it could all be - demolished. we are looking at an apartment building of eight flats and office space underneath the three offices and it is made of limestone, load—bearing limestone. limestone, correct. limestone. thats what this building is all about. redis...

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 such as the lake—source heat...

This is constructive the ground, hasnt it? precisely, and this i is an ammonite shell. what we have found it you can still do it. - it is actually cheaper, faster, - far greener still to just simply put stone buildings up so we found - that we save 90% of the embodied carbon had this been a steel cage i or steel—framed building clad stones are very simply be just 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 bu...

Gerard carty, thanks for speaking to us. but congratulation. 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 togetherness. it feels a fitting winner of this years riba stirling prize building of the year. thank you. well,...

Yes. a low carbon building, i guess? yes, one of the central tenets of the design was doing tonic design something that was both environmentally and socially sustainable so the involvement of the community was important too that this building should sit comfortably in its community so this was a competition in 2009 and members of the community, non—muslim members of the community were invited to be part of the process of choosing the architect so involved from very, very early stages. but this...

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. foregrounds the visitor experience — its a building, its here. and yet its the background, its the backdrop to a beautiful landscape setting. and immersing yourself in a fantastic collection. so, windermere, all about water, and our next building is equally elemental, a study in stone with all the attendant stresses,...

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 backgrounds, their parents didnt go to university, theyre often first—generation. .. tou know, it is quite inviting, isnt it? it is inviting, absolutely, everybody has to feel at home, no matter what. i suppose what struck us about the university as it is so culturally diverse and we had to think about integrating so many people in many different ways s...