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How can we future—proof construction? and the most fundamental question of all — why build in the first place? a question that takes us to our first nominated building. kingston university in london wanted a new library and a place for its dance studios, but the town house is more than that. it's a way of creating openness, collaboration, togetherness and pride. wow. like, this is incredible! like, coming here and being, like, when i walk past with people that i've worked from home, i'mjust like, "yeah, i go to uni there". they're like, "that's where you study?" and i'm like, "yeah!" it's ...

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's absolutely astonishing. we're really astounded. we're delighted that we've won this prize, but particularly for the university, because this is something that's so important — that we speak about what university education is aboutand... one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn't it? yeah. because they had this s...

But particularly for the university, because this is something that's so important that we speak about what university education is about and... one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn't it? yeah. because they had this strange vision about inviting in the public, getting the library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub? hmm—hm, hmm—hm, 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 t...

A university at all. it's polished, new, it didn't give me the vibe of a traditional university that you see on tv shows. hearing that it's mostly dedicated to dance and performing arts, amazing to hear about because they normally seeing as an afterthought for universities. dance and performing arts isn't really seen as a career path. kingston, like many new universities, grew out of a hodgepodge of buildings in different locations, few of them with much wow factor. the town house is meant to be a statement, a public face. it has given the university, for the first time, a front door. it is op...

Cincinnati Ballet had become a victim of its own success, according to company president and CEO Scott Altman. “We were bursting at the seams in our old building. We had simply outgrown the facility,” Altman told the Cincinnati Enquirer.