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If you are unlike me and actually have some sweet moves, or even moves that don't totally embarrass your kiddo, check this out!

If you are unlike me and actually have some sweet moves, or even moves that don't totally embarrass your kiddo, check this out!

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 backgrounds. their parents didn't go to university, they're often first—generation. you know, it is quite in...

To dance and performing arts — amazing to hear about because they are normally seeing as an afterthought for universities. dance and performing arts isn't usually 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 open to the public. these staircases are social spaces leading up to the whispering gallery. the library has been mixed in with the dance studios across...

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 so cool. the first day i walked in here was actually very unique. i did not imagine this would be a university at all. it's polished, new, didn't g...