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This is constructive the ground, hasn't 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 building that has the appearance of a ruin. i guess so, yes. and this is your site to be coming into?...

Gerard carty, thanks for speaking to us. but congratulation. the winner of this year's 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 year's riba stirling prize building of the year. thank you. well, for most of us today, cloudy and damp and the next few days will also be very, very mild for the ...

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 isn'tjust about sustainability. it is also a place designed to be welcoming to women. one of the th...

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. foreground's the visitor experience — it's a building, it's here. and yet it's the background, it's 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, strains and personal trauma. was there a moment when you thought you'd wished you'd never star...

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. .. tou know, it is quite inviting, isn't 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 so that they feel comfortable so if it is about gender or race or culture or religion, they'll fee...