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We need to go to an awards ceremony. and so, to coventry cathedral, the uk's city of culture and the chair of this year's surely one of the giants of global architecture, norman foster. we wanted everyone to be able to win but finally after hours of agonising discussion, as a team, we concluded that the winner was about the future, it was about younger generations, first—generation students and, of course, that leads us to the town house by grafton architects. kingston town house, a building with a purpose to make university life open, accessible, collaborative, social. receiving the award f...

Gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling. oh, it is absolutely astonishing. we are really astounded, delighted that we have won this prize but particularly for the university because this is something that's so important that we speak about what university education is about. one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn't it, 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... exactly. they were looking for a show...