cambridge mosque. based . city. and finally, the mosque. cambridge mosque. based on j city. ve. yes. cambridge mosque. based on the idea of a wooded grove.— of a wooded grove. yes. this has been a popular — of a wooded grove. yes. this has been a popular project. - of a wooded grove. yes. this has been a popular project. it's - been a popular project. it's extraordinary. a game in cambridge it in an area of terrorist housing and a mosque has been squeezed into that but it's an extra ordinary mosque for a large amount of worshipers inspired by, it's an attempt to try and make a mosque thatis attempt to try and make a mosque that is english that responds to the context of cambridge and the mosques have always responded to their context and it brings together a sacred english traditions with islamic traditions and patterns. many experts with much research involved. it's the favorites tonight. it one 7 one the people's boats. and i think we may be about to be hearing who the jury has chosen this year is riba stirling prize. i will leave you now with someone making the announcemen

the beauty of cambridge l mosque, therefore you.n. figs but finally after hours of agonise discussion-— but finally after hours of agonise discussion. �* , ., ., _, . discussion. as a team, we concluded that the winner _ discussion. as a team, we concluded that the winner was _ discussion. as a team, we concluded that the winner was about _ discussion. as a team, we concluded that the winner was about the - 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 for grafton architects, gerard carty. and we have the winner with us now. gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling. , it is absolutely astonishing. we are really astounded, delighted that we have won this prize but particularly for the university because this is

and now, ourfinal building, our mosque in cambridge.u see these sweeping pillars — yeah, it's breathtaking, to be honest! the puzzle here was to try to create something that created a sense of awe, spirituality, but didn't dominate this cambridge street. so, set behind the greenery, the building slowly reveals itself as you walk towards it. the inspiration, a wooded grove. a garden of paradise. so, everything around us is wood, then? yes. a low carbon building, i'm guessing, then? absolutely. that was the central tenet — or one of the central tenets — of the design was that we should design something that was both environmentally sustainable but also socially sustainable. so the whole kind of... socially sustainable? yes, and so the involvement of the community was very 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, ver

the beauty of cambridge mosque, there for you. 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 for grafton architects, gerard carty. and we have the winner with us now. 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

cambridges's central mosque is on the short list.tects, we can hope for anything more than that, really. my name isjulia barfield, i'm one of the co—founders of marks barfield architects, and we are the architects of the cambridge central mosque. we hadn't designed a mosque before, so of course we did a lot of research to find out about mosque design throughout the world, and what we discovered was that, historically and globally, mosques generally took on the character of the place that they were in and the time they were in, so what should a british mosque of the 20th century be like? david, my partner, was the one who came up with this idea of the glade of trees, and the garden of paradise. the trees in this glade of trees became the structural trees. this is an entirely timber—structured building. timber is beautiful, it's very sustainable. but also, its got that connection with nature, which is, in islam, very important. that is also one of the kind of features of this place is that you naturally somehow look up, which seems app

cambridge mosque, this really is an airy idea of a wooded grove and it's inspiring when you walk in thereoject because it's l walk in there. this is an extra. ordinary project because it's an inspiring building and it's been a big experiment to see what is it to make an english mosque and this is an english mosque in cambridge with his wonderful wooden structure again so very environmentally strong that creates some trees.— so very environmentally strong that creates some trees. seeing the first econ must buy _ creates some trees. seeing the first econ must buy some _ creates some trees. seeing the first econ must buy some but _ creates some trees. seeing the first econ must buy some but what's - creates some trees. seeing the first econ must buy some but what's the| econ must buy some but what's the fun about it is it's in a suburb of cambridge and surrounded by a suburb of cambridge and surrounded by terrorist housing and the community seem very supportive of it. it terrorist housing and the community seem very supportive of it.— seem very supportive of it. it was a treat seem very supp

inspired by a garden of paradise, cambridge mosque is low carbon spirituality.ery different buildings, but all reflecting a desire on the eve of a global climate summit to tread gently on the planet. david sillito, bbc news. and we will be live at the awards ceremony with a special programme tonight at 7.30pm on the bbc news channel. we'll be looking at the six shortlisted entries, and find out which project is named best new building. time for a look at the weather. he is chris fawkes. across scotland we have thick cloud, quite windy and rain pushing southwards at the moment. for many of you this afternoon is going to be pretty cloudy with occasional bright spells. then we have the weather across the far south of england, perhaps the far south of wales too, where we have more generous breaks in the cloud and long spells of sunshine and doesn't it look glorious. here in dorset, west bay, barely a cloud in the sky. over the next few hours this way will continue its journey southwards across scotland with fairly blustery wynter—macro. sunshine and showers follow,

inspired by a garden of paradise, cambridge mosque is low carbon spirituality.the awards ceremony with a special programme tonight at 7.30pm on the bbc news channel. we'll be looking at the six shortlisted entries, and find out which project is named best new building. time for a look at the weather. he is chris fawkes. across scotland we have thick cloud, quite windy and rain pushing southwards at the moment. for

inspired by a garden of paradise, cambridge mosque is low carbon spirituality.which the environment pays into the planning. especially as we are on the eve of the summit that everyone is thinking, how do you build something for the long term that is going to be not to energy hungry and not use a great deal of energy to produce it? as you saw with that building just to take it straight out of the ground rather than break or steel that requires furnaces but what we are now also thinking about is a post—pandemic world and i have been speaking to the chair this afternoon probably britain's most famous architect and a statements of choice for creating giants hq headquarters for creating giants hq headquarters for corporations and what's going to be happening for building gigantic airports and what's going to be happening to air travel and i asked him that he think this is a juncture or change and it's going to be that he think at that for a near future? if you look at singapore airport with its — if you look at singapore airport with its gardens it's much more like a

cambridge short met cambridge mosque is on the short list. let's take a look. trees. this is an entirely timber—structured building. timber is beautiful, it's very sustainable. but also, its got that connection with nature, which is, in islam, very important. that's also one of the kind of features of this place is that you naturally somehow look up, which seems appropriate for a sacred space. it's a space that is used by the whole community, notjust the muslim community. the idea is that the mosque is not just a place for worship, it's so lovely to see there's that sense of pride and ownership, notjust for muslims in cambridge but also the wider community too. you're sort of met with his immediate calm and sense of peace, and it's something that visitors get to experience when they visit, but something i get to experience every day, so it'sjust phenomenal. we've kept the energy usage down as much as possible, as well as trying to address embodied carbon in the choice of materials. all the rainwater is captured, it's used to flush the toilets and also to help w

inspired by a garden of paradise, cambridge mosque is low—carbon spirituality.s, many of us pretty cloudy, but across parts of the south, a lot of sunshine. that was how things looked for much of the day in west sussex. meanwhile across scotland, we had some thicker cloud bringing outbreaks of rain to the highlands. now that rain is associated with this cold front, and through friday, that's diving southwards. behind it, the air turns much coolerfor a time. let's delve into the details, then — here's our front, a very weak affair just bringing a strip of cloud southwards across england and wales, and odd spits of rain, but nothing significant. behind that, after a chilly start to the morning, there will be lots and lots of sunshine — but it will feel a lot cooler compared with recent days. temperatures to the afternoon around 8 celsius in aberdeen, 10 in newcastle, and even further southwards not quite as warm as it has been in recent days, averages in london, 14 celsius, and 15 in cardiff. friday night underneath this ridge of high pressure, temperatures drop a

all electric and is completely off the gas grid and what we need to do, in the same way the cambridge mosquesquare what we are focusing on is reducing emissions, per square metre or per year, but we need to think much more systemically about how we can reduce emissions, so changing lifestyles. it is notjust about carbon, we need a sustainable water cycle and we need to think about biodiversity as well and some of these projects are looking at innovative ways of doing that as well. flan looking at innovative ways of doing that as well-— looking at innovative ways of doing that as well. can they be translated to me, for example? _ that as well. can they be translated to me, for example? i— that as well. can they be translated to me, for example? i don't - that as well. can they be translated to me, for example? i don't know i that as well. can they be translated i to me, for example? i don't know how to me, for example? i don�*t know how climate friendly my house is, what should i be looking at, what should the public be doing if they want to make their small impact?- the public be doing if th

inspired by a garden of paradise, cambridge mosque is low carbon spirituality. square miles, to see how many walruses we can spot — and where. as our global science correspondent rebecca morelle explains, it's not as easy as you might think. huge, blubbery and a bit grumpy. walruses are easy enough to spot. but thanks to their remote arctic location, they're hard to count, and we don't know how many of these giant beasts there are. now, using satellite images, the plan is to locate every atlantic sea walrus. and scientists say this is essential because climate change means these animals are under threat. the sea ice on which they live most of the year is rapidly diminishing and they're having to change their behaviour and come out onto land much more often. that's almost certainly got some detrimental effect on them. we're not sure how much their population is being affected by that. hopefully this project will tell us that important information. we've been taking images of the earth from space for more than 60 years, but our view has changed dramatically. in th

the shortlist for this years riba stirling prize for architecture includes an eco—friendly mosque in cambridgee of a university in south—west london. today it is the turn of the windermerejetty museum in the lake district. it is the first contemporary building on the shores of windermere for more than 50 years. ifound it an enormous privilege being trusted to imagine a building in such a beautiful setting. this building is intentionally a very atmospheric visitor experience. i'm rowan seaford. i'm an associate director at carmody groarke. i'm andy groarke, of carmody groarke architects, and we are the architects for the windermerejetty museum. the museum is seen and approached from all sides, so you can arrive by boat to one of the jetties, or you can arrive by foot or by car by land. the centrepiece of the wooden wet dock is surrounded by a cluster of copper—clad buildings. we spent a year up here to understand the seasons and how different materials weather in the lake district environment. over time, the building will develop, it's inevitable, oxidisation, in order to give the building quit

the shortlist includes an eco—friendly mosque in cambridge, a boat museum in the lake district, and abe looking at each of the six buildings on the shortlist. today is the turn of 15 clerkenwell close, a mixed—use office and residential building in central london. on construction, its limestone facade proved controversial — with the local council initially calling for the building's demolition, a decision later overturned on appeal. people might look at this building and think, oh, it's completely modern and contemporary, i've never seen anything like it. but, actually, the building methodology is as old as the megalithic architects, builders. my name is amin taha, i am chairman of groupwork, a firm of architects. we are in 15 clerkenwell close. it's a mixed—use building, it has office space in it and residential. this building is in many ways differentiated from others by the stone exoskeleton. the whole building is held up by stone alone, but, at the same time, it's going to be the externalfinish. what's it going to look like? what's the actual appearance of it? as we were visiting

the shortlist for this year's riba stirling prize for architecture includes an eco—friendly mosque in cambridgeepiece of a university in south west london. what makes a good building? today, we're travelling to the north cornwall coast. the tintagel footbridge spans a gorge about 60 metres wide and creates a link that reunites the two halves of tintagel castle for the first time in more than 500 years: more than 500 years. when we proposed it to english heritage, i never thought they'd accept. but sometimes, the crazy ideas are actually the best ideas. my name's william matthews and, along with laurent ney and matthieu mallie, from ney & partners, we are the engineers and the designers of the tintagel castle footbridge. the footbridge reconnects the two sides of the medieval castle, built in the 12th century by richard, earl of cornwall. the mainland ward and the island ward were connected by an isthmus of rock which, in a sense, eroded away, and the bridge recreates that link between the two sides. one of the key drivers behind the project — indeed, its very raison d'etre — was to improve acce

inspired by a garden of paradise, cambridge mosque is a low carbon spirituality. pretending to be in space. yesterday, he did it for real. the 90—year old star trek actor spentjust over 10 minutes on a rocket flight, funded by the amazon founderjeff bezos. our reporter sophie long was watching. as the sun rose over one of the most desolate parts of the wild west, william shatner made his way to the fully automated spacecraft the kongsberg. fully automated spacecraft the kongsberg-— fully automated spacecraft the i kongsberg-_ not kongsberg. william shatner. not needinu kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the _ kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew— kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew his _ kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew his alter- kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew his alter ego i needing the crew his alter ego demanded but three other passengers who would share this life—changing experience. ? new shephard. more than 50 years after he donned a space as captain kirk, william shatner is on his way to the f

the shortlist includes an eco—friendly mosque in cambridge, a boat museum in the lake district and aling for the building's demolition — a decision later overturned on appeal. people might look at this building and think it is completely modern and contemporary, i have never seen anything like it, but actually the building methodology is as old as the megalithic architects and builders. i am chairman of groupwork, a firm of architects. we are in 15 clerkenwell close. it is a mixed use building that has office space in it and residential. this building is in many ways differentiated from others by the stone exoskeleton. the whole building is held up by stone alone. at the same time, it will be the externalfinish. what is it going to look like, what is the actual appearance of it? as we were visiting the quarries, to decide what tone of limestone we might choose, the quarry master had erected a column for us as a sample of what this might look like. next to that was what is called the master block that is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite shells, fossilised coral all

the shortlist for this year�*s riba stirling prize for architecture includes an eco friendly mosque in cambridgeirst time in more than 500 years. when we proposed it to english heritage, i never thought they�*d accept. but sometimes, the crazy ideas are actually the best ideas. my name�*s william matthews and, along with laurent ney and matthieu mallie, from ney & partners, we are the engineers and the designers of the tintagel castle footbridge. the footbridge reconnects the two sides of the medieval castle, built in the 12th century by richard, earl of cornwall. the mainland ward and the island ward were connected by an isthmus of rock which, in a sense, eroded away, and the bridge recreates that link between the two sides. one of the key drivers behind the project — indeed, its very raison d�*etre — was to improve accessibility to the site. one of the major problems that tintagel has is this incredibly rocky landscape. we wanted to be able to get lots of people here who couldn't get here before. because there were so many steps up to the island, a lot of people couldn't because they had bad k

the shortlist for this year's riba stirling prize for architecture includes an eco friendly mosque in cambridgedge reconnects the two sides of the medieval castle, built in the 12th century by richard, earl of cornwall. the mainland ward and the island ward were connected by an isthmus of rock which, in a sense, eroded away, and the bridge recreates that link between the two sides. one of the key drivers behind the project — indeed, its very raison d'etre — was to improve accessibility to the site. one of the major problems that tintagel has is this incredibly rocky landscape. we wanted to be able to get lots of people here who couldn't get here before. because there were so many steps up to the island, a lot of people couldn't because they had bad knees, they used wheelchairs, whatever it was. now we have essentially step—free access right from the car park all the way through onto the site. and it was so satisfying on the opening day to see literally a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and onto the island. something that they

the shortlist for this years riba stirling prize for architecture includes an eco—friendly mosque in cambridgerepiece of the wooden wet dock is surrounded by a cluster of copper—clad buildings. we spent a year up here to understand the seasons and how different materials weather in the lake district environment. over time, the building will develop, it's inevitable, oxidisation, in order to give the building quite a timeless quality. the brief for this building i was to create a world—class building in which to house the internationally- significant boat collection. it needs to be a building that - could 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, the lake district national park, it had to be part— of the landscape it was within. sustainability has been really central to the concept of the building. we have systems such as the lake—source heat pump that heats the whole museum, underpinning the energy strategy. we've selected, wherever possible, local materials, so that the tr