gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling.his 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 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. .. 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 univer