town house by grafton architects. cheering and applause. music sting plays. kingston town house.ton architects, gerard carty. and we have the winner with us now. gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling. it's absolutely astonishing. we're really astounded. we're delighted that we've 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 and... one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn't it? yeah. 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? hmm—hm, hmm—hm, 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, to the outside. do you think that this is about changing the way university education might be? because, i mean, a lot of the students, they are no

we are looking at this extraordinary building, the kingston town house and it was when a ba in its mindfitting winner at the end of lockdown and the winner of this year is riba stirling prize is kingston town house grafton architects and talking to them they say one measure the building would be to look at happen many chance encounters there are and how many casual conversations and how many smiles and how much laughter there was in the building and a building that is a celebration of togetherness. it feels a fitting winner of this year is riba stirling prize building of the year. thank you. there is a brief autumnal chill as we head towards the weekend. it comes courtesy of a cold front which is bringing outbreaks of rain across the northern half of the uk today. this will continually to south through this evening and overnight. behind it there are showers across scotland. he was the cold air coming in. the showers could be wintry at the highest ground. the south of england and south wales holding onto mild airfor much of the night. let's follow the progress of this frontal zone this e

younger generations, first—generation students and, of course, that leads us to the town house by grafton architects. kingstonrative, 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 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 st

britain's best new building of 2021 has just been announced — it's kingston university town house — describedssive new model for higher education" and coming up — are you up to the "tusk" 7 7 the british antarctic survey asks for our help to study satellite images — to see how many walruses can be spotted — and where. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has told gps in england to see more patients face to face — amid a sharp rise in the number of people going to accident and emergency departments. ministers say they'll provide extra funding to more temporary staff in surgeries and have said they will intervene if gp practices don't increase access to care. the doctors�* union, the british medical association, said it was "disappointing" that ministers remained preoccupied with appointments in person as the pandemic had proved remote consultations were "entirely appropriate and appreciated" by many. it comes as new figures show the nhs treatment backlog in england is at record levels — with more than 5.7 million people waiting for routine treatment. more and more people are go

kingston university's town house — a home for its library, its dance studios, and also a new social hub there. they are like, it's where you study _ there. they are like, it's where you study. yeah. — there. they are like, it's where you study. yeah, it's so cool. but it's also a place of solar panels and natural cooling to create a building that is less energy hungry. this key worker housing in cambridge is also designed to encourage a low carbon house style. you see more bike sheds here than car parking. this year's six stirling buildings are about more than just beauty and clever ideas. care for the environment has become a prime concern. take this — windermere, and a museum to house a famous boat collection. the overriding concern, though, is don't spoil the view. sustainability has been really central to the concept of building. we have systems like the lake source heat pump that heats the whole museum, underpinning the energy strategy. we have selected wherever possible local materials so that travel from source to site is as short as possible. or this bridge in north cornwall, a

it's the town house at kingston university, where lucky students can enjoy whatjudges have called a "obe into the port explosion with the hezbollah group and its allies, claiming thejudge is biased — but the families of the blast victims have given him their support. 0ur beirut correspondent anna foster has the latest. it started as a protest. but within minutes, it became a battlefield. nobody knows yet who started the shooting. rapid gunfire but the gunfire stirs ghosts of the country's civil war. for hours, shooting echoed through the streets of beirut. not everyone survived. translation: my wife was hiding downstairs, | but my neighbour was killed. she was shot in the head with the bullet. she had kids, her daughter got married just two days ago. it is a very confused picture right now, there are many, many soldiers on the streets trying to work out exactly where the firing is coming from. a lot of the exchange of fire is going on at this cross—section. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire and the thump of our tgs. -- rpgs. we have seen somebody shooting from the top of

kingston university's town house — a home for it library, its dance studios, and also a new social hubtyle. you seek more bike sheds here than parking. this year, six stirling buildings are about more than just beauty and clever ideas. care for the environment has become a prime concern. take this, windermere, and a museum to house a famous boat collection. the overriding concern, though, is don't spoil the view. sustainability has been really central to the concept of building. we have systems like the lake source heat pump that heats the whole museum, underpinning the energy strategy. we have selected were ever possible local materials so that travel from source to site is as short as possible. this bridge in north cornwall, a place connected with the stories of king arthur. a challenge to reconnect the eroded site and not damage the archaeology. and when it comes to ancient history, this building in london uses some ancient methods. lumps of stone are what is keeping these flats and offers up right, a sort of high—tech stonehenge. sedimentary rock, and depending on how old it is you

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housing, and eco friendly mosque and also a footbridge. today we are looking at a project at kingston university in south london. the towne town house at kingston university, which is a building we realised as a result of an riba competition in 2013. the building is surrounded on three sides by loggias, and that is an urban experience, which connects the university back to the town. the university aspired to reveal the activities of the interior of the building to the wider public. i really love being in the foyeru, because you watch the buses going up and down and you see people on buses looking in, and they probably say to themselves, what goes on in there? i must come back and have a look some time. for me, the thing that makes town house really special is the combination of things, i suppose it's the light, it's the space, is the views from the building. it's the space, it's the views out from the building. it's quite soft, i think, actually, for a building that is predominantly concrete. it really lends itself to encounters between staff and student, student to students, and that's really important to us, that's the

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we are sitting in the town house at kingston university, which is a building we realised as a resulthe interior of the building to the wider public. i really love being in the foyeru because you watch the buses going up and down and you see people on buses looking in, and they probably say to themselves, what goes on in there? i must come back and have a look some time. for me, the thing that makes town house really special is the combination of things, i suppose it's the light, it's the space, is _ the views from the building. it's quite soft, ithink, actually, for a building that is predominantly concrete. it really lends itself to encounters between staff and student, student to students, and that's really important to us, that's the feel we _ were hoping to create with the building. the ceiling has these specially made acoustic baffles which absorb sound. they wall panelling itself is kind of striated. in this building, you have two different aspects, a library and a dance faculty, in the one space. from an acoustic point of view, you have to keep them apart but from an ideologic

prize for architecture has been won by a new student building at kingston university in south west london. it's known as the town houses and welcoming nature of the design at a university when many students are often the first in their family to undertake a degree course. the infamous banksy painting, which the artist designed to shred itself at auction, has been resold for £18.5 million. the work fetched more than three times its estimated price when it went under the hammer at sotherby�*s in london this evening. the work — known as love is in the bin — was originally bought forjust over £1 million three years ago. the british band coldplay have announced they are to go on a world tour next year but are going to try to offset their carbon emissions as they go. they're working to develop a kinetic floor which would convert the audience's dancing in to electricity. the band's singer chris martin also said they would plant a tree for every ticket sold. but they have still opted to use private planes. here's our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. # i hearjerusalem bellsa ringing...#j coldplay, back on stage in l

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