now, we have seen six buildings. there s one question left who s won? 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 jury, one of the giants of global architecture, norman foster. we wanted everyone to be a winner but, finally, after hours of agonised 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. cheering and applause. kingston town house. a building with a purpose
so culturally diverse and that we had to think about integrating so many people in many different ways so that they feel comfortable. so if it is a gender or if it s about race or if it s about culture or it s about religion, they all feel like they should belong, so it s it s like little world, really. it s like a complete little world, so you can find people who are like you who maybe speak to you in this building. gerard carty, thank you very much indeed. congratulations. the winner of this year s riba stirling prize is kingston town house grafton architects, and talking to them, they said one measure of the building will be to look at how many chance encounters there are, how many conversations, how many smiles, 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 s riba stirling building of the year. with that, thank you.
a winner but finally, after hours of agonised 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. cheering and applause. music sting plays. 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. it s absolutely astonishing. we re really astounded. we re delighted that we ve won this prize,
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 for grafton architects, gerard carty. and we have the winner with us now.