Town House, Kingston University

London, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Education · University Library And Learning Building · Temperate · 2019

A university building near Kingston that stacks contrasting uses (library, archive, dance studios, a studio theatre and cafes) in one open structure behind a deep concrete colonnade. The porous ground floor connects the campus to the town. It won the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize.

Innovation highlights

• Mixing library and dance/performance in one open building
• Permeable colonnade linking campus and town
• Stacked, daylit interlocking floor plates

Innovations in the catalogue

• Permeable Colonnade Connecting Building and City
• Co-Locating Incompatible Uses in One Open Structure

Client / Developer

Kingston University

Architect

Grafton Architects

Type

University library and learning building

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