page_title: Kingston University
section_title: Town House
hierarchical_section_title: Kingston University / Campuses and estate / Town House
caption_attribution_description: English: A side view of Town House from Penrhyn Road at Kingston University.
context_page_description: Kingston University London is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1899. It received university status in 1992, before which the institution was known as Kingston Polytechnic.
  Kingston has 16,820 students and a turnover of £192 million. It has four campuses situated in Kingston and Roehampton. The university specialises in the arts, design, fashion, science, engineering, and business and is organised into four faculties: Kingston School of Art, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education and Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing. The Kingston Business School is CNAA MBA degree approved. In 2017, the university won The Guardian University Award for teaching excellence. Kingston is a member of the European University Association, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and University Alliance group.
context_section_description: Kingston University's Town House building was opened in January 2020 and is located on the Penrhyn Road campus. The flagship six-storey building was the first to be designed by Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Gold Medal-winning firm Grafton Architects in the United Kingdom and is open to students, staff and the local community.
  The building work was carried out by Hertfordshire-based Willmott Dixon. It features a three-floor academic library, archive, dance studios and a studio theatre, while it also incorporates a covered internal courtyard, two cafes and external balconies and walkways culminating in a rooftop garden offering views across Kingston upon Thames and the River Thames.
  Town House has been nominated for three awards, including in The Guardian University Awards,  and a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) London Regional Award.
caption: Town House, Kingston University from Penrhyn Road
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