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'Modern day Machu Picchu' wins international architecture prize

The first Royal Institute of British Architects' International Prize goes to Grafton Architects, a female-led firm based in Ireland. They won the prize for designing a new university building in the Peruvian capital, Lima. Yvonne Farrell, a co-director of Grafton Architects, describes the building.

(Photo: The Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia (UTEC) in Lima, Peru. Credit: Iwan Baan)

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