Byker is most commonly known by architects for the so-called ‘Byker Wall’. For me, and I expect all the members of Ralph Erskine’s team who designed Byker (a scheme which rehoused 12,000 people), it ...

It stands tall as one of the most recognisable landmarks on Newcastle’s landscape. Designed by renowned architect Ralph Erskine and constructed in the 1970s, the Byker Wall is considered one of ...

It stands tall as one of the most recognisable landmarks on Newcastle’s landscape. Designed by renowned architect Ralph Erskine and constructed in the 1970s, the Byker Wall is considered one of ...

Ralph Erskine, the only architect to advocate the use of ‘warm, people-friendly brick’ over the then fashionable unfaced concrete, ... the Byker Wall in Newcastle. Byker comes across a little shabbier ...

Ralph Erskine, who was born in Britain, but later moved to Sweden, died in Stockholm on Wednesday aged 91. In the 1970s he designed the Byker Wall, a colourful block of flats which replaced demolished ...

Ralph Erskine 18 March 2005 • 12:02am Though Erskine lived most of his life in Sweden, he designed two important projects in England: the Byker "wall" housing estate at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and ...

Byker Wall, which has more than 600 flats, has been repainted in its original colour scheme and a new roof with solar panels has been installed. Designed by architect Ralph Erskine, ...

THE architect who designed one of the region's most famous modern landmarks has died. British-born architect Ralph Erskine, the man who created Newcastle's Byker Wall, died in Stockholm, Sweden on ...

Housing firm Keepmoat, working in partnership with the Byker Community Trust (BCT), is in the final stages of its £7m regeneration scheme of the iconic Byker Wall in Newcastle upon Tyne. So far, works ...

The Byker Estate, known locally as the Byker Wall, was designed by prominent architect Ralph Erskine and built between 1969 and 1982 to replace demolished terraced houses. It was given grade II ...

Byker Wall, which has more than 600 flats, has been repainted in its original colour scheme and a new roof with solar panels has been installed. Designed by architect Ralph Erskine, ...

Ralph Erskine, who died on Wednesday aged 91, pioneered community architecture, in which future users of a building are consulted during the design process. Though Erskine lived most of his life ...