Friday 20 November 2020

Byker Wall / Newcastle

[from the archives of 2012]
Architect: Ralph Erskine (1914-2005). A 1970s housing estate in the functionalist romantic style, grade II* listed and regarded by many, including UNESCO, as a pioneering social housing development — though derided by others. The "wall" acts as a rampart to shelter the inner development from a busy road and a cold wind. Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
(CC BY-SA credit: Images George Rex)