Detail View: SHIMMER: Byker Wall

Title: 
Byker Wall
Caption: 
Housing redevelopment
Creation Date: 
1978
Image Date: 
1970 - 1979
Period: 
20th century
Start Date: 
1972
End Date: 
1978
Location: 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Display Creator: 
ERSKINE, Ralph
Image ID: 
12-1426
Description: 
Exterior view: facade. North facing wall of the developemnt was designed, amongst other considerations, to act as a sound barrier. Location: Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Community architecture with tenant cooperation.
Rights: 
© Professor Peter Fawcett
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Peter Fawcett
Creator: 
ERSKINE, Ralph
Creator Dates - Born: 
1914
Creator Dates - Died: 
2005
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- England -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Housing -- England -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Subject Heading: 
Apartments -- England -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Subject Heading: 
Urban renewal -- England -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Subject Heading: 
Walls