History of 1960's Architecture

1960's Architecture Timeline

The Trinity Square Carpark in Gateshead opened in 1967. The 'Brutalist' style, 7 storey car park, above a supermarket and department store, was designed by Luder & Worthington. The multi-storey car park was a prominent feature on the Gateshead skyline and became famous when it featured in the 1970s film 'Get Carter'.

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British Gas Engineering Research Station in Killingworth was completed in 1967. The building was designed by Peter Yates of the Newcastle-based partnership Ryder and Yates.

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Vale House, a tower block on Lansdowne Gardens, overlooking Jesmond Vale, was built in 1967 by Douglass Wise and Partners. The building has 28 floors and at 262 ft is Newcastle's tallest building.

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Swan House, sits above a traffic roundabout at the bottom of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. Swan House was built 1963-1969 to house the offices of BT. The design included pedestrian underpasses under the roundabout, and was a different take on the 1960's 'city in the sky' vision. The building was named after local inventor Joseph Swan (1828 -1914).

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The Apollo Pavilion, a piece of abstract public art in the new town of Peterlee in County Durham was completed in 1969. It was designed by Victor Pasmore.

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Derwent Tower in Dunston, Gateshead, was opened in 1971. The 29-storey apartment block, nicknamed the "Dunston Rocket", was commissioned by Whickham Council and designed by the Owen Luder Partnership (who also designed Gateshead's "Get Carter car park"). It was a prominent landmark in Dunston.

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The Bank of England building on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle was built 1968-1971 by Fitzroy, Robinson & Partners. It was demolished in 2012.

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Trinity Square Carpark, Gateshead

British Gas Engineering Research Station, Killingworth

Vale House - Jesmond Vale

Swan House - Newcastle

Victor Pasmore's Apollo Pavilion

Dunston Rocket

Bank of England building, Newcastle

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