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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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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Westgate House on Westgate Road, opposite Central Station in Newcastle, was completed in 1972. The  'Brutalist' style building was a 12 storey office block, part of which was built over the road.

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Demolition of Derwent Tower (also known as the "Dunston Rocket") began in January 2012 and was completed by September of that year. The prominent landmark, was a 29-storey "Brutalist" residential apartment building in Dunston, built 1968 - 1971.

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