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Community Housing Service, Byker
"Ralph Erskine CBE SAR RIBA (1914-2005). Plaque erected in memory of a humane and inspirational architect, by his former friends, colleagues and employees in Byker and Newcastle City Council. The balloon reproduced here appeared on all of Ralph’s sketches, a symbol of optimism and freedom. This former funeral parlour was the site office for Ralph Erskine’s Arkitektkontor AB, architects for the Byker Redevelopment 1969 to 1984."
Blue plaque on the wall of the Housing Office
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BYKER NEIGHBOURHOOD ESTATE OFFICE - List Entry
- "Former undertakers' shop (which also catered for weddings), later architects' office, now neighbourhood office. c.1899, extended c.1990. The original part of brown brick, the addition rendered, slate roofs, the original …
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Simon Cotterill
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Ralph Erskine (architect)
- Pgoto by Sune Sundahl, 4 September 1987. Photo available c/o Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://historicengland.org.u…
BYKER NEIGHBOURHOOD ESTATE OFFICE - List Entry
- "Former undertakers' shop (which also catered for weddings), later architects' office, now neighbourhood office. c.1899, extended c.1990. The original part of brown brick, the addition rendered, slate roofs, the original …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Ralph Erskine (architect)
- Pgoto by Sune Sundahl, 4 September 1987. Photo available c/o Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
Added by
Simon Cotterill