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Byker Wall
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reinforced concrete, brick
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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Byker Bridge (A193), Dalton Street, Raby Street, Headlam Street, Conyers Road
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Residential buildings
Multiple dwelling
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TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN | Urban design and urban renovation
Residential areas, blocks and districts
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1969 - 1973
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Realisation |
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1981 |
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Grade II* listed building
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
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| Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design |
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| 1980 |
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| Ambrose Congreve Award for Housing |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| "Outrage. Byker shame. Ralph Erskine", The Architectural Review 1205, july 1997, p. 23 |
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| Yukio Futagawa (ed., photo), Mats Egelius (text), Byker redevelopment, Byker area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1969-82. Ralph Erskine [GA 55], A.D.A. Edita, Tokyo 1980 |
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Emilio Renzi, "La casa e la gente. Tre quartieri, tre esempi di collaborazione tra chi progetta, chi decide, chi abita/People and houses: three city areas, three examples of cooperation by planners, decision-makers and occupants", Abitare 170, dicembre/december 1978 [Abitare in pochissimo spazio/Living in a limited space], pp. 58-85
Italo Lupi (photo), "A Newcastle Byker/In Newcastle, Byker", Abitare 170, dicembre/december 1978 [Abitare in pochissimo spazio/Living in a limited space], pp. 58-67 (58-85) |
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| Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 687 [XII. La terza età itinerarî degli anni cinquanta ottanta] |
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| Vernon Gracie & Associates |
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