Newcastle University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape

Architecture school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

School of Architecture, Newcastle University

Newcastle University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Housed in a Grade 2 listed building in the university quadrangle (built in 1913 to a design by WH Knowles[1][2] and adjacent to the School of Fine Art by the same architect). Its history predates the establishment of the university.

History

From the second half of the 19th century the Northern Architectural Association developed architectural courses in conjunction with the RIBA. These were held as evening classes for articled pupils in the School of Fine Art at Armstrong College in Newcastle, the forerunner of King's College, then the Newcastle Division of Durham University.[3] King's College was established in 1937 and subsequently separated by Act of Parliament in 1963 to form Newcastle University.

Notable staff

  • Bruce Allsopp
  • Thomas Sharp, town planner, academic in the school 1937–1945, devised the world's first degree in town planning 1943, president of the Town Planning Institute 1945.[4]

Notable alumni

  • Harry Faulkner Brown, MC
  • Jack Lynn
  • Gordon Ryder
  • Alison & Peter Smithson
  • William Whitfield
  • David Rock, RIBA President 1997-99.[5]
  • Alan Plater, playwright
  • Terry Farrell
  • Richard Murphy
  • Eric Parry
  • Peter Exley, AIA President 2021
  • Mark Dytham, inventor of PechaKucha
  • George Clarke
  • Official website

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Michael. "Architectural taste and patronage in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1870-1914". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "FORMER DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, NOW SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Newcastle upon Tyne - 1322822 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Studying Architecture in Newcastle". Edwin Hubert Henderson Architect. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Thomas Sharp". School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ "History of Art". University of Warwick. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

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