Tours
Newcastle City Library tours
Two tours with Ian Kennedy, the director of Ryder Architecture, of the multi-award winning library which opened to the public on 7 June 2009.
Times
There will be two tours of approximately 1 hour starting at 10 am and 11:30 am.
Starting Point/ Getting There
Newcastle City Library, John Dobson Street Entrance. To see a map of the location and for best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Ryder Bus Tour to Kielder
This day out with Ryder Architecture is a perfect start to the festival. The bus trip and walking tour at Kielder will take in some of the fantastic new art and architecture additions to Kielder Water & Forest Park. Lead by Peter Sharpe of Kielder Partnership, the tour will include 55/02, Janus Chairs (by Ryder), Silvas Capitalis and finally a visit to the beautiful Observatory. The tour involves walking - please bring suitable footwear, waterproofs and a packed lunch/refreshments.
Times
A coach will leave from Newcastle at 9.30 (from Generator Studios) returning there at 5.30.
The tour is scheduled as follows:
The tour is scheduled as follows:
0930 Leave Generator Studios, Traflagar Street, Newcastle
1100 Coach arrives at the dam carpark
1130 55/02
1215 Janus Chairs
1300 Silvas Capitalis
1330 -1415 Lunch
1430 Observatory
1600 Leave Kielder
1730 Arrive Generator Studios
Starting Point/ Getting There
Generator Studios, Trafalgar Street, Newcastle. To see a map of the location and for best transport options please click here...
Booking
Access - The tour involves walking, please bring suitable footwear and waterproofs.
Sustainable Architecture in Practice: A Close Look at Saltholme RSPB Reserve
The RSPB’s Saltholme Wildlife Reserve and Discovery Park Visitor Centre won both the Constructing Excellence Award for Sustainability and a prestigious RIBA Award. As such, this innovative and stunning building is the perfect venue for its architects from Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall Ltd to deliver a talk on Sustainable Architecture. A tour of the facility and the external bird watching hides will follow.
Times
5 – 7pm
Location/ Getting There
RSPB Saltholme Visitor Centre, Middlesbrough. To see a map of the location and for best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Built Heritage – Natural Heritage – Tomorrow’s Heritage
A walking and talking tour of the Darlington Town Centre Fringe area that is being masterplanned by the Council over the next year. The tour will look at the built and natural heritage of the area and people will be able to hear about the Council’s emerging vision and aspirations for the area. The Town Centre Fringe will be a significant area of compact growth over the next 20 years and ideas that are generated by those that attend will be fed into the planning process. A social drink will follow in one of the historic pubs in the area.
Times
6:30 – 8:30pm
Starting Point/ Getting There
Darlington Railway Station. To see a map of the location and for best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Please contact Northern Architecture if you have any access requirements as the routes include some steps and slopes but can be adapted if required. Please wear sensible shoes.
Designing out CO2 in Durham: A Bus Tour
A bus tour and series of presentations to complement the Designing Out CO2 exhibition in Durham. The tour gives you an insider’s view of the fantastic array of sustainable buildings, outstanding architecture and low carbon technologies that can be found in County Durham. Explore up close how effective design can be both stylish and modern while limiting the negative environmental impact of developments and mitigating climate change.
A series of presentations will also be running in the morning which are open to those with a place on the bus tour and which you are encouraged to attend as they are designed to run in tandem.
The presentations will reflect on what has already been achieved across County Durham to promote sustainable design and install renewable energy measures into both new and old buildings. Furthermore, they will point out how we are aiming to not only achieve our CO2 emissions reduction targets but also how we are hoping to encourage the take up of sustainable design in the communities and promote grants and funding that are available to the public.
Times
9.30 Arrival and the possibility to enjoy the exhibition
10.00 Registration – tea/coffee
10.30 – 12.00 Presentations
12.00 – 12.45 Lunch and the possibility to enjoy the exhibition
12.45 – 17.00 Bus Tour around County Durham
Starting Point/ Getting There
Durham Room – County Hall, Durham, To see a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Please state whether you would like to attend the whole day or just the bus tour when you book. To book your place on this event click here...
Access - please see key at bottom
Not Accessible
Tyneside Cinema
Tour Newcastle’s newest cinema with the scheme's Conservation Architect, Cyril Winskell.
The man who built the Tyneside in 1937 thought a film should be an event and set out to design a picture palace, complete with mosaics and oriental decoration, which began the job of transporting you out of your everyday from the moment you crossed the threshold.
You will be given an experts guide to the beautiful spaces inside the building and will be introduced to the final part of the Tyneside Cinema restoration, which is now in place; architect Peter Yates’ 1976 mural, originally displayed in the old Cinema Electra screen.
The man who built the Tyneside in 1937 thought a film should be an event and set out to design a picture palace, complete with mosaics and oriental decoration, which began the job of transporting you out of your everyday from the moment you crossed the threshold.
You will be given an experts guide to the beautiful spaces inside the building and will be introduced to the final part of the Tyneside Cinema restoration, which is now in place; architect Peter Yates’ 1976 mural, originally displayed in the old Cinema Electra screen.
Times
10:00am
Location/ Getting There
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. To view a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Restricted access, please contact NA
Urban Translation Tours: Sunderland - CANCELLED
The Urban Translation tours unpick the built fabric of Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough during three separate tours of each city. The tours reveal hidden, forgotten or unresolved places, present challenges for the future and show some quirky and surprising legacies of our changing attitudes towards urban development
The Urban Translation website will soon feature the Sunderland Urban Translation Tour so you can download the tour and take yourself around! www.northernarchitecture.com/urbantranslation
Boho One Building Tour - CANCELLED.
Boho One has brought to Middlesbrough a clever unique type of office environment that responds specifically to the changing needs and creative temperaments of digital businesses in the Tees Valley. The building is designed as a networking zone, encouraging movement around the building and high visibility between floors and offices. Boho One has now established itself as a landmark on the skyline of the town with its striking black, red and silver towers, which demonstrate its sustainability credentials at the same time with three wind turbines set on the roof.
A tour of Boho One will be given as part of Discover Middlesbrough on the 14th September. Please visit the Middlesbrough Council website for more details.
Urban Translation Tours: Middlesbrough
The Urban Translation tours unpick the built fabric of Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough during three separate tours of each city. The tours reveal hidden, forgotten or unresolved places, present challenges for the future and show some quirky and surprising legacies of our changing attitudes towards urban development.
Times
2 - 3:30 pm
Starting Point/ Getting There
Middlesbrough Centre Square fountain. To see a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Please contact Northern Architecture if you have any access requirements as the routes include some steps and slopes but can be adapted if required. Please wear sensible shoes.
Civic Centre Tours
Back by Popular Demand!
A kin to marmite, people either love or hate this building. But what can’t be denied is the quality and style that exudes from this civic masterpiece. Designed in the 50’s by George Kenyon and built in the 60’s, Newcastle Civic Centre is one of the last civic buildings to be given such luxurious attention to detail. The materials used and the finishing touches make this building a treat, especially for the interior lovers amongst you. You may not think it’s to your taste but take a closer look on this tour of the Civic Centre.
Times
There will be two tours of approximately 2 hours starting at 10am and 1pm.
Location/ Getting There
Newcastle Civic Centre. To view a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Restricted access, please contact NA
Urban Translation Tours: Newcastle
The Urban Translation tours unpick the built fabric of Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough during three separate tours of each city. The tours reveal hidden, forgotten or unresolved places, present challenges for the future and show some quirky and surprising legacies of our changing attitudes towards urban development
Times
2 - 3:30pm
Meeting Point/ Getting There
Newcastle Civic Centre, by the Tyne God bronze sculpture. To see a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Please contact Northern Architecture if you have any access requirements as the routes include some steps and slopes but can be adapted if required. Please wear sensible shoes.
Credit: Sally Ann Norman / Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall Ltd
Credit: Music Shop, Gabriella White - Darlington Borough Council
Credit: Sally Ann Norman
Credit: Steve Brock
The lost world of Newcastle-Brasilia
Back by popular demand! Hidden amongst the famed cityscape of third millennium Newcastle is a lost city; Newcastle-Brasilia, scorned and forgotten. Come along on an expedition to the heart of this mysterious ruin; explore bridges to no-where, dripping stalagmites, a secret graffiti gang, fabulous mosaics and the astronomical alignments of Eldon Square Shopping Mall.
Times
One tour only from 2- 3:30pm
Starting Point/ Getting There
Meeting point: In front of the entrance to 55 degrees North, Swan House roundabout, Newcastle. To see a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Please contact Northern Architecture if you have any access requirements as the routes include some steps and slopes but can be adapted if required. Please wear sensible shoes.
The Energy Saving Trust
To find out more about how you can put into practice the solutions you have heard about in these talks. Click here...
Friday 11th
‘Deadline’ – A Tour through the Design Process
Ever wondered what an architect gets paid for? What does a services engineer actually do? Join us for this unique one-off tour that reveals the practices behind designing buildings and making them everything a good building should be: attractive places to be, efficient, functional and standing up!
This tour follows a project through the design process from start to finish, through the different stages and professions. See how the skills and tools of different practices combine and culminate; from architecture to structure and services, from landscaping to visualization and finally, to the printers.
This tour takes place between Newcastle and Gateshead’s City Centres, We will be taking public transport between Gateshead and Newcastle City Centre.
Times
Tour 1: 2pm
Tour 2: 2.45pm
Tour takes approx 2h45m
Starting Point/ Getting There
The Shed, The High Street, Gateshead. To see a map of the location and best transport options click here...
Booking
Access - please see key at bottom
Please contact Northern Architecture if you have any access requirements.
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Open House Durham
Sacriston Surgery Tour (pre-book)
Langdon Beck Youth Hostel, Drop In
Lanchester Road Hospital Tour (pre-book)
National Railway Museum Shildon, Drop In
Open House Seaton Burn
Brookside Lodge Self Build Tour
Open House Belford
An ecological self-build house Tour
(pre book)
Open House Blyth
Elliott Street Tour (pre-book)
Open House Durham
Cassop Primary School Tour
Lanchester Road Hospital Tour (pre-book)
National Railway Museum Shildon, Drop In
Open House Durham
Open House Belford
An ecological self-build house Tour
