Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University

Join us this evening at 5.30pm outside the Architecture Building in the Quad for the public opening of this year's APL Degree Show . We look forward to seeing you and celebrating the hard work of all our students! We'll also be joined by with their Jam Van serving burgers and loaded fries, check out their menu and we'll see you in a few hours!

One week to go until the North East Foundational Economy Alliance launch event on Thursday 18 June 5pm at the Farrell Centre. Join us as we question "how is wealth being extracted from Newcastle's economy and which urban regeneration policies are facilitating it?" and explore the need for alternatives. Sign up to attend: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/events/item/nefe-launch-event/

Join us tomorrow Thursday 11 June at 5pm at the Farrell Centre for the industry preview of our annual APL Degree Show.

Join us for the Galena exhibition at Newcastle Arts Centre. The preview opens on Saturday 13 June with the exhibition accessible from Monday 15 June - Saturday 27 June.

Galena tracks a landscape awaiting development. Through sound, film, painting and print, Julia Heslop, Taryn Edmonds and Martin Heslop explore the site of the Elswick Lead Works on the River Tyne, where a new housing development is planned. These artworks trace this vanished industry, considering the origins of the galena (lead ore) from the mines of the North Pennines, to the processing and production plants on the banks of the Tyne. But the exhibition also offers a fresh eye and ear to the present day ecologies: from the abandoned factory buildings, to the pigeon crees, and the hundreds of silver birch trees now making the place their home. It poses questions about how the past and present-day stories of this remarkable landscape are valued within the new housing development proposed for the site.

📅 Saturday 13 June
🕕 2 - 4pm
📍 Newcastle Arts Centre, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SG

Explore Postgraduate Routes into the Built Environment

Join our upcoming webinar on 10th June at 11am to explore postgraduate routes into the built environment and discover how advanced study can shape your career.

In this session, you’ll hear about options in Urban Design, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture.

This webinar is a valuable opportunity to hear directly from academic experts, gain practical insights, and understand how to take your next step into the field.

Whether you’re planning to continue your studies or explore a new direction, this session will help you understand your options and pathways.

Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3217780749949/WN_0ngqUmi4SJCPTCSjoMXsaA #/registration

Save the Date! Our annual APL Degree Show, this year themed on "Encountering Now", will open in June.

Thursday 11 June - invitational opening
Friday 12 June - public opening

Full details with booking links to follow shortly

Join us for 'The Northern Housing Question' a one-day symposium which will examine issues pertaining to: landownership and land values, the private rental sector, social housing and housing need and decision making in housing and housing futures. The event will hear from a range of cross sector speakers, as well as academics and activists.

Confirmed speakers include: Isaac Rose (Greater Manchester Tenants’ Union), Dan Wilson Craw (Generation Rent), Vicky McDermott (Director of Housing and Communities, Newcastle City Council), Tracy Guy (Shelter North East) and Jimm Reed (Leeds Community Homes).

Understanding housing crisis as being geographically variable, this symposium will look at the issues specific (but not exclusive) to northern England.

📍 The Boiler House, Newcastle University
📅 Thursday 11 June 2026
🕕 9.30am - 4.30pm

Book to join the symposium: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yRJQnBa2wkSpF2aBT74-hxV1PtonKDVOvozqWuJFyBxUNUE0WDgzVjZDUFNKMExCMUIwQzRKOUpIVS4u

Brutalist London, the latest release from Owen Hopkins (Director of the Farrell Centre) is now available to purchase.

Written by Owen Hopkins, with original photography by Nigel Green, the book documents more than 50 examples of London’s post-war concrete architecture, from major civic works to housing, churches and infrastructure.

Read more: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/news/item/brutalist-london/

We held the Re:New Towns two day symposium at Newcastle on 16-17 April with a jam-packed timetable which saw us host four keynote speakers, two hands-on workshops, 24 paper presentations across eight sessions and an exhibition tour. Thank you to everyone involved for an inspiring two days! Read more: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/news/item/re-new-towns/

The exhibition "Connecting with Dunston Staiths: Here, now and then" curated by third year Architecture and Urban Planning students was open again today at Dunston Staiths. It will be open again next week and every Thursday 11am - 3pm until 9th May. Picture (left to right): Daniel Mallo, studio leader, Newcastle University; Damien Wootten, photographer; Louis Cook, student curator. https://www.tynederwentway.co.uk/article/37377/Connecting-with-Dunston-Staiths-a-new-exhibition