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Scholarship opportunity for postgraduate study
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is offering one British Chamber of Commerce Scholarship award on the MSc Urban Planning programme.
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New Master of Arts in Landscape Architecture Programme (MA)
2025 Applications open for our new Master of Arts (MA) in Landscape Architecture.
NINE DTP Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
This scheme offers a unique opportunity for early-career researchers to build on their achievements through publications, network development, and a range of development-oriented activities.
A Planning Reunion: 50 Years On
In a long-awaited reunion, a group of former Newcastle University students returned to campus, 50 years after graduating
Symposium celebrates religious co-existence
An International Symposium aiming to exploring community and religious co-existence, took place from Monday 13 – Wednesday 15 January.
Landscape graduate featured in professional practice project
Alumna, Clara Huang, has recently had her work displayed in China as part of a highly competitive professional practice project.
Washington Students Experience Newcastle University's Architectural Excellence
The students had won the 60-Year Washington Challenge competition led by MOBIE (Ministry of Building, Innovation and Education) founded by George Clarke
Congratulations to MArch graduate Maria Wood on receiving a commendation for the RIBA Silver Medal 2024
The awards were presented at the RIBA President's Medal Ceremony on Wednesday 4 December
Reimagining Public Spaces
Organised by Associate Lecturer Anna Czigler, this multi-disciplinary, cross-university design charrette featured some of our architecture design students along with local practices
Professor John Pendlebury delivers keynote lecture at international conference in Vienna
20th Century Housing Heritage in Europe: Conserving, Participating, and Adapting
Professor John Pendlebury delivered a keynote lecture at the Arquimemória conference in Brazil
Conservation & Regeneration: The Case of the UK
Workshop on Energy Infrastructures and Community Livelihoods in Ghana
William Otchere-Darko and Raymond Abdulai from APL lead this British Academy funded project
Dr Loes Veldpaus and PhD Student Minki Sung are recognised in the Association of Critical Heritage Studies awards
The first ACHS awards were celebrated at the Galway 2024 conference
President of the Royal Town Planning Institute visits the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
We welcomed the President of the RTPI, Lindsey Richards on Monday 14 October
Recognition agreement opens up new pathways for students and architects between the UK and Hong Kong
UK Architects Registration Board and Hong Kong Institute of Architects sign memorandum of understanding
APL graduate Katie Fisher is named as one of the RIBA Journal's Rising Stars of 2024
Katie studied her BA Architecture, gCAP and Master of Architecture here at Newcastle University
AJ Student Prize 2024
Congratulations to Chloë Maestre Bridger and Charlotte Ashford on being our AJ Student Prize nominees
MArch students awarded 'Finalist' at the Non-Architecture Open-Source Biennale competition
Niamh Ashley, Joseph Oates and Ewan Jones are incoming Stage 5 students on our Master of Architecture programme
Katie Belch is awarded the Glover Prize for her Dissertation
Master of Architecture graduate Katie Belch is this year's winner of the Glover Prize, awarded by the Northern Architectural Association
Dr Andy Law attended the Chinese Consulate-General in Manchester to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China
The 75th anniversary of the founding of the PRC will be on 1st October
Concrete Dreams
A project exploring the ways Tyneside was transformed during 1960s and 1970s and how we might reimagine the city of today.
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
Applications for the fellowships are now open to researchers within 4 years of PhD examination
MArch graduate Sophie Kebell receives the Architect's for Health MA Architecture award
Sophie studied in the MArch studio "In Mind" led by Professor Neveen Hamza and Neil Turner
Professor Simin Davoudi is awarded the Honorary Membership of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP)
Simin is the eighth academic to have been given this award since AESOP inception in 1987, and the second in the UK after Patsy Healey.
The Farrell Centre has a visit from Chi Onwurah
Our local Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West visited the centre last Saturday
RIBA NE Student Awards 2024
Congratulations to four of our APL graduates on being recognised by the RIBA NE Student Awards
Emerging architects win AJ100 2024 New Talent awards
Ellen Willis, a Newcastle University K100 graduate in 2020, received the New Talent Award for Part 1
GAP student Emily Irving attended the Women in Property NE Awards with Dr Abby Schoneboom
18 students in their 2nd year in Universities across the NE were nominated to attend the event
Professor Simin Davoudi elected as Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences
With over 1500 distinguished Fellows, the Academy is the UK’s leading independent voice for academics, learned societies, and practitioners in social science.
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape enters nature-based solutions collaboration agreement with the Greater Bay Area of China
Clive Davies has been involved in developing the collaboration
Special Issue on Digital Natures published in the Digital Geography and Society Journal
Authored by Dr Ruth Machen, Eric Nost and Andrés Luque-Ayala
The Newbridge Project wins Adaptive Reuse Award at Newcastle City Council's Lord Mayor's Design Awards
Jack Mutton, at Topo Architects, worked on the redevelopment project
Geography and Planning graduate Katie Honey awarded first place in the UGRG Dissertation Prize
Katie's dissertation "Get the London Look: The Geographies of London-Based Beauty Brands and Branding in Response to Social and Cultural Change" took the top spot
Patsy Healey Obituary
We pay tribute to the inspiring Professor Emeritus Patsy Healey (1940 - 2024)
The Common Room and Newcastle University are commemorating five Inspiring Pioneers with a plaque in their honour.
The latest commemorative plaque is set to be unveiled on the Tyne Bridge, in honour of Dorothy Buchanan who was a member of the design team for the bridge which opened in 1928
Design Your High Street
AUP Stage 3 students are running a workshop on Thursday 22 February with local architect firm Harper Perry
Field trip to London with Architecture and Urban Planning Stage 2 students
The trip involved talks from St Clements Community Land Trust and a visit to the Childrens Centre in Somers Town
Drawing of the Year Awards 2024
Entries are now open to the annual Archisource drawing competition
Cap-a-Pie Translating Ferro/Transforming Knowledges
These audio theatre shows are inspired by the work of researchers from Translating Ferro/Translating Knowledges, or TF/TK, a joint Brazil/UK research project. The TF/TK team are developing new ideas for how buildings can be constructed in responsible and just ways.
Engaging Children and Young People in Planning
Teresa Strachan's new book using her work on Canny Planners and YES Planning will be published on 25 March 2024
Mark Shucksmith discusses "A Wellbeing Framework for the North of Tyne" project
This project won the University's Engaging with Policy & Practice award at the Engagement and Place Awards 2023
Applications open for the Architects Benevolent Society's Hardship Fund
Are you in your final semester but at risk of not being able to complete your course because of financial pressure?
Dr Gabriel Silvestre is a guest on the Minor Revisions podcast
The afterlives of urban megaprojects: Grounding policy models and recirculating knowledge through domestic networks”
APL graduate Clare Bond receives Thornton Education Trust award
Clare Bond has been named joint winner of "Individual of the Year - Emerging" in the Thornton Education Trust Inspire Future Generations Awards for her work at Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
MArch graduate wins top architecture award
Chloe Dalby has won the prestigious Serjeant Award for Excellence in Drawing at Part 2 in this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Medals.
Northern Bureau for Architecture - James Longfield
The Architects Journal spotlights the Northern Bureau for Architecture in its latest practice profile
Multispace: Architecture at the Dawn of the Metaverse
Owen Hopkins is the Guest Editor for the latest issue of Architectural Design
Knitting the Future of Architecture using Fungal Mycelium
An arch made from fungal mycelium, grown within 3D knitted fabric formwork, is on display at the Design Museum, London.
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
Applications for the fellowships are now open to researchers within 4 years of PhD examination
World Mental Health Day 2023
APL held a Tea, Talk & Crafts event on Tuesday 10 October to support World Mental Health Day
Building Futures Bursaries
As we celebrate the first graduate on the bursary scheme, three more firms join to support the next generation of architects
AJ Student Prize 2023
Congratulations to Tsz Ying Ella Hui and Senjeeven Mungapen on being our AJ Student Prize nominees
Landscape Institute Awards 2023
Two Master of Landscape Architecture graduates shortlisted in the Landscape Institute Awards 2023
Professor Jianfei Zhu's Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture shortlisted for Colvin Prize
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain have announced the shortlist
Policy paper calls for Labour to renew the public planning system
A new policy paper to which Newcastle researchers have contributed calls on the Labour Party to embrace a reinvigorated public planning system.
Women in Property Yorkshire & North East Regional Student Awards 2023
Students Lara Baughan, Elise Barjat and Zoe Yip were the APL nominees
RIBA North East Student Awards 2023
Congratulations to Part 2 winner Anastasia Cockerill and Part 1 highly commended Adam Schell
Sophie Stanton receives RTPI North East Young Planner of the Year Award 2023
Sophie is a MSc Urban Planning graduate
Charlotte Veal and Maggie Roe join the International Association for Landscape Ecology 2023 World Congress
The IALE 2023 World Congress is taking place 10 - 15 July in Nairobi, Kenya
Master of Landscape Architecture programme fully accredited by the Landscape Institute
Our 2 year landscape architecture masters degree now has full accreditation status
Stage 2 Planning Students travelled to Germany for their study visit
17 students attended the study visit accompanied by tutors Clive Davies and Neil Powe
Neveen Hamza is elected as the Chair of the International Building Performance Simulation Association
The IBPSA is a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built environment
Simin Davoudi features on the RTPI Planning for Tomorrow podcast series
Joined by Kelly Moore, Secretary General of Commonwealth Association of Planners, Simin discusses how Planning is deployed around the world in the fight against climate change.
Global Urban Planning Education workshop
APL hosted a one-day workshop to discuss the contribution of transnational courses in urban planning programmes
APL Degree Show 2023
The annual celebration of work by students at School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape goes on show Friday 16 June.
Global Urban Education Consortium
Gabriel Silvestre and William Otchere-Darko co-ordinated a 2 day workshop with colleagues from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and the School of Planning and Architecture Delhi
Together: co-housing, community and the city
Work developed by our current BA (Hons) Architecture Stage 2 students is on display in bus shelters along Shields Road, Byker
Creative engagement by 3rd year Architecture and Urban Planning students on Clayton Street
Clay Day was a playful and festive engagement day intended to deepen the understanding and research on Clayton Street
Professor Mark Shucksmith is awarded Engagement and Place Award
His project "A Wellbeing Framework for the North of Tyne" won the Engaging with Policy and Practice Award
Launch of new research group The Landscape Collaboratory
Co-directors Maggie Roe and Charlotte Veal introduced the key research themes at the launch event
GSSArchitecture joins Building Futures bursary scheme at Newcastle University for students from diverse backgrounds to study architecture
Students on the scheme have their fees waived for their three-year undergraduate study and receive an annual contribution to their living costs.
The Farrell Centre is now open
The Farrell Centre is a new centre for architecture and cities, based at Newcastle University
Open Studios 2023
An opportunity for architectural practices to open their doors for students to informally visit and experience a variety of practices
The Living Room by the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment
This installation features in the opening More with Less exhibition at the Farrell Centre
Stage 5 MArch students work with local primary school in learning lab module
This outreach and action research module is part of the Master of Architecture programme
Dr Ang Gao shortlisted for the BAFTSS Practice Research Award in the Doctoral Category
Dr Ang Gao studied her PhD at APL, supervised by Andy Law and Ian MacDonald
The People's Plinth at the Farrell Centre
Do you have an object that helps tell the story of Tyneside?
Professor Maggie Roe and Dr Niki Black contribute to the Net Zero Pathway in Calcutta, Bengal
The decarbonisation policy has used case studies from the UK and India to inform its contents
From Newcastle Podcast Episode 5.3 The Farrell Centre
A new public space for architecture and cities with Owen Hopkins
Comment: Rural poverty is getting worse – and welfare harder to access
Writing for The Conversation, Professor Mark Shucksmith discusses the issues facing people living in poverty in rural areas.
Niki Black wins best photo in NU Sustainability Festival
A Sustainable Future? The Sundarbans delta, Bangladesh
Karl Mok stars in BBC's Interior Design Masters
APL graduate and tutor in BA Architecture Karl Mok is one of 10 contestants in the fourth series of Interior Design Masters
29% Equal Podcast
29% Equal is a podcast celebrating significant women who have shaped how we practice architecture today
Design Competition NUAS x NAS
This student-led initiative was held jointly by Newcastle and Northumbria's Architecture Societies on Friday 3 February
Rural Poverty Today: Experiences of Social Exclusion in Rural Britain
Professor Mark Shucksmith has co-authored this new book, due to be published on 22 February
Teaching adaptive reuse
Daniel Burn, leader of MArch Material Change studio, discusses the 'new from old' project
New book releases from Owen Hopkins, Director of the Farrell Centre
The new publications are now available to buy and pre-order
Special issue 'Climate imaginaries and their mediums' available open access
Edited by Ruth Machen, Elizabeth Brooks and Simin Davoudi
A Space for Sound - The Arches Sound Project
Usue Ruiz Arana and Dan Hill's "The Old Pottery Murmurations" project features in the first week of the sound installation
Architecture lecturer Smajo Bešo receives OBE in New Years Honours list
The OBE was awarded for services to genocide education and commemoration
What is a Good City?
Professor Simin Davoudi is a co-director of the Centre for Researching Cities, which runs the Good City project
Professor Mark Shucksmith on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today
The programme discusses what the Labour party's devolution proposals could mean for rural communities
RENKEI Winter School at Kyoto University, Japan
Dr Cat Button and Dr Helen Underhill attended the Winter School at the beginning of December 2022
Announcing the opening of the Farrell Centre
The Farrell Centre, a new centre for architecture and cities, will open to the public in Spring 2023
New publication released under the GCRF Living Deltas project
The Sustainability, Landscape Context and Water Puppet Culture in the Red River Delta, Vietnam chapter is written by Maggie Roe, Niki Black, Hue Le and Cat Button
Engagement and Place Awards 2022
The Dwellbeing Shieldfield project won the Team Award at this year's ceremony
MArch Symposium "Questioning, Investigating, Experimenting"
MArch students taking Dissertation and Linked Research elective routes presented the results of their work in progress at the November symposium
Professor Steve Graham delivers a video interview for Faculti
He talks about his paper "Elite avenues: Flyovers, freeways and the politics of urban mobility"