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Building Sights

Series 1

Byker Wall

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Yorkshire

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First transmitted in 1988, writer Beatrix Campbell looks at the successful Byker Wall housing estate in Newcastle, designed by Ralph Erskine in the early 1970s. It's an epic development and Beatrix Campbell describes why it is such an ingenious design solution. Show less

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