Subjects: Architecture

View of the harbour from the Millennium Cross in Gdańsk.

EXPERT COMMENT: How Gdańsk is reclaiming its industrial waterfront

Assistant Professor, Jiayi Jin from Northumbria’s Architecture Department, explains how cities can return their waterfronts to residents following the regeneration in The Baltic port city of Gdańsk, Poland.

Fine Art student Sophie Bass prepares for the graduate exhibitions. All photography courtesy of Baltic/Barry Pells.

Students prepare to REVEAL graduating exhibitions

Graduating artists from Northumbria University’s Fine Art programmes are preparing to showcase their work in a multi-site exhibition which includes Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and spaces across the University’s Newcastle City Campus.

Street sign with the inscription Ukrainian Independence Street in the center of Riga. Shutterstock

EXPERT COMMENT: Ukrainian Heroes Street: the ideology behind street name changes

When a new regime comes to power, it usually asserts its symbolic control over public space by renaming streets that referred to the values and heroes of its predecessors.

Seaton Delaval Hall is now home to Hattie Keel's winning design from the National Trust Rising Stars creative partnership.

Northumbria supports search for next generation of creative talent

The National Trust and leading architecture practice, GT3 Architects, have teamed up with Northumbria University to search for the next generation of talented architects as part of a project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Death Positive Library Project unites libraries in Newcastle, Kirklees in Yorkshire and Redbridge in London, with a research team from Northumbria University.

Northumbria research team celebrate library project award win

A collaborative research project which promotes libraries as compassionate spaces to support conversations around death, dying and bereavement, has been recognised with a national health and wellbeing award.

Sewing kits have been sent to women taking part in the Sewing Through the Pandemic project

Sewing through the pandemic – supporting women through craft

Women across the North of England who are facing significant challenges are documenting their experiences of the Coronavirus pandemic one stitch at a time thanks to a unique craft project.

REVEAL 2019: A summer of success for Northumbria's creatives

REVEAL 2019: A summer of success for Northumbria's creatives

REVEAL 2019 – Northumbria University’s End of Year showcase for its creative programmes – opens to the public on Thursday 20 June.

Mapping the City

A unique exhibition revealing how young people see the world was recently launched by academics from Northumbria.

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