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Coalface 25 Exhibition

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 8 October 2025 Coalface 25 Exhibition at the Vane Gallery, Gateshead
Ryder and Yates Norgas House, 1965

VANE Art Gallery, Gateshead 14-29 November 2025 Preview: Thursday 13 November 6-9pm COALFACE/25 is an exhibition mounted by RIBA North East Small Practice, featuring original works by North East based architectural practitioners past...

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New Peter Yates Art Prints Available

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 2 October 2025 The Wall that says Lulu, Peter Yates c1976
The Wall that says Lulu, Peter Yates c1976

Chevet de Notre Dame, Peter Yates ©1980 Engineering Research Station Killingworth, Peter Yates ©1966 30 Quality Giclée Art Prints by Peter Yates are now Available. The full series of 30 Peter Yates Giclée...

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Peter Yates Giclée Art Prints Now Available

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 4 November 2019 lizzie 1941 painting by peter yates
Lizzie, Peter Yates ©1941

A series of 30 Peter Yates Giclée Fine Art Prints are now available from the Peter Yates Print Shop Limited edition series, published ©2019 Peter Yates Collection. (Estate of Peter Yates). Quality...

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PY Christmas Cards through the Years

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 1 July 2018 ryder-and-yates-santorini-christmas-card-19xx
Ryder and Yates Santorini Christmas Card, 19XX

Some text goes here ... Christmas Card: Fish and Pear ?? by Peter Yates, 19xx Christmas Card: Newcastle 900 by Peter Yates, 1980 Killingworth and Dragonfies Christmas Card, Peter Yates c1966 Christmas Card for...

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Finsbury Mural Conservation Complete

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 18 May 2016 bevin court peter yates mural for lubetkin
Bevin Court Mural, 1954 by Peter Yates for Lubetkin

Thanks to the great expertise of Tom Organ and his conservation team. Bevin Court Mural, 1954 by Peter Yates for Lubetkin Bevin Court Staircase, 1954 Lubetkin Tom Organ Talk on Peter Yates Mural...

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MEA House and Ryder and Yates Offices Listed

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 1 February 2015 Ryder and Yates Offices in Killingworth
Ryder and Yates Offices, Killingworth 1964

MEA House in Newcastle and Ryder and Yates' former offices in Killingworth have been listed by English Heritage MEA House, in Newcastle, was built to house voluntary organisations in the early...

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Bevin Court Mural Conservation Begins

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 1 January 2015 bevin court peter yates mural detail before conservation
Bevin Court Peter Yates Mural before Conservation

This community project focuses on the restoration of the Peter Yates mural and the reinstatement of a bust of Ernest Bevin in one of Berthold Lubetkin's iconic spaces. The project is...

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Peter Yates at the Hatton Gallery Newcastle, 2015

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 6 November 2014 Cyclops Rock Exhibition at the Hatton Gallery, Poster by Peter Yates, 2015
Cyclops Rock Exhibition Hatton Gallery, Peter Yates, 2015

The Hatton Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne held an exhibition titled "Peter Yates: Paintings 1939-1982" from January 10 to May 9, 2015. The exhibition showcased his work as a painter. Exhibition Title:...

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New Peter Yates Art Prints from Bookroom Art Press

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 7 June 2013 peter yates painting elver-net 1976
Elver Net 1976, Peter Yates

A series of 30 Peter Yates Giclée Art Prints are now available from the Peter Yates Print Shop 'India ink; gouache and watercolour on paper, 1959. This is a study of...

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Peter Yates Prints available from Bookroom Art Press

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 11 October 2012 peter yates painting cod and lobster pots staithes, 1955
Cod and Lobster Pots Staithes, 1955 by Peter Yates

Bookroom Art Press announces the immediate availability of limited edition, numbered Peter Yates Giclée Art Prints. 'This boy can see things' Le Corbusier said of Peter Yates. 'To see' is an...

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Come and See, Michael Chaplin Book Launch

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 27 May 2011 come and see book by michael chaplin showing peter yates
Come and See by Michael Chaplin showing Peter Yates

Come and See by Michael Chaplin Come and See - The Beguiling Story of the Tyneside Cinema by Michael Chaplin is launched to celebrate 75 years of the Tyneside Cinema....

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Peter Yates Calendar, 2011

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 25 November 2010 margaret howell calendar, 2011 peter yates britain paintings
Margaret Howell Calendar, 2011 Peter Yates Britain

Following this year's Peter Yates British Landscapes Exhibition, Margaret Howell has produced a Peter Yates 2011 Calendar, the proceeds of which go to the Open-City Charity. The calendar is based on...

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Peter Yates at Margaret Howell

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 15 April 2010 Peter Yates Margaret Howell Exhibition 2011 Wigmore Street, London
Peter Yates Margaret Howell Exhibition, 2011 London

Peter Yates British Landscapes 1945 - 1980 April 15 - May 10, 2010 Margaret Howell 34 Wigmore Street London Peter Yates (1920-1982) was one of the founders of Ryder and Yates, the partnership which brought...

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REinvigorating the Region

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 21 January 2010 riba exhibition reinvigorating the region 2010, newcastle
RIBA Exhibition REinvigorating the Region 2010

REinvigorating the Region An initiative by RIBA North East North East Architectural Heritage 'Reinvigorating the Region' charts the development of architecture in the North East of England in response to economic...

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Lights and Shadows on the Wall

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 25 October 2009 peter yates tyneside cinema mural christmas card
Peter Yates Tyneside Cinema Mural

Light and Shadows on the Wall; Improving Amusements by Peter Yates Photographs detailing the recently conserved Peter Yates mural at the Tyneside Cinema Peter Yates painting the Tyneside Cinema Mural in 1976 The...

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Peter Yates, Lost Mural

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 19 August 2009 Kill Devil Rum Mural in Scotby Cumbria, 1952 Peter Yates
Kill Devil Rum Mural, 1952 Peter Yates

Just as Beacon House boxes in their Peter Yates 'Shells' mural, two Peter Yates murals are rediscovered in a Ryder and Yates house in Cumbria. The new owners of Harlequin...

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Peter Yates Murals

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 24 July 2009 peter yates at the tyneside cinema painting the mural
Peter Yates Painting the Mural at the Tyneside Cinema

A collection of images of Peter Yates murals amassed through the years. Tyneside Cinema Mural, 1976 : newly refurbished and was reopened on April 23, 2009. See refurbished Mural Bevin Court...

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Ryder and Yates Classic Images

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 4 July 2009 ryder and yates classic images, horns of minos killingworth
Ryder and Yates Classic Images, Horns of Minos Killingworth 1965

Images from the archives showing some of Ryder & Yates' architectural highlights Images retain the copyright of their respective owners Roof of the British Gas Engineering Research Station (1967), Killingworth Norgas...

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Pair's Design Still a Force for Good

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 4 June 2009 peter yates and gordon ryder outside their office in killingworth
Peter Yates and Gordon Ryder in Killingworth

Tony Henderson Newcastle Journal Live The architect Peter Yates once began a lecture with the quote that a city should be "for the convenience of its inhabitants and a surprise to its...

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Restored Peter Yates Mural Unveiled at Tyneside Cinema

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 23 April 2009 tyneside cinema peter yates mural restored
Tyneside Cinema Peter Yates Mural Restored

Also on the night of April the 23rd, Peter Yates' freshly renovated 1976 mural entitled "Shadows and Light" was unveiled at the newly reopened Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. "It portrays...

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Ryder and Yates Book Launch

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 23 April 2009 ryder and yates book riba by rutter carroll
Ryder and Yates Book RIBA by Rutter Carroll

The long awaited Ryder and Yates book was finally launched at the RIBA HQ in London last night. A second launch tonight at the newly renovated Tyneside Cinema in Pilgrim...

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Ryder and Yates Northumberland Hideaway

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 20 April 2009 mamourian house stanton morpeth ryder and yates
Mamourian House Stanton, Ryder and Yates

In April of 2009 , we were lucky enough to come across a wonderful example of Ryder and Yates domestic architecture in Stanton, Northumberland. The owner very generously allowed me...

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Procession of Shells Mural by Peter Yates

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 1 April 2007 Peter Yates Mural Procession of Shells at Beacon House, Whitley Bay
Peter Yates Mural Procession of Shells at Beacon House

On arrival at Beacon House in Whitley Bay, I was surprised and delighted to see the Peter Yates "Processions of Shells" mural still intact and in great condition after almost...

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Tyneside Cinema Mural Uncovered

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 15 December 2006 Tyneside Cinema Mural by Peter Yates Uncovered, Newspaper cutting
Tyneside Cinema Mural by Peter Yates Uncovered

Article, David Whetstone, Newcastle Journal, December 15th, 2006 'Cinema's Classic Pictures see the Light' Tyneside Cinema article re. Artist Peter Yates, Newcastle upon Tyne A NEWCASTLE cinema is giving up its precious secrets, the...

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Mural by Peter Yates for Lubetkin, 1954

Posted by Jolyon Yates on 28 July 2006 Bevin Court Mural for Lubetkin by Peter Yates
Bevin Court Mural for Lubetkin by Peter Yates, 1954

Bevin Court, Holford Place, Finsbury, London. Bevin Court is one of several modernist housing projects in London designed in the immediate post-war period by the Tecton architecture practice, led by Berthold...

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