PETER YATES

Coalface 25 Exhibition Written by Jolyon Yates on 8 October 2025 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... Read More ... New Peter Yates Art Prints Available Written by Jolyon Yates on 2 October 2025 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... Read More ... Peter Yates Giclée Art Prints Now Available Written by Jolyon Yates on 4 November 2019 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... Read More ... PY Christmas Cards through the Years Written by Jolyon Yates on 1 July 2018 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... Read More ... Finsbury Mural Conservation Complete Written by Jolyon Yates on 18 May 2016 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... Read More ... MEA House and Ryder and Yates Offices Listed Written by Jolyon Yates on 1 February 2015 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... Read More ... Bevin Court Mural Conservation Begins Written by Jolyon Yates on 1 January 2015 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... Read More ... Peter Yates at the Hatton Gallery Newcastle, 2015 Written by Jolyon Yates on 6 November 2014 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:... Read More ... New Peter Yates Art Prints from Bookroom Art Press Written by Jolyon Yates on 7 June 2013 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... Read More ... Peter Yates Prints available from Bookroom Art Press Written by Jolyon Yates on 11 October 2012 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... Read More ... Come and See, Michael Chaplin Book Launch Written by Jolyon Yates on 27 May 2011 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.... Read More ... Peter Yates Calendar, 2011 Written by Jolyon Yates on 25 November 2010 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... Read More ... Peter Yates at Margaret Howell Written by Jolyon Yates on 15 April 2010 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... Read More ... REinvigorating the Region Written by Jolyon Yates on 21 January 2010 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... Read More ... Lights and Shadows on the Wall Written by Jolyon Yates on 25 October 2009 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... Read More ... Peter Yates, Lost Mural Written by Jolyon Yates on 19 August 2009 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... Read More ... Peter Yates Murals Written by Jolyon Yates on 24 July 2009 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... Read More ... Ryder and Yates Classic Images Written by Jolyon Yates on 4 July 2009 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... Read More ... Pair's Design Still a Force for Good Written by Jolyon Yates on 4 June 2009 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... Read More ... Restored Peter Yates Mural Unveiled at Tyneside Cinema Written by Jolyon Yates on 23 April 2009 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... Read More ... Ryder and Yates Book Launch Written by Jolyon Yates on 23 April 2009 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... Read More ... Ryder and Yates Northumberland Hideaway Written by Jolyon Yates on 20 April 2009 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... Read More ... Procession of Shells Mural by Peter Yates Written by Jolyon Yates on 1 April 2007 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... Read More ... Tyneside Cinema Mural Uncovered Written by Jolyon Yates on 15 December 2006 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... Read More ... Mural by Peter Yates for Lubetkin, 1954 Written by Jolyon Yates on 28 July 2006 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... Read More ...