Find out about our past exhibitions, displays, installations and projects.
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Ideal City
3 July – 19 December 2025
A project exploring what kind of city we should be aspiring to.
Concrete Dreams
19 September 2024 – 1 June 2025
“A really great exhibition” – BBC Radio 2
A project exploring how Tyneside was transformed during 1960s and 1970s and how we might reimagine the city of today.
BUILDING: An exhibition under construction
3 April – 18 August 2024
An exhibition that transformed the Farrell Centre galleries into live making spaces in an exploration of the process of building.
The Architect Has Left the Building
6 October 2023 – 25 February 2024
An exhibition revolving around a large-scale film installation by renowned photographer and filmmaker, Jim Stephenson, exploring how people use buildings and spaces once the architect‘s work has finished.
More with Less: Reimagining Architecture for a Changing World
22 April – 10 September 2023
An exhibition offering compelling new visions for architecture in the face of the climate emergency.
How We Live Now
Making Spaces in the North East with Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative
6 May – 23 July 2022
An exhibition, presented in association with Newcastle Contemporary Art, exploring the work of 1980s feminist architecture co-operative Matrix, alongside contemporary projects looking at gender, accessibility, equality and discrimination in the built environment.