'An uncompromising glass-clad tower block of 1972-8 by Hubbard, Ford & Partners, with a lower block towards The Side clad in brick and with diagonal boarding hiding the car-park'. Re-clad circa 2000 by Ove Arup & Partners.

To the right of the first landing of Castle Stairs there is a restored medieval well.

Built for the Bank of Chicago by Mauchlen, Weightman & Elphick in 1971-4. Smooth ashlar cladding and full-height oriels {1}. Formerly the Bank of Chicago. 1971-4 by Mauchlen Weightman & Elphick. The full-height oriels might be homage to the bank's Chicago skyscraper. Two-storey mansard. Subway is on the ground floor, with offices above.

The first high-rise office block in Newcastle. A speculative development of 1961 designed by Williamson, Faulkner Brown & Partners. Twelve storeys on a wide two-storey podium. Exposed aggregate concrete panels, black concrete verticals, white mosaic panels below the long strips of windows. Demolished 2007. Replaced by a new build 2009.

1987-90 by Bullen & Partners. Built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd for the Newcastle Western Bypass. A twin, five-span, prestressed, post-tensioned, concrete box structure, 330m long. Constructed using the balanced cantilever method. Paired elliptical-section reinforced concrete piers. 17-span approach viaduct on south side.

1964-7 by Mott, Hay & Anderson. Built by Mitchell Construction/Dorman Long to replace a suspension bridge of 1831. Steel arch of 100.5m span with suspended box girder deck. The two arch ribs were originally tied with wire cables but these were replaced with tie-bars when they corroded. Pevsner (1992) describes it as "a very lively bridge".

1980-3 by Mott, Hay & Anderson in association with Tyne and Wear County Council. Built by Nuttall/HBM to replace a steel truss bridge of 1897-1901. Opened officially by HRH Princess of Wales 18th May 1983. Pevsner (1992) describes it as "the most striking of the new Tyne bridges and a good example of modern medium-span bridge design". It is of post-tensioned concrete box construction over three spans. It is 360m in length. The main span is 160m. Services are carried in internal ducts within the box sections. There are portholes in the box sections to prevent possible explosions. Contract value was £15.35 million.

1976-80 by W.A. Fairhurst & Partners with Cementation Construction Ltd and Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. as contractors. Brought into service 1981. A rather inelegant through-steel-truss construction with fabricated box chords. Three unequal spans with a total length of 360 metres. 4000 metric tonnes. Cost £4.9 million. The height of the bridge and its design were dictated by the shipping regulations for the river which insist that the river is kept passable for sea-going ships.

1979. Consultant engineers Ove Arup & Partners. Notable for its elegance. Parabolic reinforced-concrete trusses carrying a curved deck across the Ouseburn, not far from the earlier Rail Viaduct.

Rapid-transit electric system, based on the old North Tyneside Loop and its South Tyneside counterpart. The Tyneside Metropolitan Railway Act received Royal Assent in 1973. Massive engineering works were involved - tunnelling under Newcastle for lines and stations, strengthening C19 viaducts and 41km of existing permanent way. 12.8km of new track was laid, new viaducts and stations. First section opened in 1981. Extension to Newcastle Airport in 1991. Extension to Sunderland in ?. Consultant architects were Faulkner Brown Hendy Watkinson. The scheme for station design used white vitreous enamel panels for internal surfaces and high-quality synthetic stone flooring. Externally, chocolate brown and red bricks were used, ribbed concrete, tubular supports and plastic-covered steel canopies for the bus-stop suburban stations. Executive architects L.J. Couves & Partners designed the underground stations and those between Jesmond and Gateshead Stadium and St. James to Manors. Waring & Netts designed Byker to Chillingham Road and Tyne Dock to South Shields. Ainsworth Spark Associates designed the four interchanges - Four Lane Ends, Regent Centre, Gateshead and Heworth and the lines from West Jesmond to Tynemouth and to the Airport.