Sacramento native Ralph Erskine Manning was on the USS Harder when it was attacked and sunk in the waters near the Philippines during World War II.
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The fame of the architect Ralph Erskine, who has died aged 91, rested - unusually - on low-cost housing.
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In the wake of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition, Sweden became a hub of innovative ideas in urbanism and urban planning. In May 1939 the young Ralph Erskine...
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The cities of the Canadian Arctic are contending with decades-old planning mistakes that ignored indigenous settlement patterns and knowledge.
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Ralph Erskine, who has died aged 87, was the First Legislative Counsel for Northern Ireland and the world's leading historian of the work of...
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Ralph Erskine's Grade II-listed council estate, built to replace the old Byker neighbourhood, is an examplar of design and public participation.
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It's no cliché to choose Byker Estate as an example of architecture for the common good, says MawsonKerr's Dan Kerr.
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Ralph Erskine's humanity shines through all his work, as this exhibition at his Clare Hall, Cambridge, commemorates.
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Byker Wall, Newcastle housing design by Ralph Erskine Architect - pictures of flats in building from 1982: North East England architecture.
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How do architects design lasting communities for people and what lessons can we learn from the Byker estate, asks Tony McGuirk.
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