THE engineer responsible for some of the North-East's most familiar landmarks has been honoured in a ceremony.
A bronze bust of the late Sir Ove Arup was unveiled at Kingsgate Bridge, in Durham, this week.
The ceremony was performed by his daughter, Karin Perry, and took place 108 years after the engineer's birth to Danish parents in Newcastle.
Sir Ove specialised in reinforced concrete structures and helped establish the modern movement of British civil engineering in the 1930s. He completed the Kingsgate Bridge project in 1963.
In Durham, Sir Ove was also responsible for the bridge's neighbour, Dunelm House, the student union complex in New Elvet, as well as the 150ft telecommunications mast at the police headquarters at Aykley Heads, Durham.
The mast was awarded Grade II-listed status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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