Gordon Ryder

Gordon Ryder (1919–2000) OBE was an English modernist architect and co-founder with Peter Yates of Ryder and Yates, described by Historic England as "the most important post-war architectural practice in the north-east of England" which won the Financial Times' industrial architecture award in 1968, and a Royal Institute of British Architects award the following year. The offices had fallen into disrepair by 2012, having been vacant for 5 years, and were set to be demolished.

The Research Station was Grade II* listed on 27 January 1997 by English Heritage (Historic England since 2015).

Other projects included social housing at North Kenton and major buildings for the Salvation Army, Tyne Tees Television and Vickers Armaments. 'Trees', a private house built in Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1967–68, was listed Grade II in 2010. In 2015, MEA House and Ryder & Yates' own offices in Killingworth were listed Grade II, with the architects offices subsequently being removed from the register after a change of heart by the government minister in 2016.