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- IHBC’s next OPEN & FREE ‘Management’ CPD Pre-School webinars for #IHBCReading2024 School theme, ‘Place & Building Care…’: ‘Enforcement’ (03/05) and ‘Munstead Wood’ estate (16/05) 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: ICE advice for engineers to close the gender pay gap following on RAE research 19/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 19/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 19/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £112K+ works this week: Heritage team seeks engineering services for canal restoration, £70K, to 10/05 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Claim – Torbay’s planning rules are being flouted due to lack of enforcement 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for £65m University Centre Blackpool set for decision 19/04/2024
- Copenhagen and Paris mayors discuss lessons learned after fires wreck landmarks 19/04/2024
- Joint statement on England’s Natural and Historic Environment published by NE, HE and Lottery: ‘Integrating the Management of the Natural and Historic Environment’ 19/04/2024
- Architects etc. – Professional Practical Experience Commission – Call for evidence, to 24/04 19/04/2024
- Office for Place Update: Free Places at 2024 Design Code Schools for LPA officers 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Architecture Prize Philippe Rotthier 2024, closing 30/04. 19/04/2024
- IHBC welcomes formal signing by IHBC Chair and ICOMOS-UK President of new MOU, securing ‘closer ties and cooperation’ 17/04/2024
- Missed #IHBCReading2024 School webinar on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038…’, co-hosted by Fit for the Future? Just catch it free on IHBC’s Youtube channel… 17/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 17/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 17/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘world’s first full-scale commercial nuclear power station’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’, for #IHBCReading2024 too: Go for £9.5M revamp of Brutalist Reading Hexagon Theatre 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Activists occupy house set for demolition by ‘not-for-profit’ housing association 17/04/2024
- CIC: Government must make up for lost time with an improved plan for healthier, climate resilient homes and buildings 17/04/2024
- York Minster receives generous donation towards new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Skills and Estate Management 17/04/2024
- Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England to benefit from £33 million boost 17/04/2024
- APPAG Inquiry on Archaeology and Metal-detecting in England launched 17/04/2024
Daily Archives: 03/04/2020
IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award winners now out: Sarah Kahn (AA) on The Ghost in the Machine…: ‘Completely absorbing and fascinating, and genuinely useful’ said guest judge Ben Cowell
The winner of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Award for 2019 has been selected by guest judge Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses, as Sarah Khan, whose course work on ‘The Ghost in the Machine: Occupants’ influence on the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 5: EU urged to class Covid-19 as ‘force majeure’
The European Commission needs to introduce three immediate measures to tackle the negative impact of Covid-19 on construction, industry body FIEC has said. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 6: NLHF Emergency Fund launches to help sector
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has put together a £50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 7: Scotland’s Third Sector Resilience Fund
The Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF) is a £20m emergency fund for charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations working in Scotland, supporting organisations that already deliver services and products but find themselves in financial difficulties directly as a … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week: CoE seeks consultant for church project CARS, closing 30/04, no value stated
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Local celebrations of a rare example of industrial heritage that avoided demolition
A rare example of city’s industrial heritage which avoided demolition wrecking ball – ‘tiny cottages date back to 1820s’ – are featured in the Leicester Mercury.
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IHBC CPD Boost: ‘Brush up on your planning theory… by film!’
Films for teaching Planning Theory are on offer through a resource list compiled for Planning Network UK (PNUK). Visit Google Docs to access the films
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COP26 UN climate change conference postponement
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19.
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National Trust to furlough up to 80% of staff
The National Trust will furlough up to 80% of its staff as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Aberdeenshire mill dating back almost 140 years devastated by huge fire
A traditional mill in Aberdeenshire dating back almost 140 years has been destroyed by a huge fire.
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Calor puts up £85,000 for rural community projects: Closing 9 April
To celebrate its 85th birthday, gas company Calor has increased the value of its Rural Communities Fund to £85,000, which it will divide into 22 prizes, closing 9 April. image: for illustration purposes only – P Badcock
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RTPI survey on ‘Measuring Planning Outcomes Research’
The RTPI are undertaking research on Measuring Planning Outcomes Research to consider how local authorities can measure the outcomes of planning in order to track and improve the impact of planning. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence … Continue reading
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Scottish Civic Trust sets social media challenge: What’s Oot Ma Windae?
Lovers of the built environment and folk self-isolating throughout Scotland, if spending a little more time indoors or are seeking an interesting way to pass the time why not look to the Scottish Civic Trust’s #WhatsOotMaWindae for some fun and … Continue reading
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