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- First ‘priority CPD’ guidance out for #IHBCReading2024 School, globally accessible from only £30+VAT: ‘Management’ Competences -‘Legislation & Policy’, ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June 23/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Canal and River Trust on ‘Our impact: transforming places, enriching lives’ 23/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 23/04/2024
- 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 23/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: ALL HESPR member staff get IHBC member rate at #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School, 14 June, only £30+VAT (Code required) 23/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Controversial demolition of closed Museum of London and office block expected 23/04/2024
- Intangible Cultural Heritage: UK becomes the 183rd State to join UNESCO’s Convention 23/04/2024
- HES: New Report on Connections Between Properties in Care and the British Empire 23/04/2024
- 10 New Design Code Pathfinder areas selected 23/04/2024
- BEFS Policy Map for Scotland’s Existing Built Environment Policy Overview Map, Spring 2024 23/04/2024
- Budget boost for farmers and environment with extension to Agricultural Property Relief 23/04/2024
- ADF announces its 2024 brief: ‘Rethinking Home-Adapt and Reuse’ 23/04/2024
- 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
Daily Archives: 18/08/2020
IHBC highlights ‘Heritage Rescue’: Special opportunity for TV features on ‘rescues’
The IHBC has been contacted by a TV production company called Curve Media to highlight its search for feature ‘rescues’ for a new primetime series it is producing for the Discovery Channel, with the working title ‘Heritage Rescue’, to be … Continue reading
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Don’t forget IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards 2020 closing date extended to 31 August: £500 + free place at IHBC’s 2021 Brighton School – Just submit coursework online!
Following calls from IHBC Recognised Conservation Courses, the closing date for the IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been extended to 31 August 2020, so relevant coursework from history and theory to practice or enhancement, submitted on ANY … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Critics wade into Jenrick’s planning reforms
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 members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, including notices gleaned from across the development sector’s … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The five ‘eyesore’ buildings in Edinburgh that locals most want to see torn down
Recently, Edinburgh Live asked its Facebook followers to nominate ‘eyesore’ buildings that they would most like to see demolished in the capital, and hundreds of people replied, though as one of them hasn’t even been built yet, Edinburgh Live is … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from Ireland: The making of Dublin’s 14 Henrietta Street Museum
If you would you like an architectural conservation knowledge challenge, check out the history of housing and the changes over time in Dublin in the article by the City Council’s heritage officer, Charles Duncan, in issue 163 of Context, which … Continue reading
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HS2 to hide tunnel vent shafts with ‘country barns’ in Chilterns, but not London
The rail project’s treatment of an area to hide tunnel vent shafts with ‘country barns’ in the Chilterns contrasts with that of council estate in inner London. image: The Guardian – HS2
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New NI Historic Buildings Council appointed following open competition
Communities Minister for Northern Ireland (NI) Carál Ní Chuilín has announced the appointment of the Chair and eight new members to the Historic Buildings Council following open competition….
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AHRC’s digital ‘Museum of Boundless Creativity’ seeks nominations, closing 28/08
This September the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will open its first ever digital collection – the Museum of Boundless Creativity – which will be available to browse 24/7 – and it seeks new nominations for an object, idea … Continue reading
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London Design Festival Announces 2020 Program: 12-20 Sept
The London Design Festival has announced the program for its 18th edition to be held from 12-20 September 2020.
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TrustMark’s quality assurance ‘at heart’ of England’s new £2Bn green homes grants
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (DBEIS) is urging tradespeople to sign up for TrustMark accreditation as part of the new Green Homes Grant scheme. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Barratt uncovers weak concrete frames at seven high rises
Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt has found structural design defects within seven more multi-storey concrete frames built over 10 years ago, with the alert first raised when defective ACM cladding was removed following the Grenfell disaster at one major scheme … Continue reading
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Govt. explains ‘The Draft Building Safety Bill’ The government is bringing forward changes that will improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes.
The government is bringing forward changes that will improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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National Lottery Heritage Fund: Digital Skills for Heritage update
The National Lottery Heritage Fund(NLHF) currently is currently running a Digital Skills for Heritage programme with various strands.
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Dad’s Army station saved from bulldozers
A delightful country station dating from the golden decade of railway building and used in the filming of Dad’s Army has received a reprieve from imminent demolition. image: SAVE website – by Breckland DC
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