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- IHBC’s new in-person ‘Day School+’ options for #IHBCReading2024, 14/06: Add Thursday Reception (£20+VAT) and/or Friday Annual Dinner (£65+VAT) – limited availability, book now 17/05/2024
- Save the date & pass it on: 14 June, IHBC’s Virtual Day School for #IHBCReading2024 – finance, law, people & more, from £30+VAT (IHBC, RTPI, Conservation Courses, Fit for the Future etc.) 17/05/2024
- IHBC welcomes Purcell’s guidance on RAAC for Listed Buildings in England & Wales 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on our Day (14/06) & Virtual School, from only £30+VAT 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Competence signpost: AHRC’s Place-Based Research Programme briefs – ‘Collaborative community heritage’ 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £22M+ works this week: Welsh Council seeks design lead to transform urban heritage property, closing 06/06 17/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 1’: South Staffs notified of postponement of Crooked House Enforcement Notice public inquiry 17/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 2’: Greenfields recreation land bought back by Shrewsbury Town Council for the community 17/05/2024
- CLC report: Driving competency in the retrofit sector 17/05/2024
- UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector 17/05/2024
- A UK-wide campaign celebrating the ‘8 Types of Impact of Culture and Heritage’ to ‘make the case for investment’ 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s FREE Pre-Conference CPD webinar series for #IHBCReading2024 School continues: Munstead Wood (16/05) & Reading’s conservation and development (24/05) 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s Technical Panel Chair appointed to STBA Board: ‘… strengthening ties between the two organisations..’ 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on Full School (12/13-15 June), Day (14/06) & Virtual, from only £30+VAT, with free pre-School webinars too 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: AJ on ‘architects without CSCS ‘skills’ card…’ 14/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for ‘bonkers’ Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused 14/05/2024
- Policy Exchange: New report shows that building more tall buildings is not the solution to the housing crisis 14/05/2024
- New guide on how to create 20-minute neighbourhood launched in Dundee 14/05/2024
- Trinity research on Valentia Slate results in its designation as a Heritage Stone 14/05/2024
- England’s new policy paper on ‘Apprenticeship Funding’ 14/05/2024
- Investing in Planning: A consultation on resourcing Scotland’s planning system, to 31/05 14/05/2024
- Clarice Cliff, 20th century ceramicist known for colourful designs, honoured in Blue Plaque Scheme, Design category 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular out: Still places left on Full School (12/13-15 June), Day (14/06) & Virtual, from only £30+VAT, with free pre-School webinars too 10/05/2024
- IHBC Chair registers sadness at untimely death of Rosemarie MacQueen MBE, ‘…one of the Institute’s most distinguished members…’ 10/05/2024
- Book now for IHBC’s ‘hybrid’ 2024 School #IHBCReading2024: IHBC Certified CPD across Law, Economics & Practice, with options from £30+VAT for 1 day (online) 10/05/2024
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Parliamentary ‘Conservation, Places and People’ APPG (CPP APPG) launches first Inquiry as it ‘… Probes Regeneration Of Historic Places’: Call closes 29/01/2021
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’, formally established in September and chaired by Layla Moran MP, with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has embarked on a first public inquiry into the ‘regeneration of historic places’, … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2020 AGM adopts ‘CP25’: New Corporate Plan for 2020-25 offers familiar strategy as IHBC faces yet more ‘uncharted territory’
The IHBC’s 2020 AGM has seen the adoption by members of a new Corporate Plan for 2020-25, (‘CP25’) – entitled ‘Conservation Advocacy And Influence…’ – distilling the strategies that have underpinned the IHBC’s successful corporate planning ‘for uncharted territory’ to … Continue reading
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Parliamentary ‘Conservation, Places and People’ APPG launches first briefing document: Parliament-wide exploration of England’s White Paper
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’, formally established in September and chaired by Layla Moran MP, launched its first briefing document on Wednesday 2 December, analysing heritage issues for parliamentary interests in the context of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2020 ‘pre-AGM’ programme update: From Griff Rhys Jones’ ‘Stimulating welcome’ to new insights on Annual School plans
As a lead into the IHBC’s historic and first virtual AGM, on 3 December 2020, members had the chance to enjoy an exceptional online welcome and introduction from Giff Rhys Jones, as well as updates from our perennial CPD focus, … Continue reading
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Parliamentary ‘Conservation, Places and People’ APPG (CPP APPG) launches dedicated website, designed by APPG Secretariat, the IHBC
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP), formally established in September and chaired by Layla Moran MP, has launched its new website, developed by the APPG’s secretariat, the IHBC.
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Serious about your staffing plans or career direction? Stay ahead with ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’, with interdisciplinary conservation roles from design to churches, listing (HE), HAZs and much more!
To help heritage and conservation employers and practitioners across the UK, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers about the diverse career opportunities advertised on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, while recent posts include roles from Conservation and Design (maternity cover), … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £600K costed works: DC in England seeks team for listed town hall plans, closing 21/12, value £30K.
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 features ‘Heritage from the Doorstep’: Tree House in Hessle facing £20,000 bill to reinstate ‘traditional windows’
A popular ‘Instagrammable’ bar in Hessle could be forced to pay more than £20,000 to reinstate the bar’s original windows, while the bar’s owner says the bill could ‘put the business in jeopardy’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Highlands family ‘devastated’ as Sheikh gets backing for luxury lodge next door
A father and daughter from the west Highlands have been left ‘devastated’ after one of the world’s richest men was given permission in principle to build a luxury retreat next to their home, reports The Scotsman.
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IHBC’s CPD boost: The World According to Le Corbusier – An animated introduction to the most modern of architects
Among modern architects, was any architect ever so modernity-minded as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), asks Open Culture, while reporting one take on how, in fact, ‘Le Corbusier, writer, has little in common with Le Corbusier, maker’. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘unusual’ CPD signpost: ‘Unusual’ buildings that have featured on DBW
Unusual buildings have been featured together in an informal collation from Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’. image: DBW website
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IHBC’s IMHO signpost to the TCPA: ‘From the wrong questions to the right answers’
A Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) opinion piece around England’s recent Planning White Paper suggests that society is facing a series of major crises related to the ways we use and develop land. image: for illustration purposes only Open … Continue reading
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IHBC reports from ‘the globe around the web’: World skateboard elite head to granite quarry, from the Stonespecialist
Lundhs Real Stone, the company that quarries Blue (and other colours) Pearl granite (Larvikite) from Larvik in Norway, has teamed up with stone company Steinriket and Red Bull (‘it gives you wings’) to give world class skateboarders a challenging and … Continue reading
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IHBC Chair features in Planning on ‘Fast track listed building consent’ from England’s White Paper
IHBC Chair David McDonald has featured the IHBC’s response to England’s Planning White Paper (WP) proposal regarding what is described as the threat of ‘applicants paying consultants to conduct a regulatory service.’
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Don’t forget: Vote by proxy even if joining in the IHBC’s 2020 AGM: ‘Help the IHBC move past the pandemic’ with our historic modernisation!
ALL IHBC members with a say at the online AGM on 3 December are called on to vote in advance ‘by proxy’, even if attending – votes during the AGM take precedence, so these can be changed on the day … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: ‘Legal challenge to PD expansion fails’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features Building … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The drama as Wrexham police station disappears from the town’s skyline
Wrexham’s landmark police station building was brought down with explosives recently, after dominating the town’s skyline for more than 45 years, reports The Daily Post.
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DCMS issues Tailored Review of Historic England with 31 recommendations
A report from DCMS on Historic England’s capacity to fulfil its mission more effectively and efficiently – including the statutory purpose to ‘secure the preservation of ancient monuments and historic buildings’ – makes 31 recommendations.
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Green front gardens reduce physiological and psychological stress
There is growing evidence that being in natural spaces – including those created by front gardens – has a positive effect on mental health, and is also linked to improved cognitive function, greater relaxation, coping with trauma, and alleviating certain … Continue reading
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‘It isn’t safe to walk’: how would young people plan UK streets?
A radical project in east London is putting children and young people at the heart of the debate over liveable communities.
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CCT’s craftspeople’s Churches Conservation Travel Grant: £500-£1000, closing 21/01/21
The Churches Conservation Trust’s (CCT’s) Travel Grant award is aimed at young craftspeople with an interest in religious built heritage, and offers up to two awards of between £500 and £1000 , with a closing date of 21 January 2021.
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West Dean announces first ‘Blended Online & Practice-Based’ Building Conservation Training
West Dean College Of Arts And Conservation has announced its first blended online and practice-based training in Building Conservation, supported by a grant from Historic England. image: West Dean
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Coronavirus Community Support Fund awarded to 8,250 charities in England, from National Lottery
Small and medium charities across England get a share of £200m emergency funding from the National Lottery. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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A 5-story building in Shanghai ‘walks’ to a new location
Shanghai residents passing through the city’s eastern Huangpu district in October might have stumbled upon an unusual sight: a ‘walking’ building. An 85-year-old primary school has been lifted off the ground – in its entirety – and relocated using new … Continue reading
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