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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
Monthly Archives: January 2021
APPG Parliamentary Inquiry ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ – Closing 29/01, calls for extensions open!
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP is today expected to close its first Inquiry – ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, but is accepting calls for extension … Continue reading
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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading
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IHBC Research signpost: Culture and Heritage Capital portal from DCMS
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has issued a web resource that ‘brings together research, guidance and estimates to help government and private organisations consider the value of culture and heritage capital’, parts of which feature on separate … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £50M+ costed works: Design team for Museum upgrade in Ireland, 26/02, valued £25M+
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 second pick features … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Consultant fights to save ‘monstrosity’ £1M home that replaced bungalow with ‘mini-hotel’
An NHS consultant could have to tear down the two-storey house that replaced a bungalow as he appeals to a planning inquiry to prevent its demolition, reports The Daily Mail. image: for illustration purposes only
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DCMS: New research demonstrating the benefit of culture and heritage
An ambitious new programme of research to improve decision making by valuing the benefits of our culture and heritage capital to society has been announced by Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). image: for illustration purposes only – … Continue reading
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HES sign new MoU partnership on Cultural Heritage and Climate Action with Irish Government
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cultural Heritage and Climate Action with the Heritage Division of the Irish Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
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Wales’ Heritage Partnership Agreements: Regulations and Guidance consultation, closes 12/04
The Welsh Government want to introduce agreements for the management of the historic environment and has launched a consultation closing on 12 April.
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Ramblers join group urging the UK Government to rethink damaging planning reforms
The Ramblers have joined a coalition of organisations that are calling on the government to rethink its damaging planning reforms.
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HE Strategy Team survey on HAR seeks evidence on ‘Current Understanding of Heritage Threats and Future Opportunities’, closing 15/02
The Historic England (HE) Environmental Strategy Team is seeking input on threats to the historic environment, and potential opportunities, in a survey that will contribute to HE’s Heritage at Risk (HAR) Framework and the Climate Change Strategy, closing 15 February … Continue reading
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Culture Secretary Hyslop urged to look into ‘ridiculous’ A listed status of Aberdeen high rises
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has been urged to review the decision to list eight Aberdeen high rises by a member of her own government after Historic Environment Scotland (HES) announced the multi-storeys would be awarded A listed status due to … Continue reading
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REMINDER: Parliamentary Inquiry Open: ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ APPG call for evidence closes 29 January
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP and with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has launched its first Inquiry into ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, a wide-ranging … Continue reading
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IHBC’s latest ‘Membership Matters’ update out now: Looking back from the 2020 AGM, and ahead to 2021
IHBC’s latest issue of Membership Matters update to members on current developments and plans from the IHBC’s Board continues the themes from our last issue as it reports on ‘More AGMs, APPGs, Articles and updates.
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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: History of Architecture competition, reg. by 11/03
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 news from across the development sector, and this week features ArchDaily on … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Victorian Bath House dug up from under a Manchester Car Park
A stunning Victorian Bath House has been uncovered during works on creating the city’s first public park in over 100 years.
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HES: Aberdeen post-war multi-storey flats listed at Category A
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has awarded eight multi-storey flats in Aberdeen category A listing status because of their outstanding architectural and historic interest.
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What’s in a (street) name? Councils get help with changing times
GeoPlace has published guidance for local authority officers in England and Wales responsible for naming and renaming streets and buildings, entitled ‘The law and best practice for the re-naming of streets and buildings’. image: GeoPlace website
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BRE congratulates Home of 2030 winners
Housing Minister Chris Pincher announced the joint winners of the Homeof2030 competition at an online HomesUK event.
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Grosvenor launches £90m programme to reduce emissions from historic portfolio
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced a £90m programme to retrofit and future-proof its historic London estate as a key component of its 2030 commitment to becoming a net zero carbon business. image: for illustration purposes only
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Battle for Brixton’s soul as billionaire Texan DJ plans 20-storey tower block
Residents have vow to stop Taylor McWilliams’s scheme to develop a site that looms over the famous Electric Avenue street market, with Victorian Society support.
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Cliveden Conservation’s Bath Workshop manager and stonemason receives SPAB award
Cliveden Conservation’s long-standing team member and manager of the Bath Workshop, Tom Flemons has been presented with the SPAB Gwyn Watkins Award 2020. image: courtesy of Cliveden Conservation
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REMINDER STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR EVIDENCE – Parliamentary Inquiry Open: ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ APPG call for evidence closes 29 January
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP and with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has launched its first Inquiry into ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, a wide-ranging … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £29.1M+ costed works: Coastal council seeks consultants for heritage framework, for 12/02, £25K-£45K.
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 second pick features … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from (the RoI) doorstep’: Monaghan birthplace of Charles Gavan Duffy threatened, as historic links reviewed
Proposals are under consideration to demolish the birthplace of Charles Gavan Duffy – nationalist, Victoria Premier and possible slave trader – in the Republic of Ireland’s (RoI), Monaghan town, reports the Northern Sound.
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