Daily Archives: 12/07/2022

#IHBCAberdeen2022 SM update (Part 1): A first digital collation (and Wakelet!), with special thanks to our top 10 School Tweeters – and a peek into our visits and tours

Alison McCandlish, IHBC’s lead consultant for Social Media (SM) at our 2022 Aberdeen School (15-18/06), has collated participation data in this first of 3 School SM posts, covering our tour days, with the IHBC MarketPlace, and blended Day School to … Continue reading

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2022 celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Closes 31/08

The IHBC is delighted to announce the 2022 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’ is open for submissions, closing 31 August.

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IHBC Signpost: The Engine Shed’s Technical Paper 36: Architecture and Health in Traditional Buildings

This Technical Paper discusses how different building features such as windows were designed to enable the proper ventilation of buildings, and considers how good ventilation can help to prevent airborne diseases etc.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on Battersea restoration

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’, and this week features Building on the restored Art Deco control room at Battersea … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hutton’s Rock, Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh 3D model

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) flags the model developed by Sketchfab for Hutton’s Rock, Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh 3D model.

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England’s Historic Environment Overview highlights sector achievements for 2021-22

England’s Historic Environment Overview… (Spring 2022)  has been launched, part of Historic England’s (HE) ‘Heritage Counts’ suite of data and analysis for 2021-22.

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Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Wave 2

The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund is for use by local authorities etc. to improve the energy performance of their social homes though policy is still under development.

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Survey of Scotland’s local civic and heritage groups

Scottish Civic Trust has built on its survey of how the past two years drastically changed how Scotland’s civic and heritage groups engage with audiences.

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Dundee landmark Finlathen Viaduct opens after £1m restoration

The £1 million restoration of a landmark bridge over the Dighty Burn in Dundee, Finlathen Viaduct, has recently seen it re-open to the public. image: Dundee City Council website

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Restoration of world’s oldest Hythe Pier railway begins

Work to replace the track on the Hythe Pier railway – the oldest pier railway in the world – has begun. image: By Geni – Photo by user:geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53697796

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Here’s How To Time Travel With Google Maps Street View

As part of its 15-year anniversary semi-celebration of Street View, Google is taking us all back in time — metaphorically speaking – as a new feature lets you jump back and forth between 2007 (when Street View was first launched) … Continue reading

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