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- IHBC’s Context raids Hadrian’s Wall ‘end to end’ for #IHBCReading2024 themes: What happened… Cumbria’s vernacular… Bastles on the border… features (Ian Nairn!) & more 26/04/2024
- FREE CPD webinar: ‘Caring for buildings through effective enforcement’ (03/05) for #IHBCReading2024, with more to come 26/04/2024
- IHBC seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Full Members as paid MATE session leads, initial closing 1 May 26/04/2024
- 2024 AGM, 30/04: Register for Pender’s special take on ‘energy in buildings’, & call on eligible members to complete votes by proxy 26/04/2024
- FINAL REMINDER: Closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 26/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘HESPR News’ feature update: Director’s occasional selection, from 13/02 (& £1.3Mn costed works) 26/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Ron’s Place’ saved by mystery benefactor 26/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Couple hit with £6K court bill and told to tear down garden extension 26/04/2024
- Westminster Council’s new policy to make a ‘retrofit first’ city 26/04/2024
- Labour releases 5 -Point plan for high streets 26/04/2024
- REMINDER: England consults on accelerated planning system, ‘10 weeks and fee refunds’ for major commercial applications, to 01/05 26/04/2024
- Job Vacancy: General Secretary of ICOMOS-UK – Voluntary + expenses, closing 17 May 26/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Moulin Rouge: Sails fall off Paris’s famous cabaret club overnight 26/04/2024
- 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
Daily Archives: 19/03/2024
IHBC’s December CONTEXT now online, on ‘Buildings in the countryside’: Vernacular survivals; Rural buildings at risk; Tithe barn meanings, Urban fringes and even Zen!
The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context No. 178, explores Buildings in the countryside alongside much more, including regular features and special insights to bridge listing, reversibility, and Zen.
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‘Money is not the barrier’: Bursaries for top notch conservation CPD, from finance to law, at IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit by 31/03 to be first on the list!’
Bursaries from the IHBC’s UK-wide allocation are still available for the 2024 Annual School in Reading, 12/13-15 June – #IHBCReading2024 – on ‘Place & Building Care: Finance, policy & people in conservation practice’, offering some of the most accessible and … Continue reading
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IHBC SW Branch ‘Cob & Earth Day’ bookings now open: Reed Hall, Exeter University, 21 March, blended & from £25 (no VAT)
IHBC members and networks are invited to ‘explore the technology behind these amazing buildings’ with online and in-person options to the South West (SW) Branch’s own special ‘Cob & Earth Day’, on 21 March, from 10.ooam – 5.00pm, with prices … Continue reading
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IHBC’s FREE webinar – ‘Six simple steps to social media’: An introduction to social media platforms online on 27/03, 5pm – plus tips on how to promote #IHBCReading2024
Find out why social media is a useful tool in helping to raise awareness of the IHBC and its operations and in encouraging engagement with branch members, colleagues and others in the sector and beyond.
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IHBC’s 2024 AGM UPATE – Register now: From 5.30pm & Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, for 6.00pm AGM and ‘next steps’ Petition for Charter Resolution, for ALL member categories, with ‘proxy’ voting open & encouraged!
The IHBC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024 will take place online from 5.30pm (for 6.00pm start) on 30 April 2024, with Dr Robyn Pender opening the programme, exclusively for IHBC members in ANY membership category.
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IHBC’s HESPR Alert news review: Director’s sample selection from November 2023
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members ‘News and Tender Alerts’, but after a quiet week, the IHBC Director offers an occasional sample news listing to looks back … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Roadmap to revive Swindon’s iconic Mechanics Institute put before Council’s Cabinet
A roadmap which sets out how one of Swindon’s most famous buildings could be brought back into use was discussed by Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet in February, the Council reports. image for illustration: Brian Robert Marshall / GWR Mechanics’ Institution, … Continue reading
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HES: Surveying and Analysing Connections between Properties in Care and the British Empire, c.1600–1997
A research report has been issued that explores the extent and character of relationships between the properties in the care of the Scottish Ministers and the British Empire, after being commissioned by HES and carried out by a team of … Continue reading
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RIBA publishes ‘no-nonsense’ guide to professional indemnity insurance, exclusively for members
Exclusively available to Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Members, the RIBA’s new guide explains terminology and outlines how insurance works, how to buy good quality insurance, and the importance of being risk-aware.
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South Staffs: £21,000 returned to public purse after court order-led sale of house with unclear title resolved
More than £21,000 owed to the South Staffordshire taxpayer has been recovered after an eyesore house which lay empty for 17 years was sold.
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CyArk’s Heritage Amplified Grant: Engaging new audiences with ‘place-based storytelling’ through 3D
CyArk’s Heritage Amplified Grant will provide recipients with an opportunity to amplify place-based stories of cultural heritage through the development of a web-based 3D virtual experience. image for illustration
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Scottish Historic Buildings Trust appoints new director
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT), the charity dedicated to regenerating significant historic buildings across Scotland, has appointed Dr Samuel Gallacher as Director.
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Rare sliding canal bridge in the UK gets a major update
A moveable rail bridge over the Stainforth and Keadby Canal in the Midlands in England has been completely overhauled. image for illustration: Vazon sliding bridge by Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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