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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: 22/03/2024
IHBC welcomes MFL as Principal Sponsor for 2024 Reading Annual School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT (online Day School & recording)
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is delighted to announce MFL, as the Principal Sponsor for the institute’s Annual School from 12/13-15 June 2024, in person in Reading and online, from £30+VAT (online Day School & recording).
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IHBC highlights CMA finding of ‘fundamental concerns in GB housebuilding market’… ‘under-resourced planning depts’ & ‘privatisation of public amenities’ etc.
The IHBC’s President welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) housebuilding market research study across England, Scotland, and Wales, which highlights ‘fundamental concerns’ in the market, including under-resourced planning departments & privatised amenities.
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IHBC welcomes South-East Branch Day School and AGM 2024: ‘Levelling Up our World Heritage’ Canterbury, 26/04, from £35
The South East Branch Day School and AGM for 2024, to be held in Canterbury on 26 April will provide an unique insight into the local management of a World Heritage Site, with a focus on the legislative and policy … Continue reading
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT: But bursaries are still open for CPD on finance to law at #IHBCReading2024 – ‘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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CLOSING SOON: IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading … Continue reading
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IHBC’s EDI signpost for Women’s History Month: The women who shaped British modernism… from Context and the ‘People Wiki’
Women architects did much to shape the nature of the profession itself and played a major role in the modernism that defined the architecture of the 20th century, as highlighted by a Context article from 2022 recently featured on Designing … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £900K+ works this week: DC seeks landscape architect/urban designer for street projects, to 16/04
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the IHBC Director’s pick this week a call from a District Council (DC) for a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Group wants to save ‘fortified brutalism’ on Conwy’s skyline that others call a ‘carbuncle’
The Twentieth Century Society has objected to proposal to remove concrete addition to Conwy Civic Hall that others consider a ‘carbuncle’. image for illustration: Porth Isaf and rear of Conwy Civic Hall , Lower Gate Street, Conwy by Phil Champion, … Continue reading
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Scope and options tabled for delivery of Palace of Westminster restoration: More time needed so next government decides…
The restoration of the Palace of Westminster will be ‘reasonably ambitious’ in scope and take between 11 and 17 years, with both Houses possibly decanting for the majority, the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Client Board has revealed, as decision on … Continue reading
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RICS launches pioneering new standard on retrofitting practices across the UK
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard following an extensive eight week-long consultation period. image for illustration
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Scotland’s Climate Change Committee: 2030 climate goals are no longer credible
Continued delays to the updated climate change plan and further slippage in promised climate policies mean that the Climate Change Committee no longer believes that the Scottish Government will meet its statutory 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 75%. There … Continue reading
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Ecclesiastical’s 2023 Heritage Heroes announced
Sponsored by specialist heritage insurer Ecclesiastical, the Heritage Heroes Awards, now in their 14th year, are the Heritage Alliance’s celebration of the outstanding contribution Britain’s heritage volunteers make to society.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Charter report on ‘…innovative/emerging cultural heritage education & training…’
‘Guidelines on innovative/emerging cultural heritage education and training paths’ analyses the distinctive features of education and training (E&T) for cultural heritage (CH) professions in Europe, distils the CHARTER findings of what makes heritage E&T innovative and emerging and attempts an … Continue reading
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