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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
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: First phase of preparation for Glasgow School of Art rebuild completed
The first phase of physical preparation works for rebuilding Glasgow School of Art’s fire-damaged Mackintosh building has been completed. reports Glasgow Live, as more than 5,500 of tonnes of material have been removed from the site. image: for illustration
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Architects fear Glasgow School of Art rebuild could go to cheapest bidder
Two of Scotland’s leading architects have raised concerns that a ‘flawed’ tender system could see the Glasgow School of Art’s rebuild decided on price rather than quality. image: for illustration purposes only
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More echoes from #IHBCNottingham2019: Scottish Parliament debates Glasgow School of Art fire
Convener Joan McAlpine led a parliamentary debate on behalf of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee on its report, The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building: The loss of a national treasure, an tragic fire that also was … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2019 Nottingham School fires up with new speakers: Liz Davidson (Glasgow School of Art) and Steve Emery (‘what you really need to know’)
The IHBC has announced two speakers on fire-related issues for the 2019 Day School–July 4-6, on ‘Heritage, Risk and Resilience’ – with Liz Davidson covering ‘the most iconic recent case study, the Glasgow School of Art’ and Steve Emery exploring … Continue reading
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Guardian: Mackintosh Glasgow School of Art building will be rebuilt
Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building, which was gutted by fire last month, will be rebuilt, the school’s director, Tom Inns, has told the Guardian.
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Glasgow School of Art update: Tenders sought + 3D scans out
The Glasgow School of Art restoration and conservation process has moved forward following the completion of the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) process where five contractors have been shortlisted to progress to the next stage of tenders, and 3D scans of the … Continue reading
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Brad Pitt and Peter Capaldi in Glasgow School of Art fire appeal
Hollywood star Brad Pitt and Dr Who actor Peter Capaldi are leading efforts to raise £20m to restore Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) fire-hit Mackintosh building. Both have agreed to be trustees of The Mackintosh Appeal which the art school … Continue reading
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IHBC Scotland Branch statement on the Glasgow School of Art
The Scotland Branch of the IHBC has over the weekend offered a formal statement on the recent fire at the Glasgow School of Art. Dr Stuart Eydmann, Scotland Branch Convener, has written to members and colleagues as follows: ‘It was … Continue reading
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Glasgow School of Art fire
BBC Scotland report that ‘a major blaze has broken out at the A-listed Glasgow School of Art – one of Scotland’s most iconic buildings’. The dramatic art nouveau design of the Glasgow School of Art building took 12 years … Continue reading
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Glasgow CC: School of Art building to be ‘dismantled’
Glasgow City Council (CC) has said that parts of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building will be dismantled after it was ravaged by fire earlier this month.
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Glasgow fire: Art school’s Mackintosh building extensively damaged
Glasgow’s world-renowned School of Art has been gutted by another huge blaze, four years after part of the building was destroyed by fire.
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Medieval Glasgow heritage site to be heated using energy from the Clyde thanks to net zero funding boost
A group dedicated to preserving and promoting one of the most renowned collections of early medieval sculptures in Europe has been awarded a grant of £150,000 by SP Energy Networks Net Zero Fund to make vital sustainable upgrades to the … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Landmark Glasgow buildings set For ‘Solar Array’
Landmark Glasgow buildings such as the Kelvin Hall, Emirates Arena and Royal Concert Hall have been earmarked for inclusion in a solar panel scheme that could save an estimated £750,000 in energy costs per year. image: Glasgow City Council website
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Glasgow tower blocks earmarked for demolition should be investigated, says architect
A leading Scots architect has called for an investigation and questioned the proposed demolition of high rise blocks in Glasgow which he described as ‘historic’, reports The Herald Scotland. image: for illustration – By Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83342984
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IHBC@COP26 update from The Conversation: ‘Experts react to the UN climate summit and Glasgow Pact’
Noting that all 197 countries represented at COP26 signed the ‘Glasgow Pact’, The Conversation offers its experts’ take on the outcomes in an article re-published here by permission under Creative Commons licence. image for illustration purposes only – NASA
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IHBC’s ‘Remembering our 2021 School’: Lessons from Paisley, with first glimpse of A-listed town hall’s £22m transformation
A new fly-through video has been released giving the first look at how Paisley’s A-listed Town Hall – featured in Paul McTernan’s Brighton Day School presentation – will look after a £22 million transformation into a landmark venue. image: Paisley … Continue reading
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Renewed calls to save Glasgow’s at-risk Egyptian Halls with new charity planned
Conservation experts fighting for the future of a Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls, designed by Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, have announced the establishment of a charity to take forward discussions about restoration.
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#IHBCVirtualSchool2020’s ‘reflections’ speaker insight: Cliff Hague on ‘City Spread and New Neighbourhoods’
A major study of health, education and sustainability in rapidly growing cities poses some difficult questions for public policy makers, writes Cliff Hague, a lead presenter at the IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School.
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Thinking about IHBC’s 2020 Brighton School theme? See the Bennett Institute Project on ‘Townscapes: Scotland’s mixed fortunes’
Compared to their counterparts across Britain, some might say Scotland’s towns have had mixed success and deprivation in recent years, and Benjamin Goodair comments on the main findings of the latest Bennett Institute Townscapes report, this time analysing the welfare … Continue reading
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IHBC, CARE, RICS, RIAS ICON & more, at GCHT’s ‘Your Career in Conservation… Accreditation’ conference & workshops, Glasgow, 26/03
Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) is holding a one-day conference on conservation accreditation within the heritage and built environment sectors, at the Glasgow School of Art on 26 March 2020, with early bird booking prices from £85.
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IHBC reaffirms commitment to Climate Heritage Network, noting the new ‘Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture and Heritage Climate Action Plan’
Following the IHBC’s support for the highly successful Edinburgh launch of the Climate Heritage Network – the Institute has re-affirmed its commitment to the Network and its objectives, while noting also the newly-published Action Plan, the Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture and … Continue reading
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IHBC signpost on changing use, via HES: Wasps – An Artistic Chapter in the Story of Historic Buildings
Tara Marshall-Tierney from Wasps – ‘Workshop & Artists Studio Provision Scotland’, a charity providing affordable studios to artists etc. at 19 buildings across Scotland – tells the story of three buildings repurposed as artists’ studios for Scotland’s largest creative community, … Continue reading
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See #IHBCNottingham2019 on ‘FIRE’: More 2019 School talks on IHBC’s YouTube channel
IHBC’s 2019 Day School speakers on ‘Heritage, Risk and Resilience’ – Steve Emery, of Oxford University, and Liz Davidson, Senior Project Manager, Glasgow School of Art – explored different aspects of fire impacts and responses at the UK’s lead annual … Continue reading
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#IHBCMarshAwards 2019 now out: Awards & rewards at the IHBC’s 2019 School, Nottingham 4 – 6 July
The judges in the fourth year of the IHBC Marsh Awards – for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills and Community Contribution (Retired Member) – have carefully assessed the submissions, and are delighted to confer the 2019 IHBC Marsh Awards as … Continue reading
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Glasgow City council may move offices from city centre to ‘key regeneration areas’
Glasgow City council may move its office buildings from city centre to ‘key regeneration areas’ in order to make best use of its land estate, as it is thought the move would allow effective delivery of council services and also … Continue reading
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