Author Archives: IHBC

HES: ‘Employers skills survey’ closes 14 Aug

Posted on 28/07/2023 by IHBC

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is conducting an ‘employers skills survey’, open until 14 August 2023, as the sector facing increasing challenges in regards to accessing skills provision.

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SLCT: 2023-2024 Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme

Posted on 28/07/2023 by IHBC

The Scottish Lime Centre Trust (SLCT) has launched the 2023-2024 Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme.

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Join IHBC’s Consultation Panel: Stay current on policy etc., develop skills, target CPD… AND help IHBC’s charitable operations

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

All IHBC members are invited to apply for membership of the IHBC’s Consultations Panel.

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2023 celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Enter online before 1/09/23

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Colouring London invites IHBC to ‘help colouring in our maps’

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

Colouring London, an online mapping platform that collects data on the characteristics and history of London’s buildings, says to HBC members: ‘We would love your help colouring in our maps.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen features Brutalist Berlin building saved from demolition

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

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 Dezeen on the Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Former HMRC offices gain Grade II after University of Nottingham purchase

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

Nottingham’s Castle Meadow office buildings, which were occupied by around 2,000 HM Revenue & Customs workers until 2021, have been Grade II-listed by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, reports Nottinghamshire Live. image for illustration: Castle Meadow Business Park … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Glasgow councillors knock back award-winning plans for new homes

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

Council planners have upheld a previous decision to refuse permission to build four mews properties in North Kelvinside over the impact it would have on neighbours, reports Glasgow Live. image for illustration: M J Richardson / Queen Margaret Drive from near Queen … Continue reading →

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Europe’s 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites 2023 announced

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

The list of the 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2023 has been announced by Europa Nostra, the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute.

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Reuse Me, Don’t Lose Me: SAVE’s 2023 Buildings at Risk New Entries List

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

SAVE Britain’s Heritage has added nearly 70 new entries to the Buildings at Risk register, bringing the total number of empty historic buildings at risk of demolition or dereliction on the register to over 1,400.

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Circular Built Environment says: ‘… we cannot continue exceeding the limits…’

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

A new report ‘Our Shared Understanding- a circular economy in the built environment’ indicates that we cannot continue exceeding the limits of our finite planet.

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Dr Wei Yang becomes CIC’s first female Chair

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has inaugurated Dr Wei Yang as Chair at its Council Meeting.

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AHRC: £1m invested in research on UK museum closures

Posted on 25/07/2023 by IHBC

Capital from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will allow the Mapping Museum research team to map UK-wide closures and collection dispersal until 2025. image: By Dun.can from Melton Mowbray, UK – Pollock’s Toy Museum, CC BY 2.0, 

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IHBC’s Context archive update: All issues now open to search online – ‘a new resource for conservation practice, history and insights’

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC’s online archive of our in-house journal Context has seen its biggest upgrade in recent years, with the rescanning of Issues 1-73 – from February 1983 to March 2002 – to make them fully searchable online as ‘FlippingBooks’.

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IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award for heritage submissions on UK taught courses: Closes 31/08 – Win £500 + free #IHBCReading2024

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August 2023, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 31 August 2022 OR 31 August 2023 –submit it online … Continue reading →

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2023 celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Enter online before 1/09/23

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ signpost: North East Wales National Park Designation – Project Information

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

In its Programme for Government (2021-2026) the Welsh Government has set out its intention to designate a new National Park in North East Wales, based on the existing Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), with … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £5.6+M costed works: National body seeks architect for Brutalist upgrade, £2M, closing 11/08

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features is the call from a national institution … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Whitehouse) doorstep’: The Hill reports on the US rejoicing UNESCO

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

US First Lady Jill Biden travelled to France to speak at an event to mark the United States rejoining a United Nations-led education group, the White House said, as reported by The Hill.

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Gove: M&S Marble Arch store cannot be torn down

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

Marks & Spencer will not be able to bulldoze and redevelop its flagship central London store, after the secretary of state blocked the plans, reports the BBC. image for illustration:  Gary Rogers / Marks and Spencer. Commons Wikimedia

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UK Tentative List Review on potential UNESCO World Heritage Sites announced: 7 added

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

The UK Government has announced the outcome of its ‘Tentative List Review’ which has resulted in the addition of 7 new sites to the UK’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. image for illustration: ‘Birkenhead the People’s Park’ – Open … Continue reading →

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Heritage charities invited to apply for Movement for Good 2023 large grants

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards is giving away a further £500,000 to support charity projects that have a lasting impact on communities.

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National Churches Trust: £3.6M to help keep churches open and in use

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

A £3.6 million investment in the National Churches Trust (NCT) grants scheme by the Government’s Heritage Stimulus Fund means that 32 more historic churches and meeting houses are safe for future, offering a ‘great example of a project that helps … Continue reading →

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NT: Government is ‘lagging behind’ on preparing for climate change, ahead of ‘make or break’ adaptation programme

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

The National Trust (NT) has issued a stark warning that the country’s much-loved heritage, landscapes and communities are under increasing threat from extreme weather events and warmer temperatures as a result of climate change. image: NT website

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Empty offices amid construction boom reach record levels

Posted on 21/07/2023 by IHBC

With hybrid working continuing as the norm, and in the midst of a mighty construction boom, cities worldwide find themselves heaped with vacant offices. image: for illustration

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