Author Archives: IHBC

The next schedule of planned themes for the IHBC’s Context, our in-house journal, has been posted, covering wide-ranging issues including Glass; Buildings in the countryside; Built & natural environment interface; Urban housing and Heating & ventilation.

The results of the Participation Survey, covering the period from October 2021 to March 2022 have been published.

Experts at the University of Stirling are calling for the arts and culture to be prioritised in funding decisions after new research showed the significance of cultural hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Illustration: Artist’s impression of Creative Stirling and the … Continue reading →

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 Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s notice on European heritage awards … Continue reading →

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

With more than 5000 copies of the IHBC’s 2023 Yearbook in circulation and offering even more dimensions to our #IHBCSwansea2023 School – ‘Climate Change and the Historic environment’ – England’s Minister for Arts and Heritage Lord Parkinson concludes his foreword … Continue reading →

The IHBC-supported, UK-wide All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for ‘Conservation, Places and People’ has offered condolences to the family of the late Lord ‘Bob’ Kerslake, its former vice chair, both in writing and in person at its recent Parliamentary briefing, … Continue reading →

Proctor & Shaw’s plans to knock down a house in south-west London, designed by post-war architect Eric Lyons, have been approved on appeal.

An article in Harvard Magazine explores how financial markets have already begun to price in the probability of climate disasters, making future adaptation efforts more expensive and driving inequity. image: for illustration

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 Welsh Council … Continue reading →

E.W. Pugin’s Grade II* chapel at the former seminary of Ushaw College, near Durham, has been badly damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack, with the Junior House has also suffering damage, reports The Tablet. Photo: The Tablet –  … Continue reading →

IHBC’s July CPD Circular is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities – including our livestreamed 2023 School #IHBCSwansea2023 – to help guide on all IHBC-networked and noted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and more.

The Natural Stone Source Book has been published by Crosby Associates Media Ltd.

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 Designing Buildings calling for additions to its page on ‘Types … Continue reading →

Cleveland Pools has celebrated it success as a winner of the prestigious European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, its regeneration being one of just 30 projects to be honoured as an ‘outstanding heritage achievement’, from a wide-ranging field of … Continue reading →