Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →

Kisa Zehra, Sustainability Analyst writes for the World Built Environment Forum has written on the theme ‘Building on net zero: From pledges to priorities in 2022’ for the World Built Environment Forum. image: for illustration purposes only

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  the AJ on a UK ‘radical self-build experiment’.

More than 150 local residents have objected to plans by the owner of Bristol City to create a new suburb near Ashton Gate Stadium as there are concerns over the loss of a green space on the edge of the … Continue reading →

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →

The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ … Continue reading →

Bursaries for the Aberdeen 2022 School are still available, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, so if you think you deserve one, apply now!

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

News of the planned demolition of Cumbernauld town centre has drawn much debate as for some the plans are welcome news and for others it’s the destruction of valuable cultural heritage, reports The National, as it explores issues raised around … Continue reading →

Make the most of the IHBC’S Aberdeen 2022 School – whatever your delegate place – by getting to the Heritage MarketPlace: #IHBCMarketPlace, a unique IHBC CPD resource, ‘Led by learning, shaped by practice’, open 4.30 -7.30 on 15 June and … Continue reading →

The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading →

This report for The Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers(ALGAO) explores changes and adaptations that have been made to services in response to differing pressures and constraints since 2010, and alternative models of delivery that have been considered are examined.

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 the Designing Buildings Newsletter headlining of #IHBCAberdeen2022 & our #IHBCMarket … Continue reading →

Bewley’s Café on Grafton Street has been a Dublin institution ever since it opened almost 100 years ago, but now the building is facing a plan to sell the six large stained glass windows in the main coffee hall in … Continue reading →

The new issue of the IHBC’s journal, Context No. 171 takes as its theme ‘Change on the high street’, looking at issues from retail adaptation and funding to case studies and more, all alongside feature issues, briefings and reflections, including … Continue reading →

The IHBC national charity offers 5 Bursaries for the Aberdeen 2022 School, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, so if you think you deserve one, don’t forget to apply now as first assessments start 31/03. image: Aberdeen rooftops – … Continue reading →

The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading →

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

Friends of the Earth (FoE) has submitted new arguments against plans to build an £160 million undersea coking coal mine off the coast of Whitehaven after the Court of Appeal ruled end-use emissions can be considered by planning authorities. image: … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s latest Guidance Note, on Design sources for historic building conservation, has been issues and added to the institute’s open-access, online practitioner’s Toolbox’.

The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading →

A 2021 report by the University of Strathclyde Fraser of Allander Institute analysed the economic, social and environmental benefits of stimulating repairs and improvements to the Scottish built environment.