Monthly Archives: July 2010

The next Calls for Proposals for ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observation Network) will open on 24 August 2010. The deadline for submitting proposals is 19 October 2010. The total available budget is 1.950.000 Euro. The ESPON 2013 Programme, the ‘European … Continue reading →

To be launched in 2011, and seeking contributions, is a new Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD), intended to stimulate and encourage research devoted to the sustainable development of cultural heritage and to the positive contribution of … Continue reading →

The UK Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai by Heatherwick Studio has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize for the most outstanding work of international architecture by an RIBA member. The prize … Continue reading →

Community engagement specialists Planning Aid have published a guide to good public engagement in development schemes. The easy-to-read free guide – produced by Planning Aid England (PAE) and Planning Aid for London (PAL) – contains practical advice and is illustrated … Continue reading →

FIND, the UK’s most advanced online mapping website, has launched an exclusive London Building Heights map. This online map shows buildings with height points superimposed; just like spot heights traditionally shown on walking maps for hills and mountains. The accuracy of the map is unprecedented. … Continue reading →

An extension to a Somerset village by classicists ADAM Architecture has been approved by Mendip District Council. The traditional-styled proposals for an expansion of Norton St Philip, nine miles south of Bath, were recommended unanimously by district and parish council … Continue reading →

Entries for the 2010 UK Landscape Award opened on 6 April and will close on 27 August 2010. Good landscapes, wherever they are, help make great communities. A new town square, a restored coastal path, a regeneration scheme with public … Continue reading →

The first ever sample survey of England’s 14,500 listed places of worship, just published by English Heritage, suggests that approximately 90 per cent are in good or fair condition but 10 per cent are potentially in need of urgent major … Continue reading →

Wandsworth Council has approved plans to bring Balham’s Grade II-listed “Drum” back into public view. The Drum is a circular ‘pill box’ building on Balham Hill which provides access to a deep-level air raid shelter below. The underground shelter, which … Continue reading →

Robert Adam has scored a massive victory in his plans to revamp the largest private house in London not owned by a member of the royal family. The architect’s scheme to demolish part of the Witanhurst mansion in Highgate, an … Continue reading →

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today launched a £1 billion Regional Growth Fund to help areas and communities at risk of being particularly affected by public spending cuts. The fund, which will operate in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 will help areas … Continue reading →

The National Planning Forum has launched Mediation in Planning – a report by Leonora Rozee OBE and Kay Powell. Mediation is one of a family of techniques used to assist with improving communication, negotiation and consensus building. Mediation procedures are … Continue reading →

A report published today by the Green Investment Bank (GIB) Commission, a fully independent group convened by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to advise Government, highlights the urgent need for a new public financial institution to unlock the investment needed … Continue reading →

The Government has issued a call to arms against pointless regulation and unnecessary bureaucracy, launching a new Your Freedom website at www.hmg.gov.uk/yourfreedom the site asks the public how they want the Government to redress the balance between the citizen and … Continue reading →

A massive increase in the amount of home insulation installed across Great Britain is being kick started today (30 June), paving the way for the Government’s new Green Deal. By properly insulating homes, people can save money on fuel bills, … Continue reading →

Deep in the forests of central France, an unusual architectural experiment is half-way to completion, as a team of masons replicates in painstaking detail the construction of an entire medieval castle, the Chateau de Guedelon, which was started in 1998, … Continue reading →