Daily Archives: 13/10/2010

The National Refurbishment Centre (NRC) is asking people how easy it is to find reliable information about sustainable refurbishment in the UK and what the National Refurbishment Centre priorities should be, with surveys to be submitted by 5 November, 2010. … Continue reading →

Sir David Chipperfield CBE, recently celebrated for his restrained restoration of F.A Steuler’s bomb-blasted Neues Museum (1841-59), in collaboration with Julian Harrap architects, is to receive the Royal Gold Medal, following a citation celebrating an architecture that is ‘often in … Continue reading →

Hastings pier, a Grade ll listed structure, has been largely destroyed by fire 24 hours after a competition to redesign it started. The Victorian pier had been closed since 2006 and was compulsory purchased by the council and handed to … Continue reading →

The Prince of Wales has spoken publicly for the first time why he intervened to block the Chelsea Barracks planning application. In a magazine interview Charles said he wanted to make a stand to prevent London’s built environment being ‘mucked … Continue reading →

A major new report, published on 22 September 2010, has shown that the historic environment adds about £840 million in value to the Welsh economy and helps support the equivalent of more than 30,000 full-time jobs. The research, Valuing the … Continue reading →

Planning‘s annual survey of the UK planning consultancy market closes on Friday 15 November. Responses are invited from all consultancies with a permanent UK base. The survey is carried out on behalf of Planning by communications consultancy Camargue Group Ltd … Continue reading →

A list of the top ten Victorian and Edwardian buildings most at risk in England and Wales has been published by the Victorian Society. The list includes a boarded-up former orphanage in Liverpool designed by the celebrated Victorian architect, Alfred … Continue reading →

You can download the 2010 Scotland’s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) Report (full report or summary) from the dedicated SHEA website. SHEA 2010 provides an analysis of key trends in the historic environment sector.  It shows that Scotland’s historic environment is … Continue reading →

Tino Hernandez, RTPI Head of Communications, reports on RTPI’s involvement in a busy conference season and explains why its crucial to keep on making the RTPI’s case to ministers. RTPI reports as follows: Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham were the city … Continue reading →