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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 17/07/2015
IHBC NW day conference: Homegrown architecture… Towards a new vernacular
IHBC North West Branch is holding their popular Annual Conference in Manchester on Thursday 15 October this year, looking at the constraints and opportunities of working with traditional buildings. It will highlight successful approaches to contemporary design within a vernacular … Continue reading
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IHBC’s LinkedIn group at 5000
The IHBC’s LinkedIn group now exceeds 5000 members, we reached 5001 this week! IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘The IHBC has made a substantial investment in our social media infrastructure in recent years, so it’s specially gratifying to see that … Continue reading
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Planning and local government proposals- ‘Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation’
The government has set out its planned strategy for addressing future growth, which includes planning reforms and changes to local government, as well as the scrapping of the zero carbon Allowable Solutions carbon offsetting scheme and the planned increase in … Continue reading
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Reactions to the summer budget proposals and productivity plan
There has been mixed reaction to the Government summer budget proposals from the built environment community, this newsblog post outlines a selection of opinions in the recent week. RIBA responds to productivity plan FMB on scrapping of zero carbon standards … Continue reading
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Would you like to be a BEE? Top 3 Skills highlighted by the Design Council
With the applications for built environment experts (BEE) closing on 31 July, some members may be considering if their skills match the desired profile, or perhaps considering CPD needs for future career planning; if so the Design Council advice on … Continue reading
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European Parliament on the destruction of cultural heritage
A debate in the European Parliament has called for destruction of cultural heritage assets to be classified as a war crime, and for tighter working co-operation to combat the trafficking of heritage assets. The European Parliament writes: Deliberately destroying and … Continue reading
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Making the Law in Wales Accessible: Law Commission consultation
The Law Commission has launched a consultation on making Welsh law more accessible, with a closing date of 9 October. The Law Commission writes: Throughout the UK the law can be difficult for professionals and the public to find and understand. The volume … Continue reading
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New Lanark WHS -quarry proposal
Scottish Ministers have issued a notice of intention regarding the proposals to extract minerals within the WHS buffer zone, meaning that the decision is to be referred back to the Scottish Government DPEA (Department of Planning and Environmental Appeals). BEFS … Continue reading
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Royal Mail + HE act to preserve post boxes
The Royal Mail has pledged to work with Historic England to preserve and conserve the post box network, and also act under equivilant agreements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Royal Mail writes: Royal Mail and Historic England (formerly English … Continue reading
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Historic building retrofit winner- Cre8 Barn, Huddersfield
An historic building in Stirley, Huddersfield has won the ‘Retrofit Projects’ category in the UK Passivhaus Awards, converting a derelict barn into an eco centre. The Green Building Store writes: The Cre8 Barn at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Stirley Community Farm … Continue reading
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Historic railway station accepts ‘local currency’
Bristol Temple Meads railway station has become the first station to accept a local currency, it now accepts ‘Bristol Pounds’, joining others taking part in the expansion of the community currency and adding to the European Green Capital events. Bristol … Continue reading
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