Daily Archives: 15/06/2016

STBF event, supported by IHBC, BEFS etc., prompts Scottish Parliamentary motion on ‘Traditional Building Skills and Materials’

The Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF) ran its traditional building skills event in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square Garden on 6 and 7 June, jointly supported by IHBC, BEFS and others, which attracted more than half a dozen MSPs and has … Continue reading

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Hotel under demolition partially collapses into street

On 28 May a Seaham hotel undergoing demolition – after a fire damaged the building in 2015 – partially collapsed into the street. ITV News writes: The Harbour View Hotel at 18 North Terrace, Seaham, partly collapsed onto the street. … Continue reading

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SPAB launches campaign to promote awareness of historic floors: ‘History at your Feet’: tweet #lookdown

Providing a welcome partner to the various ‘Look-up’ campaigns, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has launched a campaign to turn attention to the resource under our feet, and asks those finding historic floors to tweet photographs … Continue reading

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RIBA 2016: ‘Architect workloads growing’

The RIBA Future Trends Survey for April 2016 shows increased revenue from projects outside the UK compared with 2013 and that the North of England leads the way in future workload predictions. The RIBA writes: In April 2016 the RIBA … Continue reading

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New report presses case for sustainable urban extensions to Oxford City

The Oxford Growth Options Report commissioned from Turley by Oxford City Council argues justification for release of Green Belt land to allow for strategic housing and calls for a review of its designated extent to allow for this. Oxford City … Continue reading

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ETL: Share your knowledge of England’s buildings ‘enrich the list’

Historic England has launched a revised version of the web pages ‘Enrich the List’ on 7 June 2016, and now invites input to this critical tool from IHBC members and any others. Historic England urges users of the list across … Continue reading

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Celebration of the restoration of York’s heritage made its mark at RHS in Chelsea, May 2016

A stained glass window, inspired by the medieval Great East Window at York Minster, formed the centrepiece of an installation at the Royal Horticultural Show (RHS) in Chelsea, celebrating the restoration of York Minster’s fine heritage. The RHS writes: ‘A … Continue reading

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