Monthly Archives: December 2018

Ecclesiastical invites public participation in nominating charities for awards as it announced that each weekday until 21 December, 10 charities will win £1,000: that’s £120,000 to 120 charities in 12 days!

ArchDaily seeking holiday cards with an architectural spin to feature in its publication.

Two built environment organisations have announced the first building quality and performance partnership of its kind as BRE and USGBC partner to raise global sustainability standards.

The winners of the Historic England (HE)  Angel Awards 2018 have been revealed at a ceremony hosted by historian Bettany Hughes at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. image HE website – Derry, London Derry

Civic Voice has launched a fundraising campaign to respond to Government’s ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’ intended to tackle the challenge of poor-quality design and build of homes and places, across the country and help ensure as we build for … Continue reading →

Scotland’s new archaeology strategy, ‘Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2018’, has been launched.

Culminating years of research, the Gardens Trusts has shed new light on the work of historic landscape gardener Humphry Repton at a symposium at the Garden Museum in November 2018.

The marvellous resource that is Landmark’s History Albums is now available online and this makes the detailed research undertaken on each Landmark digitally available to all, an extensive repository for every kind of historian and others to mine.

Government in England has launched a pilot scheme to match landlords struggling to find tenants for their empty properties with community groups looking for space, with bids and enquiries to be sent to Laura.hurley@communities.gov.uk, and closing 31 December. image: Fiona Newton

The latest version of the Planning Directorate Newsletter brings readers up to date with the England’s programme of planning reform. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

On 22 November 2018 Mr Nicholas Rothe of Manchester was convicted by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) on eight counts of the criminal offence of misusing the title ‘Architect’.

The Warburg Institute is offering Long-term Research Fellowships in Intellectual, Cultural and Art History (of nine months to twelve months), for tenure during 2019-20, and Short-term Research Fellowships in Intellectual, Cultural and Art History (of two, three or four months), … Continue reading →

The Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision and that of the Planning Inspector enforcing return of two lead urns removed by landowner Marcus Dill from the grounds of Idlecote House without permission, while as a result he could … Continue reading →

The RTPI has commissioned new research from the University of the West of England (UWE), in partnership with PBA (now a part of Stantec), to find out how strategic infrastructure planning is carried out on the ground. image: Open Government … Continue reading →

Lochside House, a breathtaking new home in the West Highlands designed by HaysomWardMiller Architects has been named the 2018 RIBA House of the Year.