Monthly Archives: February 2019

11 years of ‘Big Data’ informs place care via ‘FixMyStreet’App! A geography of citizen reporting on neighbourhood issues in the UK

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Stirling, the University of Sheffield and mySociety (a not-for-profit social enterprise) has produced a report on an attempt to understand spatial patterns of citizen reporting on local issues though mySociety’s FixMyStreet app … Continue reading →

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BBC on Bauhaus & its centenary year: In pictures – The architects exiled by Nazis

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Established in 1919, in the wake of World War One, Germany’s Bauhaus art school brought a radical new approach to design and aesthetics which would eventually go on to help inform modernist architecture around the world, and in its centenary … Continue reading →

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FREE CPD from IHBC at the London Property Show
From heritage statements & enforcement
to ‘at risk’ & new policy
Don’t forget to sign up in advance, 9/10 Feb, Olympia

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Take advantage of a free IHBC place at the London Listed Property Show (on 9-10 February in the Olympia). Simply email events@lpoc.co.uk  giving your name, company, job role, postal address, email and phone number and IHBC Membership Number. (NB: otherwise … Continue reading →

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From heritage statements & enforcement
to ‘at risk’ & new policy
Don’t forget to sign up in advance, 9/10 Feb, Olympia

IHBC signs up to LGA, Shelter & partners letter objecting to Permitted Development Rights relaxation proposals

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Following a recent consultation on the relaxation of permitted development rights (PDR), ostensibly to facilitate housing, the IHBC has joined signatories such as Civic Voice to sign up to an open letter to the Minister, led by Shelter and the … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s 2019 Nottingham School context: BRE’s QSAND post-disaster assessment and the UN’s Sustainable Development goals

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

BRE has reported that through QSAND -(Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters) a self-assessment tool to promote sustainable approaches to relief, recovery and reconstruction after a natural disaster – it is contributing to help achieve several UN Sustainable … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget: IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards 2019 open until 31 July – Win £500 and a free place on IHBC’s 2020 Brighton School… simply submit coursework online!

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award for 2019 has been launched, and, as usual, closes on 31 July, so if you have relevant coursework from any UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2018 OR 2019 – be … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Oldham Grade II listed mill called a ‘death trap’… to be demolished

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Oldham Times has reported on how an Oldham Grade II Listed Hartford Mill where there have been 250 emergency incidents in just three years – including arson, serious injury and a suicide – is to be demolished as councillors … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD boost: Conservation Wiki on alternative futures for heritage

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Heritage management and conservation rarely consider how different ways of assembling, curating, caring for, and designing the future relate to one another. How could this be done? Conservation Wiki writes about a research programme, some alternative perspectives and implications.

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (celebrity) doorstep’: ‘Del Boy’ Sir David Jason calls for Only Fools and Horses tower to be protected

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Sir David Jason has said it would be a ‘shame’ if the tower block featured in Only Fools And Horses is demolished and called for the building to be protected.

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More funding to help England’s town centres and high streets

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Communities across England have been invited to bid for up to £50,000 to help business into local areas. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Cardross is an ‘albatross around our neck’ says RCC via BBC

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The BBC has reported on how the A-listed, modernist St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross has been described as an ‘albatross around our neck’ by the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), as it said it could not even give it away.

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Tulip skyscraper found to breach London Plan guidelines

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The 1,000ft (305m)-high Tulip tower which has been proposed for London fails to comply with planning guidelines, the mayor has said.

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Arts Council funding directed to transforming leadership: Expressions closing noon, 7 Feb

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Art’s Council are investing £6 million in leadership development across museums, libraries and arts, with expressions of interest due by 12 noon on 7 February.

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There’s a $200 million abandoned village of Disney-like castles in Turkey!

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

From far away, the Burj Al Babas could be confused for a diorama of miniature villas. The homes all look the same, their blue-grey steeples and Gothic fixtures calling to mind the castles in Disney films. When the project first … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s 2019 Nottingham School fires up with new speakers: Liz Davidson (Glasgow School of Art) and Steve Emery (‘what you really need to know’)

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has announced two speakers on fire-related issues for the 2019 Day School–July 4-6, on ‘Heritage, Risk and Resilience’ – with Liz Davidson covering ‘the most iconic recent case study, the Glasgow School of Art’ and Steve Emery exploring … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes High Court Liverpool ruling on status of conservation services’ advice: ‘Don’t pass on the law, or on your own conservation team’!

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The overturning of Liverpool City Council’s consent for a 51-home redevelopment of a Grade II listed building centred on how conservation service advice must remain central in the conclusions of a planning authority, as ‘one of the key aspects of the … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE IHBC CPD with IHBC’s President & Research Consultant at London’s LPOC Property Show, 9-10 Feb

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC update on ‘Members with benefits’: Enjoy free IHBC CPD and entry at London’s LPOC Property Show, 9-10 Feb

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IHBC’s President’s update to Branches: Remember your Marsh Awards nominations – ‘Successful Learning’ and ‘Retired IHBC’ Closing SOON (28 Feb)

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC President David McDonald is encouraging members to consider nominations for the newly launched Marsh Awards for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills and for Community Contribution (Retired Member of the IHBC). See the NewsBlog.

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IHBC’s HESPR top pick from £270K costed work this week: Durham CC seeks Design Team for GII Durham History Centre -closing 22/2, value £140k

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers for this week features a call from Durham County … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD boost: DBW on Habitat 67’s own designer renovation for 50th anniversary.

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

In November 2018, Safdie Architects, completed a comprehensive renovation of the 10th floor publicly-accessible unit of Habitat 67, to commemorate the building’s 50th anniversary, and Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW), host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, has highlighted the development.

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hartlepool councillors plan £60,000 spend on ‘urgent repairs’ for derelict hotel

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Hartlepool Mail has explored how council bosses there are looking to spend £60,000 on ‘urgent repairs’ for a derelict former hotel in Church Street as part of the area’s regeneration.

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NLHF (former HLF) launches 5 year plan with ‘new-look’ brand and site

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The ‘new-look’ National Lottery Heritage Fund (formerly the HLF) has unveiled plans for the next five years: 2019-24.

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BEFS calls for member input on Tenement Maintenance recommendations to secure ‘cultural change’ in communal ownership and care: Closing 27 Feb

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has called on stakeholders and colleagues to input to recent Tenement Maintenance recommendations considered central to improving how owners maintain communal property, to be sent to research@befs.org.uk before the closing date of 27 February.

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Liverpool hires planning experts to write new ‘tall buildings policy’

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Following a stand-off with UNESCO over the threat to its World Heritage Status, the city council is looking to ensure future schemes do not negatively impact on the waterfront with a consortium led by by Urban Initiatives Studio (UIS). image: … Continue reading →

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DCMS names five areas to share £20 million to unleash creativity across the nation

Posted on 01/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has named Grimsby, Thames Estuary, Plymouth, Wakefield and Worcester as areas to receive millions of pounds of funding to invest in culture.

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