Monthly Archives: April 2019

The awards and medals of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, a founding member of the Victorian Society, will be available for purchase at auction at Spink London on 10-11 April.   image: By Unknown(Life time: na) – Original publication: PhotographImmediate source: http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/128311/nikolaus-pevsner-the-herr-professor-doktor-of-bri/, … Continue reading →

A Skills Investment Plan (SIP) for Scotland’s Historic Environment Sector has been published by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS).

London’s City Hall has launched a new interactive cultural map of the capital, helping protect and support London’s venues, sites and sights, and includes Listed Buildings (LBs), LGBT+ night time venues, legal street art walls and much more.

James Brokenshire has issued a written ministerial statement addressing his power to ‘call-in’ and make decisions on planning applications, announcing that he will no longer give reasons for calling in, or declining to call in, planning applications. image: Open Government Licence … Continue reading →

Bristol City Council halts south Bristol removals amid suspicions lamps were going to leafy Clifton. image: Street Light by Fiona Newton

As the government plans to bring forward most of its controversial package of new permitted development rights (PDR) and use class uses Civic Voice raises the deep concerns of local communities. image: Civic Voice

The RICS website has featured an article from its Modus publication on town centres, by built environment journalist Mark Smulian, that asks if there is ‘any purpose in ‘defending’ something once its economic purpose fades?’. image: Joanna Theobald

The circumstances surrounding the two fires at the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building should be the subject of a public inquiry with judicial powers argued an inquiry into the issue by MSPs on the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External … Continue reading →

Funding for places of worship scheme set to increase and £5 million for new training programme. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

BRE Group has appointed a new Group Chief Executive, Gillian Charlesworth, currently a member of the Global Executive team of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), to succeed Niall Trafford. image: Gillian Charlesworth on Linkedin

IKEA has worked with UK artists and designers to create a series of animal habitats in Greenwich, all repurposed from the company’s used furniture. image: Construction Week

Cadbury has withdrawn an advertising campaign urging children to dig for treasure after archaeologists said it encouraged people to break the law.