Monthly Archives: May 2019

Wales’ Minister for Housing and Local Government, Julie James, has announced that work has begun on the creation of a new separate, dedicated planning inspectorate for Wales.

Rebecca Pow, Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane, has been appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), with her portfolio including the arts, heritage, museums, tourism and libraries. image: … Continue reading →

Historic England (HE) is now inviting Expressions of Interest to our High Streets Heritage Action Zones scheme, with the deadline for applications at 12 noon on 12 July, with the ‘Expression of Interest… the only opportunity to apply and will … Continue reading →

Dozens of locations across the country will benefit from a £62 million fund – ‘part of the government’s comprehensive plan for High Streets announced at last year’s Budget’ – which will ‘bring old buildings back into use and turn them … Continue reading →

Historic Environment Scotland(HES) have issued a new designations application form.

The Building Research Establishment’s (BRE) BREEAM family of schemes supports and adds value to the activities of a range of stakeholders worldwide; for central government delivering on policy, for the market players actively committed to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and … Continue reading →

I M Pei, the architect behind buildings including the glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris, has died aged 102.

The Ten Buildings project was created by the The Cockburn Association to foster a healthy debate on what truly defines Edinburgh’s history, as it asks ‘What are your ten buildings?’ image: Fiona Newton

Great Yarmouth council is to go ahead with a scheme to buy up dilapidated flats and bed sits and renovate them for sale or rent, as a report on the £2m scheme says it will be cost-neutral over 30 years … Continue reading →

A Councillor is calling for the government to revoke a planning process which allows buildings to be demolished without public consultation.

The Philip Webb Award, an annual award from the SPAB for recent graduates and Part II students at UK Schools of Architecture is announced.

Plans to build homes on the graves of people buried at Wellow Baptist Church Isle of Wight, as recently as 2012 have been branded ‘appalling’ by their relatives.

Organisations can now apply for a share of £250,000 for projects that support developer decisions in the Scottish countryside, with the deadline for registration on midday on 19 June 2019. image: Fiona Newton

The 3rd Rifat Chadirji Prize for Architecture by Tamayouz Excellence Award. has invited students, designers and architects worldwide to design an architectural and cultural landmark in the city of Sharjah in the UAE, that hosts the Barjeel collection which represents … Continue reading →