Monthly Archives: August 2020

IHBC Marsh Awards 2020 now out – #IHBCMarshAwards: David Lovie, Paula Baron, Andy Barrow celebrated… IHBC, CRT and BCC

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Judges in the fifth year of the IHBC Marsh Awards – for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills and Community Contribution (Retired Member) – are delighted to announce the 2020 IHBC Marsh Awards, including certificates and cash awards up to £500, … Continue reading →

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IHBC Student Awards close 31 August: Last chance for £500 & free places at 2021 Brighton School – Simply submit coursework online!

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award celebrates relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – history, planning, design, enhancement and more– so just submit your coursework online for a chance to receive up to a £500 cash prize and … Continue reading →

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IHBC Chair asks: ‘Are you getting your CPD?’ as Vic Soc launches online events, from wallpapers (27/08) to pubs (9/09)

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) is offering the chance to hear leading historians, authors, architects and curators speak on a wide range of topics in new online lectures, hosted on Crowdcast, with current topics ranging from wallpapers to pubs! …take … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £400K costed work: English BC seeks Town Centre masterplan, closing 14/09, valued £160-200K

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Birmingham’s ‘second tallest building’ under judicial review as heritage concerns undervalued by authorities

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The construction of Birmingham’s second-tallest skyscraper has been cast into doubt after a High Court judge granted permission for a judicial review into the project, reports Birmingham Live, as the High Court said that not enough weight had been given … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from Ireland:  ‘Restore’?. ‘Repair’?, and who even came first?

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Conservation ethics lies at the heart of the IHBC’s CPD, and we all must question how much we really know about the differences between ‘restoration’ and ‘repair’ and their histories, so the new story of Henry Cotton and James Graves … Continue reading →

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England’s funding boost to help communities plan their neighbourhoods

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Funding in England should help neighbourhood planning groups in urban and deprived areas develop local neighbourhood plans.

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Design in the public sector programme open, themed on climate change, closing 4 September

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Delivered in partnership between the LGA and Design Council, the Design in Public Sector programme (DIPS) equips councils with design skills and methods to apply to their toughest local climate challenges and most ambitious aspiration or mission.

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RTPI: Plan the world we need – The contribution of planning to a sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

An new research paper – ‘Plan the world we need, the contribution of planning to a sustainable resilient and inclusive recovery’ – has published by the RTPI.

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NI Minister Ní Chuilín to reconvene Partnership Panel

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Northern Ireland (NI) Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced that she is to reconvene the Partnership Panel – a body set up to strengthen relationships between the Executive and local government. image: Department for Communities, NI

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Wordsworth’s Alfoxton Park home bought by Buddhist charity

Posted on 21/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

A former home of romantic poet William Wordsworth Alfoxton Park Hotel, in Holford Somerset, has been ‘saved’ after a Buddhist charity bought it for £1.4m

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IHBC highlights ‘Heritage Rescue’: Special opportunity for TV features on ‘rescues’

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has been contacted by a TV production company called Curve Media to highlight its search for feature ‘rescues’ for a new primetime series it is producing for the Discovery Channel, with the working title ‘Heritage Rescue’, to be … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards 2020 closing date extended to 31 August: £500 + free place at IHBC’s 2021 Brighton School – Just submit coursework online!

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Following calls from IHBC Recognised Conservation Courses, the closing date for the IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been extended to 31 August 2020, so relevant coursework from history and theory to practice or enhancement, submitted on ANY … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Critics wade into Jenrick’s planning reforms

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, including notices gleaned from across the development sector’s … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The five ‘eyesore’ buildings in Edinburgh that locals most want to see torn down

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Recently, Edinburgh Live asked its Facebook followers to nominate ‘eyesore’ buildings that they would most like to see demolished in the capital, and hundreds of people replied, though as one of them hasn’t even been built yet, Edinburgh Live is … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from Ireland: The making of Dublin’s 14 Henrietta Street Museum

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

If you would you like an architectural conservation knowledge challenge, check out the history of housing and the changes over time in Dublin in the article by the City Council’s heritage officer, Charles Duncan, in issue 163 of Context, which … Continue reading →

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HS2 to hide tunnel vent shafts with ‘country barns’ in Chilterns, but not London

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The rail project’s treatment of an area to hide tunnel vent shafts with ‘country barns’ in the Chilterns contrasts with that of council estate in inner London. image: The Guardian – HS2

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New NI Historic Buildings Council appointed following open competition

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Communities Minister for Northern Ireland (NI) Carál Ní Chuilín has announced the appointment of the Chair and eight new members to the Historic Buildings Council following open competition….

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AHRC’s digital ‘Museum of Boundless Creativity’ seeks nominations, closing 28/08

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

This September the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will open its first ever digital collection – the Museum of Boundless Creativity – which will be available to browse 24/7 – and it seeks new nominations for an object, idea … Continue reading →

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London Design Festival Announces 2020 Program: 12-20 Sept

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The London Design Festival has announced the program for its 18th edition to be held from 12-20 September 2020.

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TrustMark’s quality assurance ‘at heart’ of England’s new £2Bn green homes grants

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (DBEIS) is urging tradespeople to sign up for TrustMark accreditation as part of the new Green Homes Grant scheme. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Barratt uncovers weak concrete frames at seven high rises

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt has found structural design defects within seven more multi-storey concrete frames built over 10 years ago, with the alert first raised when defective ACM cladding was removed following the Grenfell disaster at one major scheme … Continue reading →

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Govt. explains ‘The Draft Building Safety Bill’ The government is bringing forward changes that will improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes.

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The government is bringing forward changes that will improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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National Lottery Heritage Fund: Digital Skills for Heritage update

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The National Lottery Heritage Fund(NLHF) currently is currently running a Digital Skills for Heritage programme with various strands.

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Dad’s Army station saved from bulldozers

Posted on 18/08/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

A delightful country station dating from the golden decade of railway building and used in the filming of Dad’s Army has received a reprieve from imminent demolition. image: SAVE website – by Breckland DC

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