Monthly Archives: September 2020

Months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers have begun discussing what the ‘new normal’ might look like in metropolitan environments, reports The Conversation. image: for illustration purposes only

More than 140 jobs are at risk at Historic Royal Palaces, which has started consulting on redundancies after predicting a 90% loss of income. image: By Michael Coppins – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94298389

Sustainable buildings can help tackle the climate emergency and boost health and wellbeing in the wake of Covid-19, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has argued.

The Royal Charter International Research Award for Young Constructors 2021 is open as The Worshipful Company of Constructors, in collaboration with the BRE Trust, invites applicants, with a closing date of 31/10.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that Nicholas Boys Smith has been appointed to establish a new design body, tasked with driving up design standards, and Charles O’Brien – familiar from the Pevsner/Buildings of England … Continue reading →

A fund of up to £40 million – with grants from £50k to £5 million, and uUp to 100% of project costs available  – intended to create jobs in nature recovery and conservation has been opened, with various deadlines in … Continue reading →

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), has produced a report -‘No place for place-making’- that explores the impacts of permitted development rights (PDR) on planning and place-making, and what they tell us about the government’s planning reforms. image: Open … Continue reading →

Recent reports suggest that Ireland’s architectural heritage protection laws could be reviewed in order to encourage renovation of derelict urban properties, according to rereports as the Irish system – ‘where buildings are either protected structures or not,’, was compared with … Continue reading →

Rebuilding Heritage is a free support programme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to help the heritage sector respond to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with support open to all and designed in response to training needs … Continue reading →

Planning Aid for Scotland (pas) says that as they have been successful in gaining project funding from the Paths for All ‘Smarter Choices, Smarter Places’ fund to create mini, transport-focused action plans, they are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) by … Continue reading →

A speech given at 21 September 2020, at the Creating Communities on Conference 2020 by The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG). image: Open Government Licence v3.0 …an … Continue reading →

The Green Homes Grant skills training competition provides funding for programmes which can deliver a suite of training solutions to support the Green Homes Grant scheme, closing 14 October 2020 at 11pm.

Visualisation of what coronavirus will do to our homes and offices: One day, the virus will subside. It could be eradicated. But even then, life will not simply return to the way it was before Covid-19. Spurred on by the … Continue reading →

ARB has launched its Call for Evidence a strand in its wider research programme to inform the review of its regulatory model and architects’ competence.