Daily Archives: 27/04/2021

IHBC’s newest Context: Tackling ‘Urban Design’

Posted on 27/04/2021 by IHBC

The latest issue (no. 167) of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is now out, boasting a tight focus on Urban Design, with a distinctly  international take.

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IHBC welcomes Scotland’s celebration of new IHBC accredited member: Congratulations to Page\Park’s Natalia Burakowska

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The IHBC has welcomed the high profile congratulations offered by one of Scotland’s lead practices –  Page\Park – on the conservation accreditation by the IHBC of staff member Natalia Burakowska.

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IHBC Research Signpost: RTPI Research Awards 2021 open for entries to 17/05

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Entries are open now for this year’s Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Research Excellence – which ‘promote planning research from RTPI-accredited planning schools and RTPI members’ – and close on 17 May.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ double-up pick of the week: HS2 design panel backs scaled-back Euston station and seeks new members (closing 10/05)

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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, featuring this week an HS2 independent design panel double-up, as the scaled-back Euston … Continue reading →

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Swansea Council approves measures to add ‘context’ to place names with links to slavery

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Place names in Swansea with links to the slave trade or exploitation are to be accompanied by panels or digital bar codes to give a fuller historical context, while lesser-known figures from Swansea’s past will be recognised in the future … Continue reading →

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Sir Laurie Magnus reappointed as Chair of Historic England

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Sir Laurie Magnus has been reappointed by the Secretary of State as Chair of Historic England for a two year period, from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2023. image: HE website

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HE’s Draft Industrial Heritage Strategy consultation open

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Historic England’s (HE) Draft Industrial Heritage Strategy is open for consultation until Monday 7 June 2021.

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Nominations for the 2021 Plowden Medal Conservation Award are open: Closing 30/06

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Nominations for the 2021 Plowden Medal Conservation Award are open until Wednesday 30 June 2021. image: The Royal Warrant Holders Association website 

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Halliday Fraser Munro invests in peatland restoration to offset carbon footprint

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Architecture and planning practice Halliday Fraser Munro has become the first Scottish firm to invest in a pioneering peatland restoration project in Wester Ross in the north of Scotland. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

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IHBC’s IMHO: JCT Contracts – Meeting the objectives of the Construction Playbook

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Peter Hibberd (past chair of JCT – formerly The Joint Contracts Tribunal) – has explored how its resources support the objectives of the Construction Playbook Government Guidance (Guidance) on sourcing and contracting public works projects and programmes. image: Open Government … Continue reading →

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