Monthly Archives: October 2021

JK Rowling table saved from cafe gutted by fire

Posted on 08/10/2021 by IHBC

A cafe table where JK Rowling wrote sections of her Harry Potter books has been salvaged from a huge fire, which devastated the building.

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IHBC’s new CPD Circular now out: Accessible cross-sector support, from Branch events & AGMs to COP26 hosting and craft opportunities

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

The new issue of the IHBC’s regular and free CPD Circular is out, with accessible information on learning opportunities and Continuing Professional Development (CPD), from CPD-linked virtual volunteering on our IHBC@COP26 #IHBCHelpdesk to funded craft training in London.

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IHBC CPD Signpost, via DBW: Project plans for building design and construction

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has issued detailed, step-by-step plans from the moment a new building becomes a possibility, right through to post occupancy evaluation.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: ArchDaily  Wright’s Frederick Bagley House dodging demolition

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

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’, and this week features ArchDaily on Wright’s Frederick Bagley House dodging demolition for … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Listed Stewartby Brickworks chimneys demolition ‘captured on spectacular drone footage’… for more housing

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

Stewartby Brickworks chimneys, part of what was once the largest brickworks in the world, have been demolished, an act recorded for posterity as reported by BedfordshireLive.

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ARB responds to review of architects regulation

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) responds to departmental review of architects regulation.

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RIAS Awards 2021 – HES Conservation and Climate Change Award – Winner: Bell Street Stables

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Awards 2021 have been announced and Bell Street Stables conversion designed by Collective Architecture for Wheatley Housing Association wins Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Conservation and Climate Change Award.

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Government launches public consultation to make outdoor measures for high streets permanent

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

Proposed planning reforms to support hospitality businesses, markets and historic visitor attractions so that outdoor space can be used more easily are being proposed in a public consultation launched by Government UK. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Short university courses to provide flexible training

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

Learners will be able to upskill or retrain at a pace that fits their lives through short university and college courses supported by bespoke loans. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Specialist insurer warns heritage properties to take action to deter smash and grab thieves

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

Specialist heritage insurer Ecclesiastical is warning historical properties to take precautions following a spate of smash and grab raids across the country.

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Architect wins battle to save his award-winning project: 15 Clerkenwell Close

Posted on 05/10/2021 by IHBC

London architect Amin Taha has won his battle against planners to save his award-winning project, 15 Clerkenwell Close, which had faced a demolition order from the London borough of Islington.

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IHBC update members, on ‘The way forward’: Getting over COVID-19 & under new governance… starting with Council (13/10), now open to ALL members and our IHBC@COP26 #IHBCHelpdesk

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

IHBC Chair David McDonald and IHBC President Mike Brown have written to all IHBC members highlighting plans for the future, including a pandemic recovery fund for Branches, progress on the new Council (13/10), with all members invited and our IHBC@COP26 … Continue reading →

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Volunteer virtually with IHBC@COP26 on IHBC’s built and historic environment ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’, – because ‘Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet’

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

Volunteer at the virtual IHBC@COP26 ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’ and support IHBC and our partners’ advice, insights and learning across the global COP26 network, because ‘Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet’, just contact our COP26 conservation #IHBCHelpdesk.

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IHBC welcomes HB&P – Historic Buildings & Places – part of the AMS re-cast, with audience survey closing 22/10

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

From 1 October a new branding and title Historic Buildings & Places (HB&P) will become the face of the distinguished national amenity society, the ‘Ancient Monuments Society’, with an audience survey closing 22 October to help as it looks further … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £5M+ works this week: Community enterprise seeks construction consultant on traditional buildings, closing 01/10

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from a community enterprise company for a … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage  from the PDR-step’ 1: Campaigners push ahead with permitted development rights legal challenge

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

Environmental campaigners Rights: Community: Action (RCA) have pushed ahead with a threatened judicial review of the government’s expansion of permitted development rights (PDRs) reports YourHarlow, with The Court of Appeal scheduled to rule on 5 October. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage  from the PDR-step’ 2: Reading BC wants to make it harder to create new flats in the town centre

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

New homes could be banned from being built in converted restaurants and shops, as Reading Borough Council (BC) considers that proposed changes to planning under Permitted Development Rights (PDRs), could threaten essential local shops, services and affordable housing etc.

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Welsh Consolidation Bill: Making planning and historic environment law simpler & more accessible

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

Mick Antoniw, the Welsh Government’s Counsel General, has launched a new programme to improve the accessibility of Welsh law, where ‘planning law will be simplified and modernised through a consolidation Bill’.

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CIAT President highlights concerns over semiotics in review of regulation of architects

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

A message from Eddie Weir President of CIAT has highlighted the need for clarity on the ‘views and opinions’ sought in the recent call for evidence for the review of the regulation of architects.

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Scottish Government appoints Dr Fiona Simpson as chief planner

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

The Scottish Government has appointed Dr Fiona Simpson as its new chief planner.

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ARB architects’ survey to help shape future CPD, closing 29/11

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a survey inviting architects to help shape the regulator’s approach to continuing professional development (CPD), closing 29 November.

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TCI Opinion Piece: … what does the Cabinet reshuffle mean for consultation?

Posted on 01/10/2021 by IHBC

The Consultation Institute (TCI) offers its take on what the re-shuffle might mean for consultation. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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