Daily Archives: 21/09/2022

IHBC Wales celebrates first in-person CPD in recent years: Plas Mawr (5/09) on retrofit, looking back on #IHBC25 and ahead to #IHBCSwansea2023

Posted on 21/09/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC Wales Branch was delighted to host its first in-person event since the pandemic relaxations at Plas Mawr on 5 September, as it explored issues to re-surface with more depth and context at the 2023 Annual School, #IHBCSwansea2023, in … Continue reading →

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IHBC signpost to England’s Chief Planner: ‘Call for Participation: User Research and Planning’

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Joanna Averley, England’s Chief Planner, has included in her monthly update a reminder from that DLUHC’s user research user research is looking at to hear about your experiences of planning and build that into future policy thinking.

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IHBC issues links to #IHBCAberdeen2022 Day School Recordings & CPD Certs: You can still sign up as delegates (from £25+VAT) for access & CPD

Posted on 21/09/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC has sent all current Aberdeen School delegates links to access the broadcasts of the #IHBCAberdeen 2022 Day School – if you are missing yours let us know, while anyone else can still sign up HERE to access the … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) survey: Add your thoughts now!

Posted on 21/09/2022 by IHBC

The joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ consultation survey has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector (IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice) statement on practice principles for those working in built and historic environment conservation.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building features ‘Second Elizabethan age: 8 decades of building’

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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 Building on the ‘Second Elizabethan age: eight decades of building’. … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (business) doorstep’: Record visitor figures for heritage leisure and retail attraction, Piece Hall

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The Piece Hall marks the fifth anniversary of its 2017 re-opening following a multi-million pound refurbishment with the news that it has now welcomed over 10 million visitors, reports The Business Desk. image: The Piece Hall Trust

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RICS policy report: Retrofitting to decarbonise UK existing housing stock

Posted on 21/09/2022 by IHBC

Government must maximise public interest in home improvements to green the UK housing stock says RICS in a new paper that calls on Government to make a step-change in policies for decarbonising existing UK housing stock.

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More department stores in England may be given protected status

Posted on 21/09/2022 by IHBC

Historic England announces review of landmark buildings amid closures as campaigners call for ‘creative reinvention’, reports The Guardian. image: for illustration only – Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons  

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Reclaimed stone from a historic Dundee jute mill to be used in a new signage structure in the University

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Reclaimed stone from a historic Dundee jute mill, Wallace Craigie Works, is to find new purpose pointing University of Dundee students in the right direction through a new wayfinding signage system.

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Climate-Conscious Architects Want Europe To Build Less: Time on M&S demolition

Posted on 21/09/2022 by IHBC

An unusual conservation battle is brewing on Oxford Street, London’s busy shopping avenue as Marks and Spencer wants to knock down its flagship store  while group of architects and local activists are mobilised to save the store… because of the … Continue reading →

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