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- Charles Mynors considers the lessons recent changes in Wales might have for other UK historic environment legislation: REGISTER NOW for IHBC’s next Council online, Wednesday 16 October, 4pm 04/10/2024
- Serious about your career? Sign up to IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service to stay ahead with opportunities from across disciplines, specialisms & levels: facilities, churches, councils & much more 04/10/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s Research & ‘Intervention’ Signpost: New research from the Sustainable Development Foundation – ‘Retrofit-at-scale, how many, how deep, what cost?’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £5.5M of works this week: Arm of international body seeks consultant for site-based participation, to 04/10 and £30K 04/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: High Court rejects oral appeal against tower block decision in historic Bloomsbury 04/10/2024
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) publishes first ever nuclear heritage strategy 04/10/2024
- New Towns Taskforce set to deliver major housebuilding push 04/10/2024
- The Guardian Obituary: John Sell, ‘..spent his career championing the protection of historic buildings and spaces’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Sicilian Cathedral’s stunning mosaics ‘regain golden lustre’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s new ‘IHBC Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Committee Officers & more 01/10/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 01/10/2024
- IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10 01/10/2024
- IHBC HESPR’s own ‘Special Interest ‘News from the Sector’’ update 01/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Railway) doorstep’: Network Rail unveils new ‘Harry’s Wall’ at site of iconic Holmes Chapel landmark 01/10/2024
- Met Office launches beta ‘Local Authority Climate Service’ 01/10/2024
- Mayor of London and Government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street 01/10/2024
- £1Mn donation by playwright Ken Ludwig supports conservation efforts at historic home of Shakespeare’s daughter 01/10/2024
- Unusual Bridge Across the Basingstoke Canal Listed 01/10/2024
- HES Grants Funding Report 2023-24 now out 01/10/2024
- RICS pledges initial £90,000 to student bursary programme 01/10/2024
- Scotland’s amenity lead, AHSS, advocates for heritage protection in response to Scottish Government’s new PDRs 01/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: The St. Anne’s Church fire in Toronto – a cautionary tale to preserve heritage 01/10/2024
- Join IHBC’s Council online on 16 October, 4pm, as Charles Mynors follows up on #IHBCReading2024: Free IHBC training, insights, CPD & more, exclusive to all IHBC member categories 27/09/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 27/09/2024
Daily Archives: 20/08/2024
IHBC welcomes HEF’s ‘Historic Environment Overview’, with IHBC’s ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ spotlighted!
The Historic Environment Forum’s (HEF) ‘Historic Environment Overview’, part of Historic England’s (HE) Heritage Counts is now out, including also a feature notice on the IHBC’s Conservation Professional Practice Principles.
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IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading
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STILL TIME – IHBC Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too) ends soon: Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!
The IHBC has launched a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing 30 … Continue reading
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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 now open: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Practice’ and Learning spotlight: Angharad Hart on ‘Conservation Wiki’… for learning support in a changing climate
‘Learning support in a changing climate’ is a Designing Buildings feature article that originally appeared in the IHBC’s 2023 Yearbook, written by the IHBC’s Education, Training and Application Support Officer Angharad Hart.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings on the IHBC’s Affiliate application pilot for local authority conservation staff
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’s special news features Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s Affiliate application pilot … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Bucks Council consent for HS2’s works to Grim’s Ditch Iron Age Site
image for illustration: HS2 Buckinghamshire Council has given consent to HS2 Ltd.’s proposals for Grim’s Ditch, a Scheduled Monument, near Leather Lane, Great Missenden, as part of the HS2 project passes through this pre-historic asset of national importance.
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HE: New funding for young people to uncover ‘Hidden Histories’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Young people living in deprived areas will be helped to explore and celebrate untold local histories thanks to the launch of a national grant programme by Historic England (HE).
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THA: Call for members’ case studies for refreshed ‘Creativity Report’, to 9/09
The Heritage Alliance (THA) is calling for contributions from its members to its upcoming publication on the creative industries – saying ‘if you have an impactful example of how heritage and creativity go hand in hand, we want to hear … Continue reading
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New Trustees join AHF
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced the appointment of three new Trustees to its Board: Peter Williams, Syreeta Bayne and Andy Westwood. Peter has been appointed to replace Roy Hodson as the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Bulldozing our history’: Alberta man working to restore town’s grain elevators
image for illustration: Nanton Grain Elevator by Ken Eckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Leo Wieser, President of the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre Nanton, is working to preserve two 21-metre icons of the Prairies – twin grain elevators in Nanton, … Continue reading
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