Daily Archives: 15/10/2024

Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories

The IHBC is delighted to remind members of the IHBC who have published books still in print that they can promote these for free on our ‘Members Publications’ web page: Just send the details to Peter Badcock at it@ihbc.org.uk.

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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

If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading

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IHBC Council: Charles Mynors, online and on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment…’ – A Presidential invite exclusive to ALL member categories, Wednesday, 16 October, 4.00pm

IHBC’s President Mike Brown has opened an exclusive invitation to ALL members categories for a free CPD programme headlined by Dr Charles Mynors exploring ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, online from 4.00pm on Wednesday … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes ‘Skills Needs Analysis for the Repair, Maintenance and Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England, 2024’

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Historic England has published the ‘Skills Needs Analysis for the Repair, Maintenance and Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England, 2024’, an update to the 2013 research.

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IHBC ‘Management’ signpost: Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023: Comes into force on 4/11

Cadw has issued a reminder that ‘The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023’ comes into force in November

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Parliament on AI terminology

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – offers members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with ‘News from the sector’, a dedicated news service with a commercial focus complementing … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (architect’s) doorstep’: … ‘grotesque’ Cotswolds house for Soho House boss defended

Architect Francis Terry has defended his firm’s heavily criticised proposal for a mansion house in a Cotswolds village, the AJ reports.

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British Chambers of Commerce: Planning reform must ‘move ahead at pace’

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling for swift action by the Government to reform planning in England, to help stimulate business investment and unlock growth.

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Buildings to prove they are net zero carbon: UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard pilot methodology launches – feedback sought

image for illustration The pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard to robustly prove a building is ‘net zero carbon’ aligned has launched, as architects and the real estate sector are encouraged to start using the pilot version, while … Continue reading

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The National Lottery Heritage Fund awards nearly £5M for conservation ‘expansion’ in Church of England parishes

image for illustration: Peter Badcock The Church of England has been awarded nearly £5 million to fund a ‘much needed’ expansion in work to conserve cultural and historical heritage in parish churches in a grant from The National Lottery Heritage … Continue reading

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AHF reports on Scotland Programmes: ‘Small amounts of money… carefully targeted… grows all this really big scale impact’

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to share an evaluation report summarising the research findings of RF Associates, that demonstrate the impact of AHF grant and loan programmes in Scotland during the five-year period from April 2019 to March … Continue reading

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Projects to boost UK heritage science and conservation capability

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 On 1 October, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) unveiled 31 projects to grow the UK heritage economy and protect cultural heritage for future generations

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IHBC features ‘History’ signpost ‘… from the (global) doorstep’: World Architecture Festival on the history of the Warburg Institute

image for illustration: Aby Warburg by the Aby Warburg Institut, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The World Architecture Festival (6-8 November) has published ‘The history of the Warburg Institute’ as a narrative for our times, by Jeremy Melvin.

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