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- IHBC welcomes Vice President Torsten Haak as Guest Judge for 2025 Student Award: Selecting next ‘Gus Astley’ winner, to receive £500 + Newcastle School place, 18-20 June 2026 14/11/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s must-read review of heritage periodicals 14/11/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 14/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Designing Buildings on ‘What is the UK Centre for Mould Safety?’ 14/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice (Retrofit)’ Signpost: How RDSAP 10.2 impacts EPC assessments in traditional buildings – an Engine Shed blog 14/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £289K+ of weekly works: Parish seeks team for GII* church works, to 03/12 & £250+K 14/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (mouldy) doorstep’: ‘Poor’ insulation leaving houses mouldy needs wider investigation, government told 14/11/2025
- MPs to hold a debate on the 80th anniversary of UNESCO: 18/11 14/11/2025
- THA’s Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes 2025: Nominations Open to 30/11 14/11/2025
- Landscape Institute opens Feasibility Study on ‘Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Accreditation Scheme’ 14/11/2025
- Home Builders Federation – ‘State of Play: Challenges and opportunities facing SME home builders’: 89% highlight LA capacity constraints 14/11/2025
- NT’s Cultural Heritage Magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 issue 14/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: See the Parthenon without scaffolding for the first time in c.200 years 14/11/2025
- IHBC Toolbox’s latest Guidance Note update now out: ‘Local Planning Authorities in England on Consulting the National Amenity Societies’ 11/11/2025
- Need a MATE? Act soon & reserve your free online IHBC Accreditation guidance and update session soon (November closed; January still open) 11/11/2025
- UKRI RICHeS Access Fund addresses costs in supporting users and service providers with first call open to 10/12 11/11/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 11/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Update on the ‘Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill’ 11/11/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on Adaptive Reuse and the ‘….Old War Office… historic elegance, modern air….’ 11/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: 700-year-old church tower suspended 45ft above the ground in City of London building site 11/11/2025
- RIBA on ‘Build it Together’ – Progress and planning towards gender equity in the architecture profession’ 11/11/2025
- Church of Scotland’s new guidance on purchasing a church or hall building when ‘handling off market sale requests 11/11/2025
- NT: Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge Museums saved for the nation 11/11/2025
- Six regions receive £25 million to bolster creative industries 11/11/2025
- Scotland’s second ‘Our Past, Our Future (OPOF)’ Annual Report now out 11/11/2025
Daily Archives: 24/12/2024
IHBC’s Christmas boost to Branch Committees’ infrastructure: Director’s first introductions to new ‘Branch Liaison & Support Consultants’
The IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to representative Branch Committee Officers with initial introductions and contacts details for the new Branch Liaison and Support Consultants (BL&SC), our new way to help volunteers.
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IHBC welcomes HB&P’s digital 2024 Centenary issue of ‘Heritage Now’, including Edward Holland IHBC (& HESPR) on the ‘Village Alive Trust’
image: ‘A general view of Llanarth Church’ (top) ‘Croft Barn, Interior after restoration’, (bottom) – photos by Edward Holland Historic Buildings & Places (HB&P, formerly the Ancient Monuments Society) has issued a special digital issue of its Winter 2024 Heritage … Continue reading
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Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.
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IHBC’s ‘Intervention’ Signpost for Christmas: AJ’s top stories for 2024 – the ‘Country house’ clause, SM, salaries & Kevin
The Architects’ Journal (AJ) has looked back at some of its most-read stories from the year, including country houses, in-depth data on architects’ salaries, social media star practices, and taking work (or not) in Saudi Arabia… and Kevin too (NB: … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Practice & Technology Signpost: Designing Buildings republishes CIOB’s ‘Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment’
Designing Buildings (DB) has published the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) paper on ‘Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment’.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC features Government on its ‘… overhaul of planning committees to get Britain building’
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 government’s announcement on its ‘Major overhaul of planning committees to … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Aberdeen’s Poundland launches historic move at new store – selling homes to the public
image for illustration: Aberdeen Harbour, Victoria Dock by David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Poundland has spent six years renovating its latest branch which opens this weekend – and it will include two firsts for the discount chain, reports … Continue reading
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Southend Council threatens enforcement over Kursaal repairs
image for illustration: By Jim Linwood – The Kursaal, Southend-On-Sea. Uploaded by oxyman, CC BY 2.0 The owner of Southend’s landmark Grade II Kursaal building was threatened with enforcement action and ordered to carry out urgent repairs, it has been … Continue reading
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A place to call home for 2025… & after – AHF supports affordable housing in Belfast building, focussed on ‘replicable projects’
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has awarded a Project Development Grant to East Belfast Mission to help develop 335 Newtownards Road into a social enterprise retail unit and affordable housing for individuals affected by homelessness.
HE on ‘Contribution of the Heritage Sector to the Visitor Economy’
image for illustration: the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site by Seán O’Reilly Historic England (HE) has published its report on the ‘Contribution of the Heritage Sector to the Visitor Economy’
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Could you be the next Chair of the Gardens Trust? Register interest by 6 January
The Gardens Trust is looking to appoint a new Chair of Trustees to lead the Board, open to 6 January.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage on the global (COP29) doorstep’ 2: International definitions for low-carbon cement and concrete launched to fast-track green procurement
image for illustration: Post of Azerbaijan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons International definitions for low carbon cement and concrete were launched at COP29, the Global Cement and Concrete Association – GCCA – reports, standards ‘crucial to providing a key reference … Continue reading
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