The New Year’s Honours list included many high profile heritage and built environment professionals, IHBC presents a review of the list to show notable honours for those working in this area.
Heritage Alliance bulletin notes:
- CBE for services to UK government communications and trade for the Director of the GREAT Britain campaign Conrad Bird
- OBE for Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive, The Prince’s Regeneration Trust and Trustee of the Heritage Alliance for services to British Heritage
- OBE for Jesse Steele of Jericho Road Solutions for services to Community Assets in the UK
- OBE for Professor Maurice Howard University of Sussex and former president of the Society of Antiquaries
- MBE for Peter Eversden, Chair of the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies recognised for ‘services to Community Engagement in Planning for London’
- MBE for Sharon Webb for services to heritage and archaeology in Scotland
- BEM for Sarah Bain for services to conservation in Surrey and West Sussex;
- BEM for Mary Dovey, volunteer at Hughenden Manor
- BEM for Ann Foat, Chair of the Ash Heritage Group, Kent
- BEM for Pauline Griffiths for services to heritage and the community in Pembrokeshire
- BEM for Alexander Gunn for services to heritage and the community in Caithness
- BEM for Michael Lee, volunteer for the Canal & River Trust (
- BEM for Neil Skelton for services to the preservation and conservation of Imber Church, Wiltshire
- BEM for Susan Templeman for services to heritage.
RTPI reports:
- Alice Lester -Programme Manager, Planning Advisory Service received an MBE for services to Planning
- Malcolm Sharp received an MBE for services to Town and Country Planning in England
- John Worthington Director, Academy of Urbanism and Commissioner, ITC received an MBE for services to Urban Regeneration and voluntary service to Transport.
DeZeen magazine reported on architectural professionals receiving recognition:
- Bob Allies and Graham Morrison -OBE for ‘services to architecture’.
- Joanna van Heyningen, co-founder of van Heyningen and Haward architects receives an OBE
- Patrick Borer, MBE
- James Dannat awarded an OBE for ‘services to architecture and architectural education’
- OBE- Irene Helen McAra-McWilliam, head of the School of Design and director of design innovation at the Glasgow School of Art
View the full 2016 new years honours list
View THA bulletin
RTPI list
View Dezeen article including images of works
