IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly is to open The Fifth Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival at Acheson House, Edinburgh on Tuesday 23 August, a 5-day training and profile-raising event led by the The Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF) that sits within Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe programme.
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: ‘This is a substantial body of events and demonstrations that do all they can to draw attention to the huge resource our traditional buildings represent, and the skills and resources needed to look after them in the most sustainable fashion’.
‘Tied to the globally recognised Edinburgh Fringe, they also highlight Scotland’s and the UK’s leading role in underpinning the care, conservation and repair of our existing building stock.’
As the mainstay of our future built environment, looking after our traditional, or ‘pre-1919’ buildings, is the best investment we can make in delivering a sustainable future for us all. The UK continues to represent the highest standards in developing simple and cost-effective strategies to secure that future.’
The opening’ will take place at Acheson House courtyard 10:00hrs Tuesday 23 August.
The Scottish Traditional Building Forum is made up of a network of local traditional building forums with representatives across the supply chain. The forums have local representation who work together to raise the profile of specific issues relating to traditional buildings and building practices and to address these.
Richard Groom, Inspector at the Traditional Buildings Health Check Pilot scheme, based in Stirling, writes:
‘The fifth Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival is to be opened at Acheson House, 5 Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DD by Sean O’Reilly, Director of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) at 10am on Tuesday the 23rd August.
Highly skilled and experienced artisans, professionals and craftspeople give up their time to pass on some of their knowledge and demonstrate some of the skills and materials required to repair and maintain the traditional buildings that make Edinburgh a UNESCO World heritage Site. These buildings and structures (made of indigenous, local, natural materials) must be maintained sympathetically and harmoniously to ensure the people of, and visitors to, Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland continue to enjoy this rich architectural heritage. The festival is supported by HES, SFGB, NFRC, BEFS, EWHT, CITB, Edinburgh College and ADS.’
Find out more about Acheson House
Information on all of the events can be found on the STBF website events page
For the STBF see http://stbf.org.uk
