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The IHBC is very pleased to showcase a diverse selection of forthcoming CPD events this May, whilst event organisers have also been busy planning for the summer, and these are available to view on the IHBC CPD Calendar with links to booking. If you are looking to find targeted CPD events to bolster a CPD area of knowledge, then please do remember that you can use the search facility to select courses by IHBC Area of Competence.
IHBC Branch Events
The IHBC North West Branch are holding a free online lunch time webinar on Tuesday 5 May focusing on the Conservation of the Great Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man. John-Paul Walker, Historic Buildings Architect for Manx National Heritage, will share his experience of the challenges and opportunities encountered in keeping the largest working water wheel in the world working during the 3-year conservation project that drew on a wide range of conservation techniques and engineering ingenuity.
John-Paul remarked: ‘It must be the most complex conservation project I’ve ever undertaken as a conservation architect – A structure of timber, iron and stone with no roof, water poured over it all day and it moves!’
On Wednesday 20 May the IHBC North Branch and RTPI North East are holding a joint day conference entitled ‘Historic Towns New Futures’. The event will showcase Darlington’s heritage-led regeneration in a market town with a proud history and an eye firmly on the future.
Speakers with backgrounds in planning and heritage will lead talks, walks and tours, focusing on the power of the historic environment as a cultural and economic asset and will explore design coding, large scale visions and local interventions to stimulate, inspire, and inform new ways of working.
Lastly in terms of CPD planning, looking ahead to 8 June, IHBC Yorkshire Branch in association with The Building Limes Forum, York Minster and York Conservation Trust are holding a two-day symposium entitled ‘The Essentials of Traditional Mortar Preparation, Performance and Use’. The programme offers a packed 2 days of talks and hands-on practical demonstrations, with an all-encompassing range of presentations including contributions by international speakers.
Other future IHBC Branch events include a IHBC London Branch CPD and networking opportunity in association with The Georgian Group on the 2 July , entitled ‘Update from the National Amenity Societies at The Georgian Group’, whilst IHBC South West Branch have organised a Branch Partnership event on ‘ Fire Protection and Regulation’ to be held in Exeter on 19 November.
For anyone wanting to find out more about the membership application process, we are offering both Supporter to Affiliate Surgeries (between 12.00pm – 12.45pm ) and MATE sessions for those wanting to pursue Associate or Full IHBC membership (1.00pm -2.30pm) on the following dates: 6 May, 19 August, 18 November. Find out more and BOOK HERE
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IHBC Pre-School CPD Webinars
The much-anticipated IHBC Annual School in Newcastle is also approaching quickly. The in-person Full School (18-20 June) and Day School (19 June) have already sold out but there are still great value Virtual Day School tickets available for the 19 June.
Ahead of this event, there are also FREE Pre-conference online CPD events adding further insight around the theme of Adaptive reuse. These take place on 22, 29 May and 5 June. For further information and registration, please see the links below, or those in the CPD Calendar.
- Engagement, (mis)understanding and outreach: Do we have the education and skills we need to plan for Adaptive re-use? with Professor John Sturzaker FRTPI, Director of Careers, Education & Planning Aid England at the Royal Town Planning Institute & Dr Alison McCandlish MRTPI IHBC, Lecturer in City Planning at the University of Glasgow.
The RTPI is a friend of the School
- Old Buildings, New Rules: Navigating Building Control and Regulations for Adaptive Reuse with Anthony Gwynne & Prof. John Edwards
- Enhancing Adaptive Reuse: An exploration of heritage architectural intervention in international contexts with Alina Holyst
FIND OUT MORE HERE
If you have any queries please contact Angharad Hart, Education & Outreach Executive Officer at a.hart@ihbc.org.uk
IHBC Virtual Day School | Newcastle 2026: Adaptive Reuse
Online: 19th June (9am – 4pm) from only £35 +VAT
BOOK HERE
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT
Spotlighting learning in the spirit of IHBC events and our CPD Circular:
‘Cost-effective, topical and ‘hard-to-reach’ CPD’
Diocese of Worcester: Church Architects and Surveyors Conference 2026
14 May (10:00 – 17:00) at St Helen’s Church, Fish Street, Worcester
The International Congress: The International Conference on
Heritage, Care and People in a Resilient World…
27 May – 29 May (09:00 -17:00) both online and in Madrid
Lime Rendering the Tower of St Oswald’s Church, Askrigg
21 May – (10:00 – 15:00) at St Oswald’s Church ASkrigg, North Yorkshire
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