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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- 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 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
- IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools 10/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 10/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Management’ signpost): AJ on legal challenge to Barbican demolition… which ‘can proceed’ 10/10/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments… to ‘do what it takes to get Britain building’ 10/10/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 10/10/2025
- £214m new funding for Welsh communities to improve neighbourhoods and restore pride 10/10/2025
- RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways 10/10/2025
- RTPI launches five-year strategy to elevate planning: Empower 2030 10/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International seek input on ‘measuring in Arts, Culture, and Heritage’ 10/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s CPD Blog from #IHBCShrewsbury2025: Some ‘Academic Reflections on the IHBC Annual School… and participation’ from Dr Alison McCandlish IHBC, University of Glasgow 07/10/2025
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IHBC’s HESPR member Dyfi Architecture helps Glyn Cywarch win Historic Houses Restoration Award 2024
image for illustration: Dyfi Architecture Glyn Cywarch, in Gwynedd, Wales, has been crowned winner of the Historic Houses Restoration Award 2024, while owner Lord Harlech said IHBC HESPR member ‘Dyfi Architecture provided invaluable guidance and expertise to see the project … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, awards, building, conservation, expertise, heritage, history, planning, skills
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Joseph Rykwert (1926-2024): RIBA President Muyiwa Oki pays tribute to renowned authority on architecture and 2014 Royal Gold Medallist
image for illustration: Joseph Rykwert by Pawe? Mazur, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRIBA President Muyiwa Oki has paid tribute to Joseph Rykwert (1926-2024), renowned authority on architecture, architectural history and the RIBA’s 2014 Royal Gold Medallist.
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Tagged architecture, building, conservation, expertise, global, heritage, history
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Winnipeg history among ruins of Air Canada Window Park demolition
image for illustration: Corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba by Photogelatine Engraving Co: Publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Winnipeg history buffs and heritage organizations are shocked and angered to find pieces of the city’s past left … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘History’ Spotlight: HE’s brief introduction to the history of England’s Village Greens
image for illustration Historic England (HE) has offered an introduction to the history of England’s Village Greens.
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Tagged community, environment, heritage, history, nature
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Historic Canadian Doukhobor grain elevator restoration underway
image of Veregin Pray House (part of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village) by Billy Twin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Restoration of an historic Canadian grain elevator by the National Doukhobor Heritage Village is underway, to be completed when adequate … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Edinburgh) doorstep’: ‘A Plaque Too Far’ – Cockburn Association decries Netflix plans for branded promo plaque to Rom-Com
image for illustration The Cockburn Association has criticised a proposed plaque – with a bright red background and white lettering – to ‘advertise’ Netflix’s ‘One Day’, romantic drama series based on the 2009 novel by David Nicholls.
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Tagged advertising, conservation, culture, government, heritage, history, planning
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English Heritage calls on public to help find ‘lost’ London plaques
image for illustration English Heritage has called on the public to help find ‘lost’ London plaques with its ‘Have you seen this plaque?’ programme.
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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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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New signs marking Yorkshire’s old boundaries put up in push back against modern counties
image The Association of British Counties: The new North Riding of Yorkshire sign on the A167 in Croft Campaigners keen to keep history and heritage alive mark boundaries with official signage 50 years after ancient counties were abolished, reports The … Continue reading
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CLOSING SOON: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading
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