The RIBA Workplace and Wellbeing Report is based on the findings of a survey, which took place in June and July 2024, and found 90% of practice employees regularly work overtime, and two thirds of architects work unpaid overtime for no extra pay or compensation.
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image for illustration: Peter Badcock
The government has committed to rural proofing all its policies and a new document explains what rural proofing is, why it’s important and how it can be applied by government policy makers.
Continue readingCastle Point Borough Council (BC) has launched a legal challenge against the Planning Inspectorate’s (PI’s) decision to allow an appeal and grant planning permission for residential development at Brooks Farm in Daws Heath.
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The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) research report seeks a comprehensive solution to licensing UK construction and looks at the potential benefits of introducing a mandatory licencing scheme for UK construction.
Continue readingHistoric England is calling for participants in its 2025 Heritage Sector Volunteer Diversity Survey, to 29 July.
Continue readingA major new partnership between the Crown Estate and Lendlease has been agreed which will unlock housing and science innovation hubs across the UK worth £24 billion.
Continue readingResults and recommendations have been reported from research conducted by Direct Access as part of Historic England’s (HE) Disability Access to Heritage project.
Continue readingThe Climate Change Committee (CCC) 2025 Report to Parliament published on 30 April 2025 on Progress in adapting to climate change.
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image: Jonathan Taylor for the IHBC
The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners and School Friends who have helped ensure that our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – was such a success, which also served as a perfect introduction for our next School, in June and Newcastle, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, and #IHBCNewcastle2026.
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If you want to help the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice Branch network, have strong IT, comms & interpersonal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for engagement, travel and supporting interdisciplinary conservation, please let us know as advised below, before 18 July.
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The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
West Dean House by Charlesdrakew at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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image: The British Museum by Seán O’Reilly
Designing Buildings Wiki(DBW) traces the history of the gridshell a structure that acts in tension, a lattice frame work or angled grid of individual structural members that are bent to form a shape, often fixed at the crossover points, it is primarily the double curvature that gives a gridshell its structural integrity.
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a council for structural inspections and more of bridges in parks, to 26/06 and £15K.
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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 the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025, on ‘Lies, damn lies, and Homes England statistics.
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image for illustration: The Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth by Evelyn Simak / The Winter Gardens, (detail)
A landmark project to save one of Great Yarmouth’s most iconic buildings has received a major funding boost. Historic England has awarded a £500,000 grant towards the restoration of the Grade II* listed Winter Gardens, reports the Eastern Daily Press.
Continue readingGraham Wildin, 73, has been fighting the council over the illegal leisure complex he built which included a bowling alley etc., reports Gloucestershire Live.
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Seven projects will receive a share of £3.9million in funding through Historic Environment Scotland’s Partnership Fund.
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image for illustration: Jacob Wells Baths Bristol by Samuel Loxton (artist), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to announce that it has awarded a Project Development Grant to Trinity Community Arts to advance plans to transform Jacobs Wells Baths – a long-standing vacant heritage asset within Bristol city centre – into a multi-use hub for community, arts, youth and education.
Continue readingAn Historic England (HE) advice note suggests how the heritage significance of almshouses can be conserved as proposals for upgrading are developed.
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Europa Nostra has launched its official call for entries for the Europa Nostra/European Heritage Awards 2026, which is open to 9 September, with categories ranging from Conservation & Adaptive Reuse to Research, Skills; Awareness-raising and Championing.
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The IHBC has written to members and networks with reminders to take their ‘last chance to book the IHBC’s #IHBCShrewsbury2025 Virtual School’ which closes this Thursday coming, 5.00pm local (Shrewsbury) time.
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IHBC’s June CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the usual range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.
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IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School CPD Circular offers our annual dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources for interdisciplinary conservation professionals at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, online or in-person.
The IHBC is delighted to welcome as our 2025 Annual Friend of the School representing RICS Jessica Jones MA MSt FRICS IHBC, Vice-Chair (VC) of the RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group.
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IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum (CCDF) to let them know that for 2025 we have introduced a free option for network leads and their students to attend our Virtual School on 13 June.
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