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In the trailer below for the world’s first 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks of using ‘AI for Good,’ which isn’t just an ideal, but also the name of a lab at Microsoft. Microsoft and Ubelman’s digital-preservation company.
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Kathryn Davies’ Artisan Art: Vernacular wall paintings in the Welsh Marches, 1550–1650 is a revised & updated edition (August 2024) of the original 2008 edition.
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A new practice guide for architects in conservation – described as ‘the only book that deals systematically with the ICOMOS Guidelines’ – has been launched by the RIBA, and with co-authors that include IHBC Chair David McDonald and IHBC Membership Secretary Andrew Shepherd, it also now features on the IHBC’s ‘Member publications’ web page.
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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 features Victorian Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh reborn as Edinburgh Futures Institute!.
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‘The diner would be a tourism boost’, according to the applicant, as plans for a new seafront restaurant in place of an old toilet block in Troon have been lodged, reports The Daily Record.
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A Welsh Government consultation (closing 16/01/25) seeks to improve planning services by addressing fee increases, Full Cost Recovery (FCR), and skills gaps, with proposed changes – starting summer 2025 – to include inflation-linked adjustments, doubling retrospective application fees, and introducing appeal fees to ensure sustainable resourcing.
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The URBACT Pioneers Accelerator is a bespoke learning programme dedicated to cities from countries preparing their accession to the EU from the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
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The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has launched the first phase of a project aiming to develop a new approach to tackling rural regeneration as well as the crisis in traditional skills.
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The Victorian Society is asking the public to nominate threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings for their list of Top 10 Endangered Buildings to be announced in 2025.
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My workwear survey on Empowering women in the workplace: investigating the gender workwear gap highlights significant barriers for women when it comes to fair treatment in the workplace
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Historic England has appointed an impressive and diverse panel of academics and cultural commentators to lead the national blue plaque scheme.
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IHBC’s new CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible and cost-effective Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, now with an even simpler format, and including the usual range of Branch events & a query on Conservation Management Plans (CMPs).
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The reopening of Notre-Dame will extend from December 7-8, 2024, and after, including the Octave of Reopening (8 to 15 December) and on to June 8, 2025, coinciding with the Feast of Pentecost.
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As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme – that advise on accreditation applications – we’re offering free online sessions to pilot new streamlined application forms.
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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 an English Council for an evaluation linked to a theatre project, to 18/12 and £8K.
Continue reading‘Marks & Spencer plan to knock down flagship Oxford Street store approved’ reports This is Money, describing it as ‘a big victory for chief executive Stuart Machin…’.
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SAVE Britain’s Heritage calls for urgent reforms after M&S ruling highlights gaping holes in national planning system.
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Jack Sargeant, Welsh Government Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, has announced the formation of a working group to review the relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW).
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The National Churches Trust (NCT) is campaigning to highlight threats – and prospective campaign solutions, centred on a letter to your MP – to the Listed Places of Worship tax relief that allows VAT reclaims on repair projects.
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University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol is conducting a survey to understand how sustainable practices are integrated into the design phases of construction projects in the UK.
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Student games exhibition, November 2023, Manchester (Photo Sammy Woodford)
Cumberland Conservation Officer Sammy Woodford has been featured in the recent RTPI North West news e-bulletin, writing on ‘Planning Professionals in the Classroom’.
Continue readingAs part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme – that advise on accreditation applications – we’re offering free online sessions to pilot new streamlined application forms.
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Historic England’s (HE) new Heritage Counts Report on Tourism has been launched, underpinning the case that heritage tourism supports thousands of jobs and makes a substantial contribution to the Gross Value Added (GVA).
Continue readingIHBC’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 features New Civil Engineer (NCE) on ‘Techniques… for the inspection of Grade II [GII]… Hull tidal surge barrier’.
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The Centenary Building, which won the inaugural design gong in 1996, will be bulldozed as part of the wider £2.5bn Crescent regeneration project, reports Place North West.
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