{"id":41482,"date":"2024-11-15T17:44:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41482"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:44:53","slug":"ihbc-practice-finance-signpost-hastings-printworks-gets-new-lease-of-life-from-riba-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41482","title":{"rendered":"IHBC \u2018Practice &amp; Finance\u2019 Signpost: \u2018Hastings printworks gets new lease of life\u2019, from RIBA Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Former_Sussex_Express_Building_2010_geograph.org_.uk_2024260_Oast_House_Archive_Commons_Wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Former_Sussex_Express_Building_2010_geograph.org_.uk_2024260_Oast_House_Archive_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41483\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/08\/Former_Sussex_Express_Building_-geograph.org.uk-_2024260.jpg\">Former Sussex Express Building<\/a> (2010) by\u00a0Oast House Archive, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/sub><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IF_DO has transformed a former newspaper printworks into a community building for social enterprise Hastings Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>RIBA Journal<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many developers have remortgaged their own house to rescue a local landmark? In 2019, Jess Steele of social enterprise Hastings Commons did just this to secure a former printworks, home of the Hastings &amp; St Leonards Observer, for the community\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But with piecemeal funding and limited resources, the team has had to use money where it matters and build flexibility into the programme and function&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the plan was to retain as many tiles as possible, their deterioration was worse than expected; 194 new tiles had to be fabricated, over half the mortar replaced and new stainless-steel brackets installed\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.. Funding has been sourced from different pots and is still being put together for the residential phase\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hastings Commons is a different kind of developer. \u2018They practice what they preach,\u2019 Agnew assures me\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ribaj.com\/buildings\/the-observer-building-printworks-revival-if-do-hastings-commons\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Former Sussex Express Building (2010) by\u00a0Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons IF_DO has transformed a former newspaper printworks into a community building for social enterprise Hastings Commons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,23,29,16,22],"class_list":["post-41482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-heritage","tag-planning","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41484,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41482\/revisions\/41484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}