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<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:DBi_call_to_action_350.png|link=Help_shape_the_future_of_construction_insight_with_DB_Intelligence]]<br /> <br /> We're expanding our collaborative mission by launching DB Intelligence, an exclusive market research advisory panel. Built environment professionals can now get paid to share their expertise on industry trends, products and services.<br /> <br /> Panel members receive direct financial incentives for participating in research projects like short surveys, 1-2-1 interviews and focus groups. Register today to shape the future of the construction sector.<br /> <br /> [[Help_shape_the_future_of_construction_insight_with_DB_Intelligence|Learn more]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Building_Control_Independent_Panel_final_report|Building Control Independent Panel final report]]<br /> <br /> [[File:BCIP_final_report_Gov_uk_350.jpg|link=Building_Control_Independent_Panel_final_report]]<br /> <br /> A precis of a key report led by Dame Hackitt with full recommendations and link to the government response.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Guide_to_ISO_19650_for_Architecture_Firms_(2026)|Guide to ISO 19650 for Architecture Firms (2026)]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Pavan_Structure_of_the_standard_350.jpg|link=Guide_to_ISO_19650_for_Architecture_Firms_(2026)]]<br /> <br /> A user gives their low down.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[UK_Academy_of_Mould_Experts|UK Academy of Mould Experts]]<br /> <br /> [[File:UK_Academy_of_mould_350.jpg|link=UK_Academy_of_Mould_Experts]]<br /> <br /> A UK training and membership provider for mould remediation professionals.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Building_Safety_recap_April,_2026|Building Safety recap April, 2026]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Building_Safety_Wiki_Recap_April_26_350.jpg|link=Building_Safety_recap_April,_2026]]<br /> <br /> A short and longer run-through of the month, with links to further information and sources.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Biodiversity_Net_Gain_reform;_CIAT_briefing|Biodiversity Net Gain reform]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIAT_BNG_image_news_350.jpg|link=Biodiversity_Net_Gain_reform;_CIAT_briefing]]<br /> <br /> CIAT May 2026 briefing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Fire_Safety_Report_2026_commissioned_by_NSI_and_BAFE|The Fire Safety Report 2026]]<br /> <br /> [[File:NSI_Fire_Safety_Buyers_Report_2026_cover_350.jpg|link=The_Fire_Safety_Report_2026_commissioned_by_NSI_and_BAFE]]<br /> <br /> Independent NSI and BAFE study exploring how organisations are changing the way they buy fire safety services.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Spelling_it_out|Spelling it out]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Blast_350.jpg|link=Spelling_it_out]]<br /> <br /> From medieval scribes to modern word art.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[King’s_Speech:_Electrical_contractors_welcome_crackdown_on_late_payment_and_push_for_clean_energy|The King’s Speech]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA_Electrician-Working_350.jpg|link=King’s_Speech:_Electrical_contractors_welcome_crackdown_on_late_payment_and_push_for_clean_energy]]<br /> <br /> ECA welcomes crackdown on late payment and push for clean energy, whilst CIOB seek fixed cladding removal timeframes.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Cyber_Security_in_the_Built_Environment:_Protecting_projects,_data,_and_digital_assets|Cyber Security in the Built Environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_cyber_security_350.jpg|link=Cyber_Security_in_the_Built_Environment:_Protecting_projects,_data,_and_digital_assets]]<br /> <br /> Protecting projects, data, and digital assets: A CIOB Academy TIS.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Managing_Competence_in_the_Built_Environment:_An_industry_guide_on_how_to_meet_the_ICC_principles|Managing competence in the built environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ICC_Managing_Competence_in_the_Built_Environment_350.jpg|link=Managing_Competence_in_the_Built_Environment:_An_industry_guide_on_how_to_meet_the_ICC_principles]]<br /> <br /> ITFG publishes new industry guide on how to meet the ICC principles.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Noise_Action_Week|Noise Action Week]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Noise_Action_Week_350.jpg|link=Noise_Action_Week]]<br /> <br /> The UK's campaign to reduce noise pollution: Mythbusting, articles and topic guides.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Category:News See more news.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_Legislation]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:DCN_Product_Knowledge]] [[Category:DCN_Report]] [[Category:DCN_Research,_Development_and_Innovation]] [[Category:DCN_Specification]] [[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Site_Information]]</div>

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<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a list of articles on Conservation Wiki that were created by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), and the date that they were added to Conservation Wiki.<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> # Spelling it out. May 2026.<br /> # IHBC celebrates World Heritage UK’s anniversary. May 2026.<br /> # The sad story of Derby Hippodrome. May 2026.<br /> # Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing. May 2026.<br /> # The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb. April 2026<br /> # Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century. April 2026<br /> # Called-in decision Ref 23/00612/FUL (NOD-390-001). April 2026<br /> # Planning appeal summaries 2025. April 2026<br /> # Anesco Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Anor. April 2026<br /> # Successful solar generation in the historic environment. April 2026<br /> # Heritage Now, No 12, Summer 2025. April 2026<br /> # A carbon case for indigenous slate. April 2026<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 16, No 1, 2025. April 2026<br /> # ‎The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture. March 2026<br /> # Georgian Group Journal Vol XXXIII, 2025. March 2026<br /> # The Georgian Issue 1, 2025. March 2026<br /> # C20, No 1 2025. March 2026<br /> # IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners. March 2026<br /> # The Royal Pavilion Brighton: a Regency palace of colour and sensation. March 2026<br /> # ‎Reslating an ancient water mill. March 2026<br /> # Mills News, April 2025 (No 182). March 2026<br /> # Poetry from concrete: Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture. March 2026<br /> # Illuminating stained glass: creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. March 2026.<br /> # A code of practice for slate and stone roofing. February 2026.<br /> # Ten years of Planning Club. February 2026.<br /> # Understanding pitched roofs. February 2026.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Summer 2025. February 2026.<br /> # IHBC planning for growth with corporate plan development. February 2026.<br /> # Too much stuff. February 2026.<br /> # Summoned by bells. February 2026.<br /> # ‎Judicial review regarded a planning permission for a McDonalds restaurant. January 2026.<br /> # A certificate of lawful use or development for solar panels (Ref 3349450). January 2026.<br /> # ‎Impact on a non-designated heritage asset (Ref 3343408)<br /> # The Warm Homes Plan details released. (mention), January 2026.<br /> # PPG updates on brownfield land. January 2026.<br /> # I Patarkatsishvili and Y Hunyak v W Woodward-Fisher. January 2026.<br /> # Old buildings and oligarchs. January 2026.<br /> # Written ministerial statements on planning 2025. January 2026.<br /> # The world of generative AI. January 2026.<br /> # Replacing Brighton Museum's roof lantern. January 2026.<br /> # Nineteenth-century conservation thinking from Ruskin onwards. January 2026.<br /> # The Tenement Revealed: history, design and construction. January 2026.<br /> # Discovering Jane Jacobs. December 2025.<br /> # Heritage Now Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Wayland Young. December 2025.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # SAVE at 50: Celebrating half a century of campaigning. December 2025.<br /> # Dorset Houses: from Bronze Age to 21st century. December 2025.<br /> # John Ashurst: practitioner, writer and educator. December 2025.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places, Vol 4, 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Construction and the autumn Budget 2025 (mention). December 2025.<br /> # Inclusive, values-based conservation to 2008. December 2025.<br /> # The Cottage in Interwar England: class and the picturesque. November 2025.<br /> # St Jude-on-the-Hill Church. November 2025.<br /> # Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 3. November 2025.<br /> # IHBC Parliamentary Briefing launches 5 commitments to help heritage skills in conservation. November 2025.<br /> # The literary food chain. November 2025.<br /> # Chris Topp, heritage blacksmith. November 2025.<br /> # War Memorials Trust Bulletin. November 2025.<br /> # The destruction of the English country house. November 2025.<br /> # Nairn's Liverpool revisited. November 2025.<br /> # Heritage, ageing and wellbeing. October 2025.<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15, No 3 2024. October 2025.<br /> # The Crooked House pub. October 2025.<br /> # Unforgettable gardens: 500 years of historic gardens and landscapes. October 2025.<br /> # Operation Nightingale. October 2025.<br /> # The Georgian Issue 2, 2024. October 2025.<br /> # Between Design and Making: architecture and craftsmanship 1630-1760. October 2025.<br /> # Healing through heritage. October 2025.<br /> # Moulds in historic buildings (repost). October 2025.<br /> # Workplace wellbeing in the heritage sector. September 2025<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 30 Nos 2 and 3 July and November 2024. September 2025<br /> # RIBA Conservation Guide. September 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2024. September 2025<br /> # The IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards. September 2025<br /> # The economics of heritage and wellbeing. September 2025<br /> # Construction History Vol 39, No 2, 2024. September 2025<br /> # Northwold Manor Reborn: architecture, archaeology and restoration of a derelict Norfolk house. September 2025<br /> # Construction Historian Winter 2024-25‎. September 2025<br /> # Wellbeing and heritage: making a difference. Aug 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2024 2. Aug 2025<br /> # Repurposing Empty Spaces a report by Habitat for Humanity. Aug 2025<br /> # IHBC Listed Buildings Prosecutions Database. Aug 2025<br /> # CREATIVE Conservation Fund. Aug 2025<br /> # John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities. Aug 2025<br /> # The Historic Buildings Parks &amp;amp; Gardens Event and Historic Houses (IHBC mention). Aug 2025<br /> # Rex Whistler: the artist and his patrons. July 2025<br /> # Travels with Baedeker. July 2025<br /> # The conservation of post-war housing. July 2025<br /> # In the footsteps of Alec Clifton-Taylor. July 2025<br /> # George Edmund Street. July 2025<br /> # Ebenezer Howard: inventor of the garden city. June 2025<br /> # Researching and restoring Abbotsford's hothouse. June 2025<br /> # A people-first approach to retrofit. June 2025<br /> # ASCHB Transactions Volume 45 2024. June 2025<br /> # Sustainable heating for listed buildings. June 2025<br /> # Venice a lecture by Sir Ashley Clarke. June 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Autumn 2024. June 2025<br /> # Edwin Rickards. May 2025<br /> # The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters. May 2025<br /> # Design and construction industry podcasts (mention). May 2025<br /> # Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland, 1929-1990. May 2025.<br /> # Hidden in plain sight. May 2025.<br /> # Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Villa Wolf in Gubin, history and reconstruction. May 2025.<br /> # The ability to retrofit is important in all areas of life. May 2025.<br /> # The Buildings of the Malting Industry. May 2025<br /> # Connecting people and places with climate impacts. May 2025<br /> # British Architectural Sculpture 1851-1951. April 2025<br /> # Blue plaques. April 2025<br /> # The architectural use of wood and coal tar in England. April 2025<br /> # Interwar: British architecture 1919-39. April 2025<br /> # ‎Prefabs at Wake Green Road in Moseley. April 2025<br /> # IHBC Stress Awareness Month; Heritage Staff wellbeing at work survey. April 2025<br /> # Heritage Now No 9 Summer 2024. April 2025<br /> # Georgian Group Journal 2024‎. April 2025<br /> # The maintenance challenge of urban housing in Scotland. April 2025<br /> # Gentrification in London. March 2025<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places 2024. March 2025<br /> # Planning and Infrastructure bill (mention in response). March 2025<br /> # Saving DH Lawrence's birthplace. March 2025<br /> # The Georgian No 1, 2024. March 2025<br /> # The revival of urban council housing. March 2025<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15 No 2 2024. March 2025<br /> # Attending a conservation training course, personal account (mention). March 2025<br /> # Restoring Alexander Pope's Grotto. March 2025.<br /> # Heritage building skills and live-site training. February 2025<br /> # The battle for Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 2. February 2025<br /> # Developing the UK world heritage tentative list. February 2025<br /> # Heritage, industry and slavery. February 2025<br /> # Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire. February 2025<br /> # Bats in churches. February 2025<br /> # Heritage management plans and historic landscapes. February 2025<br /> # Don't take British stone for granted. February 2025<br /> # Alexander Ross: the remarkable story of a Highland architect. February 2025<br /> # Birkenhead Park. January 2025<br /> # The Construction Historian Issue 13 Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Saving traditional orchards. January 2025<br /> # Building with flint. January 2025<br /> # The heritage of urban trees. January 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Shaping the Northern Forest. January 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2023 2‎. January 2025<br /> # Journeys in Industrious England. December 2024<br /> # Life and death at Highgate Cemetery. December 2024<br /> # Value transitions between heritage and nature. December 2024<br /> # Heritage Now No 8 Spring 2024. December 2024<br /> # Historic digital survey: Conservation in the age of the fourth (digital) industrial revolution. December 2024<br /> # Shaping the future of heritage: Embracing the evolution of economic thinking. December 2024<br /> # Heritage development trusts' top tips. December 2024<br /> # ‎Heritage conservation and the triple bottom line. November 2024<br /> # Climate action: Comfort is a crucial missing piece of the puzzle. November 2024<br /> # 60th Jubilee History of Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust and 30th Jubilee History of BEAMS. November 2024<br /> # Connecting conservation research and practice with IHBC. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Boundaries and networks. October 2024‎<br /> # 178a High Road, Leytonstone. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎The Mill, Craven Arms, SY7 9DT. October 2024‎<br /> # Mill Hall, Lancaster. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land south-east of the Manor House, Riding Mill. October 2024‎<br /> # Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530 - 1830. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land east of Knowle Lane, Cranleigh. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎R v Evetts. October 2024‎<br /> # [[Simmonds,_R_(on_the_application_of)_v_Venture_Properties_Group_and_Ors_(2023)_EWHC_2217_(KB)_(15_September_2023)|‎Simmonds, R (on the application of) v Venture Properties Group and Ors (2023) EWHC 2217]]. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Mill Road Free Library. October 2024‎<br /> # This is Architecture: writing on buildings. October 2024‎<br /> # Nairn's Manchester revisited. October 2024‎<br /> # Reading Ruskin's Cultural Heritage: conservation and transformation. October 2024‎<br /> # Union Chain Bridge. October 2024‎<br /> # Construction History Vol 38, No 2, 2023. October 2024‎<br /> # New HES national centre for traditional building retrofit. October 2024‎<br /> # Traditional Brickwork: construction, repair and maintenance. September 2024‎<br /> # Regeneration in Carlisle. September 2024‎<br /> # APT Bulletin. September 2024‎<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII No 4 2023. September 2024‎<br /> # Bastles. September 2024‎<br /> # Georgian Group Newsletter (No 2, 2023). September 2024‎<br /> # Cumbria's vernacular architecture and Hadrian's Wall. September 2024‎<br /> # What happened to Hadrian's Wall? August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall Path and the national trails. August 2024‎<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2023. August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall from end to end. August 2024‎<br /> # Brighton Dome reopens. August 2024‎<br /> # Secured by Design for historic buildings. August 2024‎<br /> # IHBC launches affiliate fast-track pilot for local authority conservation staff. August 2024‎<br /> # Brittany. August 2024<br /> # Application for planning permission for the Marks and Spencer building, Orchard House, Oxford Street, London. July 2024<br /> # ‎Kazalbash v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the London Borough of Hillingdon Council. July 2024<br /> # Crooked House, Himley. July 2024Cycling exploration. July 2024<br /> # Listing Glasgow's Kingston Bridge. July 2024<br /> # Conservation and the Indian City: bridging the gap. July 2024<br /> # Reversibility in conservation ethics. July 2024<br /> # High Street: how our centres can bounce back from the retail crisis. July 2024<br /> # Clovelly. July 2024<br /> # Building for Change: the architecture of creative reuse. June 2024<br /> # Solar panels and listed structures. June 2024<br /> # Bulletin of the War Memorials Trust. June 2024<br /> # Tithe barns.June 2024<br /> # Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 2 and 3, 2023. June 2024<br /> # Urban fringe. May 2024.<br /> # The Victorian No 73 July 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Rural buildings at risk. May 2024.<br /> # Construction Historian Issue 12 Summer 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Understanding vernacular architecture. May 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine autumn 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Conserving our tree heritage in a time of climate crisis. March 2024.<br /> # Guidance on RAAC in Listed Buildings (mention). March 2024.<br /> # Overheating buildings: learning from the past. March 2024.<br /> # The conversion of St Luke's church in Cwmbwrla. March 2024.<br /> # IHBC launches climate change hub. March 2024.<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism (repost for Women's history month). March 2024.<br /> # The Historic Environment: policy and practice Vol 14, No 2, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Construction History Vol 38, No 1, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 1, March 2023. March 2024.<br /> # The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire. March 2024.<br /> # Upgrading metal windows for thermal comfort. February 2024.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places Vol 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Vitrolite. February 2024.<br /> # Heritage Now Issue 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Revaluing Modern Architecture: changing conservation culture. February 2024.<br /> # The wrought-iron greenhouse at Felton Park. February 2024.<br /> # Ordinary people in stained glass. January 2024.<br /> # Georgian Arcadia: architecture for the park and garden. January 2024.<br /> # Conserving Canterbury Cathedral's Great South Window. January 2024.<br /> # The Georgian, Issue 1, 2023. January 2024.<br /> # The history of glass in the UK and Ireland. January 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine summer 2023. January 2024.<br /> # Artificial intelligence and real stupidity. December 2023.<br /> # Ian Wray. December 2023.<br /> # IHBC charter petition. December 2023.<br /> # Planning decision to allow photovoltaic panels on the roof of King's College Chapel. December 2023.<br /> # Painting in Stone: architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the enlightenment. December 2023.<br /> # The history of Tower Hamlets. December 2023.<br /> # Donald Buttress. December 2023.<br /> # Grimsby's Kasbah. December 2023.<br /> # 2023 Autumn Statement in brief with reactions (IHBC mention). November 2023.<br /> # Where is the data on listed buildings? November 2023.<br /> # Consultation on joint Conservation Professional Practice Principles. November 2023.<br /> # London brick by brick. November 2023.<br /> # Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. November 2023.<br /> # Jodrell Bank. October 2023.<br /> # Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. October 2023.<br /> # Holy Houses: places of worship in twentieth-century Britain. October 2023.<br /> # IHBC updates competence descriptors. October 2023.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2023. October 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, March 2023 (No 72). October 2023.<br /> # World Heritage in the UK. October 2023.<br /> # #The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, Nos 2–3, 2022. October 2023.<br /> # Britain's industrial heritage. October 2023.<br /> # World heritage status for Odesa. October 2023.<br /> # Guest Editor Seán O'Reilly Director of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation‎. September 2023.<br /> # Introducing the IHBC Heritage Marketplace. September 2023.<br /> # RAAC causes temporary closure of St Davids Hall. September 2023.<br /> # Historic England carbon literacy training courses. September 2023.<br /> # IHBC welcomes September Heritage Open Days. September 2023.<br /> # Seeing things differently. August 2023.<br /> # Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences from the Seaside Heritage Network. August 2023.<br /> # Heritage Research Award 2023. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. (repost). August 2023.<br /> # Piercefield Park. August 2023.<br /> # Community groups involvement in heritage regeneration. August 2023.<br /> # Jaywick Sand. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. August 2023.<br /> # Conservation skills training in a Norwich church. July 2023.<br /> # Boston's pubs. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Boston. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Southend-on-sea. July 2023.<br /> # Supporting Norfolk's churches. July 2023.<br /> # Lowestoft's heritage action zones. July 2023.<br /> # Orford Ness: resolving a landscape in conflict. July 2023.<br /> # UNESCO World Heritage Status tentative list. July 2023.<br /> # A Bittersweet Heritage: slavery, architecture and the British landscape. June 2023<br /> # The Red House in Aldeburgh. June 2023<br /> # Conserving Great Yarmouth's cultural heritage. May 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, No 71, November 2022. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 winners announced. May 2023.<br /> # Dawn Bowden to address 2023 IHBC Day School. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Heritage MarketPlace 2023. May 2023.<br /> # The effigy of Blanche Mortimer. April 2023.<br /> # The Blower Foundation. April 2023.<br /> # IHBC Research for Practice Digest (RfP). April 2023.<br /> # A Life of Industry: the photography of John R Hume. April 2023.<br /> # Conservation in South Georgia. April 2023.<br /> # Essential urban design. April 2023<br /> # A short history of good ideas. April 2023<br /> # HESPR: the impartial way. March 2023<br /> # Georgian Group Journal. March 2023<br /> # Economically, environmentally and socially sustainable places that support built and historic environment conservation. March 2023<br /> # Updating Conservation Professional Practice Principles. March 2023<br /> # ‎Journal of Historic Buildings and Places. March 2023<br /> # The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conservation, Places and People. March 2023<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, No 1, 2022. March 2023<br /> # Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'. March 2023<br /> # Energy Security Strategy and heritage. March 2023<br /> # Johannes Kip. February 2023.<br /> # IHBC at 25, where it came from, how it has evolved and where it might go. February 2023.<br /> # Moseley School of Art. February 2023.<br /> # Diversity and inclusion in conservation training. February 2023.<br /> # Is a hot dog a sandwich. January 2023<br /> # Making Greyfriars accessible. January 2023<br /> # IHBC welcomes Levelling Up Fund focus on places and heritage for people. January 2023<br /> # Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands: where Boulton, Watt and Murdoch made history. January 2023<br /> # Diversity in the heritage workspace. January 2023<br /> # Steel Architecture: the designed landscape of modernity. January 2023<br /> # Heritage and mental health. January 2023<br /> # Boston Council Section 215 prosecution for failure to maintain listed building. January 2023<br /> # Chatham Historic Dockyard: world power to resurgence. January 2023<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism. January 2023<br /> # IHBC says farewell to 2022 with top 10 NewsBlogs. January 2023<br /> # IHBC signpost update from Lords Committee on climate.December 2022<br /> # Conserving the Historic Environment. December 2022<br /> # Pride of Place: queer heritage. December 2022<br /> # MPs back targeted Listed Buildings VAT cuts &amp;amp; presumption against demolition. December 2022<br /> # The Value of Heritage report APPG CPP 2022. December 2022.<br /> # Quakers and their Meeting Houses. December 2022.<br /> # Equity, diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector. December 2022.<br /> # ‎Queer Spaces: an atlas of LGBTQIAplus places and stories. December 2022.<br /> # How architecture can suppress cultural identity. December 2022.<br /> # Shop signs. November 2022<br /> # Masters of their Craft: the art, architecture and garden design of the Nesfields. November 2022<br /> # Demolishing Whitehall. November 2022<br /> # Aspects of copper roofing. November 2022<br /> # Iron frames in textile mills. November 2022<br /> # Cathodic protection in church towers. November 2022<br /> # Pier Paolo Pasolini. November 2022<br /> # Interview with Liz Mayle. November 2022<br /> # Oasts and Hop Kilns: a history. October 2022<br /> # IHBC25 - marking IHBC's silver anniversary. October 2022<br /> # Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. October 2022<br /> # What does conservation practice entail? October 2022<br /> # Two Men in a Boat: rowing two rivers. October 2022<br /> # ‎Moulds in historic buildings. October 2022<br /> # The Architecture and Legacy of British Railway Buildings: 1825 to present day. October 2022<br /> # Shipton Sollars St Mary. October 2022<br /> # Kyiv: a tour of the city. October 2022<br /> # Construction History Vol 36, No 2, 2021. October 2022<br /> # IHBC Membership Application Training Events MATE. September 2022<br /> # 59 Greek Street: home of the Theatre Girls' Club. September 2022<br /> # Planning reform in England. September 2022<br /> # Design codes: intentions and reality. September 2022<br /> # The Construction Historian, Issue 9, March 2022. September 2022<br /> # Design codes and pattern books. September 2022<br /> # The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin (Vol LII, No 4, 2021). September 2022<br /> # Investigation of moisture and its effects on traditional buildings. September 2022<br /> # The history of building regulations and control. September 2022<br /> # ASCHB Transactions. September 2022<br /> # SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2022‎. August 2022<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2022. August 2022<br /> # ‎Interview with Michael Foley. August 2022<br /> # IHBC Affiliate status. August 2022<br /> # IHBC respond to Parliamentary Committee on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill. August 2022<br /> # Landownership in England in 1909. August 2022<br /> # The restoration of Thiepval. August 2022<br /> # Cemetourism. July 2022<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Organisation]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Featured_articles_and_news 2026-05-17T05:52:52Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Spelling_it_out|Spelling it out]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Blast 350.jpg|link=Spelling_it_out]]<br /> <br /> From medieval scribes to modern word art.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[King’s_Speech:_Electrical_contractors_welcome_crackdown_on_late_payment_and_push_for_clean_energy|King’s Speech]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA_Electrician-Working_350.jpg|link=King’s_Speech:_Electrical_contractors_welcome_crackdown_on_late_payment_and_push_for_clean_energy]]<br /> <br /> Electrical contractors welcome crackdown on late payment and push for clean energy.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Cyber_Security_in_the_Built_Environment:_Protecting_projects,_data,_and_digital_assets|Cyber Security in the Built Environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_cyber_security_350.jpg|link=Cyber_Security_in_the_Built_Environment:_Protecting_projects,_data,_and_digital_assets]]<br /> <br /> Protecting projects, data, and digital assets: A CIOB Academy TIS.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Managing_Competence_in_the_Built_Environment:_An_industry_guide_on_how_to_meet_the_ICC_principles|Managing competence in the built environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ICC_Managing_Competence_in_the_Built_Environment_350.jpg|link=Managing_Competence_in_the_Built_Environment:_An_industry_guide_on_how_to_meet_the_ICC_principles]]<br /> <br /> ITFG publishes new industry guide on how to meet the ICC principles.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Noise_Action_Week|Noise Action Week]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Noise_Action_Week_350.jpg|link=Noise_Action_Week]]<br /> <br /> The UK's campaign to reduce noise pollution: Mythbusting, articles and topic guides.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Industry_Competence_Committee._Setting_Expectations_on_Competence_Management|Setting Expectations on Competence Management]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ICC_Expectations_competency_350.jpg|link=Industry_Competence_Committee._Setting_Expectations_on_Competence_Management]]<br /> <br /> Industry Competence Committee.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[CIOB_stresses_importance_of_construction_to_new_Scottish_and_Welsh_governments|New Scottish and Welsh governments]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Scottish_parliament_and_Welsh_Assembly_ciob_350.jpg|link=CIOB_stresses_importance_of_construction_to_new_Scottish_and_Welsh_governments]]<br /> <br /> CIOB stresses importance of construction after new parliament elections.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome|The sad story of Derby Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Derby_Hippodrome_350.jpg|link=The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> An historic building left to decay.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Apprenticeships_pay_back:_ECA,_JIB_and_JTL_back_Fabian_Society_call_to_invest_in_skills_for_a_stronger_built_environment_workforce|Apprenticeships pay back]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA_apprentice_rates_shutterstock_1872852154_350.jpg|link=Apprenticeships_pay_back:_ECA,_JIB_and_JTL_back_Fabian_Society_call_to_invest_in_skills_for_a_stronger_built_environment_workforce]]<br /> <br /> ECA, JIB and JTL back Fabian Society call to invest in skills for a stronger built environment workforce.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Everywhere_to_see:_Women's_Contributions_to_the_Built_Environment|Everywhere to see]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_Skyline_of_a_city_of_skyscrapers_350.jpg|link=Everywhere_to_see:_Women's_Contributions_to_the_Built_Environment]]<br /> <br /> Women's Contributions to the Built Environment.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Calls_for_the_delayed_Circular_Economy_Strategy|Calls for the delayed Circular Economy Strategy]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIAT_image_gen_350.jpg|link=Calls_for_the_delayed_Circular_Economy_Strategy]]<br /> <br /> Over 50 leading businesses, trade associations and professional bodies, including CIAT, and UKGBC sign open letter.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_future_workforce_-_culture_change_and_skill_go_under_the_spotlight_at_UK_Construction_Week_London|The future workforce: culture change and skill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Culture_Change_D_UKCW_350.jpg|link=The_future_workforce_-_culture_change_and_skill_go_under_the_spotlight_at_UK_Construction_Week_London]]<br /> <br /> Under the spotlight at UK Construction Week London.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing|Conserving the Sainsbury Wing]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sainsbury_Wing_350.jpg|link=Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing]]<br /> <br /> A landmark moment for postmodern heritage.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Category:News See more news.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_Legislation]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:DCN_Product_Knowledge]] [[Category:DCN_Report]] [[Category:DCN_Research,_Development_and_Innovation]] [[Category:DCN_Specification]] [[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Site_Information]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/About_Conservation_Wiki 2026-05-17T05:51:40Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Spelling_it_out|Spelling it out]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Blast 350.jpg|link=Spelling_it_out]]<br /> <br /> From medieval scribes to modern word art.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome|The sad story of Derby Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Derby_Hippodrome_350.jpg|link=The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> An historic building left to decay.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing|Conserving the Sainsbury Wing]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sainsbury_Wing_350.jpg|link=Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing]]<br /> <br /> A landmark moment for postmodern heritage.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb_350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate|A carbon case for indigenous slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Kirkby_quarry_350.jpg|link=A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate]]<br /> <br /> UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture|The manifesto house]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Manifesto_House_350.jpg|link=The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture]]<br /> <br /> Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill|Reslating an ancient water mill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill_1_350.jpg|link=Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill]]<br /> <br /> A rare opportunity to record, study and repair early vernacular roofs.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation|The Royal Pavilion Brighton]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton_350.jpg|link=The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation]]<br /> <br /> A Regency palace of colour and sensation. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio|Illuminating stained glass]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Illuminating_stained_glass_350.jpg|link=Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio]]<br /> <br /> Creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing|Repairing historic stone and slate roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cleft_oak_laths_350.jpg|link=A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing]]<br /> <br /> The need for a code of practice and technical advice note.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Understanding_pitched_roofs|Understanding pitched roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Pantiles_350.jpg|link=Understanding_pitched_roofs]]<br /> <br /> The first line of defence against rain, wind and snow.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> .</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Spelling_it_out 2026-05-17T05:48:21Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Blast 350.jpg]]<br /> <br /> Wyndham Lewis’ 1914 magazine Blast<br /> <br /> -----<br /> The medieval dialectologist Margaret Laing was fond of a childhood spelling test: ‘A harassed pedlar met an embarrassed cobbler in a cemetery, gauging the symmetry of his uncle’s ankles and eating a desiccated pomegranate with unparalleled ecstasy.’ ‘Welcome to the world of the medieval scribe,’ she was wont to say.<br /> <br /> Scribes, having no standardised orthography to aid them, had to rely on their own knowledge of the sounds of vowels and consonants in Latin and emerging written English, usually with overlays of accent and dialect; and they wrote what they thought they heard. Add to this the contributions of Antwerp printers, loan words, classical derivations, academic pedants, neologisms, international variations, slang and instant messaging, and you have the glorious lash-up that is English orthography today.<br /> <br /> Attempts to bring order to the chaos began in earnest in the 1750s with Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, and for 150 years the Oxford English Dictionary has been charting the etymologies and usages of words. Nevertheless, even the most fluent of readers among us would not get full marks in the Laing test (be honest), which prompts the question: ‘does standardised spelling matter?’<br /> <br /> The world of internet memes has shown us that words with jumbled letters can still be readable, as can pervasive and accidental misspellings, and eggcorns. Given that the purpose of written text is comprehension, standardised spelling may be less important than other factors, such as typography, book design and readable literary style.<br /> <br /> There is a long history of book beautification. The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are today highly valued as art, whereas their texts may be scarcely valued at all, if we could but read them. In the 17th and 18th centuries most books were sold unbound, allowing buyers to adorn them according to taste and pocket. William Morris’s Kelmscott Press of the 1890s carefully designed and integrated text, illustration and embellishment in gothic revival style that, while a visual treat, is somewhat tiresome to read. The Golden Cockerel Press in the 1920s also took a holistic design approach, emphasising legibility and with illustrations by established artists. Eric Gill contributed wood engravings and typefaces. One of these, Perpetua, is still in widespread use today where a mark of quality and readability is required.<br /> <br /> Design quality in publishing is parodied by Harland Miller’s subversive series Penguin Book Covers, which marries images of well-thumbed Penguin books, in their classic 1950s colour-coded house style, with his sardonic spoof titles that test the expectations of readers, such as Love Conquers Nothing; A Fist to Cry On; and Happiness, the Case Against. In his series of enormous canvases entitled Letter Paintings, shown in his recent exhibition XXX in York, Miller extends the medieval use of illuminated initial letters as art to whole words. Three- and four-letter words are piled in transparent and opaque layers to illustrate the word itself, for example the letters of YORK superimposed to create an image of a white rose.<br /> <br /> The long list of painters projecting their philosophy into literary forms includes William Blake’s mysticism, DG Rossetti’s romanticism and Wyndham Lewis’ vorticism. An example from the era of pop art is none other than Harland Miller. Miller’s novel Slow Down Arthur, Stick to Thirty is an elegant but anarchic satire of a Bildungsroman (coming of age novel). Of necessity, much of the novel’s dialogue in the teenage argot of his native York in the 1980s is written phonetically, in the long literary tradition that stretches back to the works of George Eliot and Mark Twain. One of the novel’s themes, in artistic line with the grunge of his Penguin series, is the squalor created and tolerated by a subculture with overblown dreams, and a penchant for constant low-level substance abuse.<br /> <br /> Personally, I am at the stickler end of the spectrum in matters of English usage. So, while I can read George Eliot’s and Harland Miller’s dialogue without distress, I really must accept that more widespread conformity is a pipe dream. As a palliative, I have ordered the desiccated pomegranate from the deli. I am looking forward to it enormously.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by James Caird.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Architectural publishing.<br /> * Common mistakes on building drawings.<br /> * Common spelling mistakes in the construction industry<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Getting published.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Self publishing for architects.<br /> * Technical notes on architectural publishing.<br /> * Writing technique.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:Blast_350.jpg 2026-05-17T05:47:47Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Wyndham Lewis’ 1914 magazine Blast Source: ‘Spelling it out’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by James Caird. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-us</p> <hr /> <div>Wyndham Lewis’ 1914 magazine Blast Source: ‘Spelling it out’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by James Caird. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:Blast.jpg 2026-05-17T05:47:18Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Wyndham Lewis’ 1914 magazine Blast Source: ‘Spelling it out’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by James Caird. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-us</p> <hr /> <div>Wyndham Lewis’ 1914 magazine Blast Source: ‘Spelling it out’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by James Caird. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Writing_technique_in_the_construction_industry 2026-05-17T05:43:38Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>= What makes good writing? =<br /> <br /> Good writing is fit for purpose.<br /> <br /> The range of writing which tends to be required within the construction industry ranges from:<br /> <br /> == Technical reports ==<br /> <br /> These use factual language, backing up recommendations with provable findings. The structure needs to be logical, moving from a clear introduction to a well-reasoned conclusion.<br /> <br /> == Legal documents ==<br /> <br /> These use specific legal terms which carry accepted meanings to reduce ambiguity. The structure of these documents follows a set pattern in which each paragraph attempts to cover a different issue.<br /> <br /> == Marketing documents (websites, case studies, brochures and books) ==<br /> <br /> These use some emotive language and are attempting to persuade the reader. Just how emotive depends on the company’s brand language. The structure of marketing documents tends to be simple and sometimes repetitious, stating the same information in different forms to get the message across.<br /> <br /> == Bid and tender documents ==<br /> <br /> These documents require a combination of each of the writing styles: they need to demonstrate that a company is technically capable of undertaking the work while also showing they have the legal, financial and organisational framework necessary for the project. Yet they also have to persuade the reader that the company is the right one to undertake the work. The writing needs to convey the company’s interest and appropriateness without sounding cheesy or as if it is following a pre-existing template.<br /> <br /> Bid and tender submissions in particular usually require the input of more than one individual in a company, and this can lead to problems if those providing the text have not agreed a house style. A house style covers essential issues from tenses to how to describe the company’s work.<br /> <br /> Companies can resolve this problem by:<br /> <br /> * Employing an editor to tidy up bid documents before they are issued. This can be efficient because specialist editors pick up small inconsistencies and can strengthen the look and feel of documents by adding appropriate captions and headlines in the final stages of production. However timescales and budgets do not always allow for independent editorial input.<br /> * Agreeing on a house style in advance. This will eliminate many (never all) inconsistencies by encouraging company representatives to adopt a consistent approach to describing the company and its work. Having a house style means that all documents have greater consistency.<br /> <br /> The directors of the company may decide to employ the services of a professional writer to assist in the process of developing a house style. The items below are intended to provide a framework for the creation of a written house style.<br /> <br /> The development of a written house style is best undertaken in tandem with the creation of a visual brand because together the words and images should reflect the company’s unique style and approach.<br /> <br /> A document should be created which includes the following:<br /> <br /> = Company information =<br /> <br /> A paragraph describing the company and outlining what it does. This text will become the base information adapted on the website and used in all documents describing the company. Some companies also include a one-line version which can be spoken by employees when they introduce the company.<br /> <br /> A more detailed explanation of what is special about the company, where it sits in its market and the unique service it offers its customers.<br /> <br /> Decisions about the language to be used with the company name:<br /> <br /> * Is the company to be described as singular or plural?<br /> * Should texts use ‘we’ and ‘our’ or should the approach be more formal?<br /> <br /> More detailed information which supports how the company is described:<br /> <br /> * How did the company get its name?<br /> * What are the company’s brand values?<br /> * How are the brand values reflected in the company’s practice/structure/approach to its work?<br /> <br /> If the house style is being developed in parallel with visual branding, then include an image of the logo with text explaining its design.<br /> <br /> = Language =<br /> <br /> A company’s house style should aim to encourage writers to use language which is precise and business like. This means avoiding informal/slang phrases or empty language which can seem pompous. The suggestions below illustrate this, and each company will have specific examples from their specialist work.<br /> <br /> WORDY VERSION - followed by concise alternative:<br /> <br /> * A TOTAL OF SIX PILES - six piles<br /> * A NUMBER OF - few / many / several<br /> * TO ASCERTAIN THE LOCATION OF - to find<br /> * AT THE PRESENT TIME, AT THIS POINT IN TIME - now<br /> * BY MEANS OF - by / with<br /> * DUE TO THE FACT THAT - because<br /> * FEWER IN NUMBER - fewer<br /> * FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANALYSING - analysing<br /> * FOR THE REASON THAT - because<br /> * IN EXCESS OF - over / more than<br /> * IN ORDER TO - to<br /> * IN THE COURSE OF - during<br /> * IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT - because<br /> <br /> = Punctuation and grammar =<br /> <br /> == Acronyms ==<br /> <br /> Never assume that readers will know what an acronym stands for, even if you think it is common and familiar to all. Always follow the rule of spelling out the full words the first time the acronym appears in your text followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis. After that, use the abbreviation alone. Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Do not use full stops after each letter, not - R.I.B.A.<br /> <br /> A few exceptions have lower case letters - Design for London (DfL), Transport for London (TfL), etc.<br /> <br /> Some common abbreviations have become household terms and so do not need spelling out, e.g BBC, ITV, EU etc. Also, some have become words in their own right and need not be listed in full - BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method). Judge your audience’s knowledge.<br /> <br /> == Apostrophes ==<br /> <br /> Apostrophes are used for two very different purposes:<br /> <br /> * To indicate that a letter has been removed – ‘do not’ becomes ‘don’t’ to show that the letter o has been removed. This is best avoided in formal documents.<br /> * To indicate ownership – ‘the building’s dimensions are vast’. The apostrophe here shows something is being owned. The apostrophe also shows whether the owning word is singular or plural. ‘The buildings’ dimensions are vast.’ In this case the subject is plural – buildings. To avoid confusion when writing, think of the word doing the owning (building or buildings) and then add the apostrophe.<br /> <br /> Apostrophes are only ever used to show ownership of nouns or objects, never for the words which stand in for nouns, they have their own possessive forms (he/his, she/hers, it/its, our/ours, their/theirs).<br /> <br /> There is a common confusion with ‘it’s’. The apostrophe in it’s can only ever mean a letter is missing (it’s raining/it is raining). It is never used to mean owning (The company is well known for its excellence).<br /> <br /> == Bullet points ==<br /> <br /> Capitalise the start of words after the colon in a simple list, there is no need for commas or full stops.<br /> <br /> The project included the following:<br /> <br /> * Difficult ground conditions<br /> * Piled foundations<br /> <br /> In a more complex list use capital letters after the colon and full stops to make each point a self-contained sentence. There is no need to add ‘and’ at the end of the penultimate bullet point.<br /> <br /> The project included the following:<br /> <br /> * Piled foundations to counter the difficult ground conditions.<br /> * A studio buried into the slope, making the best use of landscape features.<br /> <br /> == Capital letters ==<br /> <br /> Too many capital letters can be hard to read, and none at all feels dated. Current usage is to use capitals to start a title in a document and then revert to lower case letters unless there is a proper name:<br /> <br /> * Project report on London’s wild species<br /> * Client feedback report<br /> <br /> Specific situations:<br /> <br /> * If it is a generic term or title, do not capitalise (landscape architect), use capitals when naming a specific person with their title (Jo Smith, Landscape Architect).<br /> * Use capitals in proper names (London Borough of Wandsworth and Wandsworth Council), but not in generics (London’s boroughs).<br /> * Points of the compass are generally given initial capital letters when referring to a specific place (the North of England, the North-east, the South-east) but for a more general reference, do not capitalise (northern England, in the south of the site). In London, use capitals for specifics (East End, West End), but not for general areas (west London). Some exceptions have become names (Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and the West).<br /> * Seasons do not require initial capitals (summer, autumn, winter, spring).<br /> * The euro doesn’t require a capital letter when written out in full. With figures use its symbol.<br /> * Architectural styles have initial capital letters (Classical, Modernist, Brutalism, Gothic, Post Modernism, Arts and Crafts).<br /> * Formal procedures generally use capitals (Flood Risk Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Design and Access Statement).<br /> <br /> == Captions ==<br /> <br /> Start captions with a capital but do not use a full stop.<br /> <br /> == Colons and semicolons ==<br /> <br /> Colons and semicolons provide stronger breaks than commas. A colon is like an equals sign in maths and is used to begin lists.<br /> <br /> The project’s key features:<br /> <br /> * Repair to existing structure<br /> * Piling analysis<br /> <br /> A semi colon’s main use is to balance out two related but standalone clauses, rather like an equals sign in maths.<br /> <br /> The project should take a year to complete; the team has been on site for six months and is half way through the build.<br /> <br /> == Commas ==<br /> <br /> Commas provide a pause between information and divide lists. No comma required before a final ‘and’ in a sentence. Commas are used before quotations:<br /> <br /> The project’s engineer stated, ‘We are delighted to have won such a prestigious award.’<br /> <br /> == Company names ==<br /> <br /> Use the full legal company name including any additions (Ltd, plc, Inc) in the first instance. After this, use the name as used by the company itself (the BBC, Laing O’Rourke - not O’Rourke’s, Arup not Arups).<br /> <br /> == Compound words ==<br /> <br /> Many compound words have become part of common use and do not require a hyphen, for example, landmark, guideline, masterplan, shortlist, housebuilder.<br /> <br /> == Countries ==<br /> <br /> United Kingdom or UK (comprises England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), Great Britain (comprises England, Scotland, Wales).<br /> <br /> == Dates ==<br /> <br /> In general text use date, month, year (10 April 2008); in technical documents use numerals (10.08.12); decades are in numerals (1960s). Centuries don’t need a capital (the 19th century, not 19th Century).<br /> <br /> == Days of the week ==<br /> <br /> Days of the week are best written in full, with initial capitals.<br /> <br /> == Dimensions ==<br /> <br /> In general text, write dimensions in full (the area of the ground floor is 8,000 square metres). In a technical document use abbreviations (ground floor 8,000sqm).<br /> <br /> == Exclamation marks ==<br /> <br /> These are best avoided in professional communication.<br /> <br /> == Full stops in abbreviations ==<br /> <br /> Use eg, ie, etc; not e.g, i.e. and etc.<br /> <br /> == Headlines in documents, brochures and bids ==<br /> <br /> Capitalise the first word and proper nouns (Sustainable building report).<br /> <br /> == Hyphens ==<br /> <br /> The main use for hyphens is in creating modified adjectives before a noun, for example, high-specification materials (exception - don’t hyphenate after -ly). However if the describing words come after the noun the hyphen is not needed.<br /> <br /> A 20-year-old building, but the building is 20 years old.<br /> <br /> No hyphen: coordinate, cooperate<br /> <br /> Hyphen used: cross-section, cross-fertilise, cross-pollinate, cross-disciplinary.<br /> <br /> == Numbers ==<br /> <br /> Write one to nine in full, 10 onwards as numbers. In technical documents keep numbers as numerals, for example, a 3m-long handrail, 10 x 5-beams in the roof. If possible, avoid starting a sentence with a numeral.<br /> <br /> == Measurements ==<br /> <br /> Use metric in the UK. This includes hectare in preference to acre and Celsius in preference to Fahrenheit. Exceptions: golf courses are measured in yards, and it is usual to describe speed as miles per hour.<br /> <br /> == Quotation marks ==<br /> <br /> Use single quotes around the actual words spoken.<br /> <br /> ‘We are delighted with the finished building,’ said Gertrude Smith.<br /> <br /> Note that even though this is a complete sentence in terms of speech it ends with a comma and the full stop is given to the end of the written sentence.<br /> <br /> == Spacing ==<br /> <br /> Leave just one keyboard space between sentences. Programs such as Word automatically provide extra breathing space and justified text with too many spaces looks wrong.<br /> <br /> == They’re, their, theirs, there ==<br /> <br /> * They’re (short for they are, note apostrophe to show missing letter) - They’re a strong engineering team.<br /> * Their (possessive pronoun) - Their understanding of sustainability is impressive.<br /> * Theirs (possessive pronoun) - The design is theirs.<br /> * There (adverb) - The building is over there.<br /> <br /> = Spelling =<br /> <br /> The spell-check function on computers today means many problems are eliminated. However some words remain troublesome. Some have confusing homophones (words which sound the same but have different meanings) and US spelling variants.<br /> <br /> * affect: means to influence something, effect is to bring about change, or the result of change (to affect the environment, the effect of water damage).<br /> * and: write in full, avoid using &amp;amp; and + unless it forms part of a company name.<br /> * annex: verb (to annex), the noun has an extra e (we added an annexe to the building).<br /> * artefact: not artifact.<br /> * brownfield, greenfield and greenbelt: not brown field, green field, green belt.<br /> * capitalise not capitalize: realise not realize, customise not customize, keep the ‘s’ in UK text.<br /> * compliment and complement: to compliment is to offer praise, to complement means to complete, to create harmony or compatibility. The client complimented our work. The colour of the seats complemented the natural wood of the ceiling.<br /> * discreet, discrete: discreet means to be tactful or prudent; discrete means separate.<br /> * disinterested, uninterested: disinterested means impartial, uninterested means lacking in interest.<br /> * effectively: not affectively.<br /> * ensure, insure: ensure is to make sure of something, insure is related to insurance.<br /> * everyday and every day: an everyday occurrence, we do this every day.<br /> * focused, focusing: not focussed and focussing.<br /> * forward, foreword: to travel forward, a foreword is introductory text in a book.<br /> * fulfil: not fulfill. But infill, not infil.<br /> * greywater: not grey water, also blackwater, rainwater.<br /> * inquiry: this relates to an event such as a public inquiry. An enquiry is something you make when you ask a question/enquire.<br /> <br /> = Other common mistakes =<br /> <br /> * less and fewer: less applies to quantities such as volume, mass or area, fewer relates to numbers. Generally you can’t count/numerate less, but you can fewer - less water, fewer apples. Note that less/fewer are comparatives and usually require qualification; less or fewer than what?<br /> * Licence and license. Licence is a noun, wheras license is a verb.<br /> * maybe, may be: maybe we should consider an alternative, this may be it.<br /> * none: a commonly used abbreviation of ‘not one’ which is treated as a singular.<br /> * pavilion: not pavillion.<br /> * practice and practise: practice (with c) is a noun, such as an architectural practice. Practise (with s) is a verb or doing word, such as to practise. You can hear the difference with a similar word - to advise and to offer advice.<br /> * principle and principal: a principle is a general rule, a principal is a senior manager or the main thing.<br /> * rainwater or rain: not rain water.<br /> * receive, conceive, deceive: - i before e except after c.<br /> * recommend: not recomend.<br /> * separate: not seperate.<br /> * stationery, stationary: stationery is papers and pens, stationary is to stop still.<br /> * until: not ‘til or till.<br /> * would have: not would of.<br /> <br /> = Protocols =<br /> <br /> If the directors agree, the house style document may set out protocols for handling different forms of communication.<br /> <br /> = Answering the telephone =<br /> <br /> What should the person answering the phone say?<br /> <br /> * The company name and a greeting?<br /> * The company name and the name of the person speaking?<br /> <br /> How is someone’s absence to be handled – will the caller be put through to voicemail? Is there to be a standard statement on voicemail?<br /> <br /> = Emails =<br /> <br /> It may be worth reminding employees that emails are easily recreated from hard-drives and back-up files and are admissible in court as a permanent business record. Emails should be treated with the same care as the production of other business correspondence.<br /> <br /> Suggested protocol questions might include:<br /> <br /> == What is its purpose of the email? ==<br /> <br /> Email should be used to set up meetings, announce the agenda and report minutes. Email is not used to hold the meeting.<br /> <br /> == Consider the length. ==<br /> <br /> If it’s more than two paragraphs attach a word document.<br /> <br /> == Who needs to see it? ==<br /> <br /> * Do not send office-wide emails without your manager’s approval.<br /> * Beware of (unintended) manipulative tactics like sending a message and Cc-ing a long list of senior staff.<br /> * If you need to send multiple To’s or many Cc’s, specify the required response and state from whom and by when it should be done.<br /> <br /> == Tone and content ==<br /> <br /> * Do not say on email what you would not say in person.<br /> * Never chastise a person via email - do it in person, no matter what your title is.<br /> * Beware when sending a reactionary email. Make a draft and leave it for a while before sending. Most emails like this are then changed before sending or not sent at all.<br /> * Do not send a sensitive/confidential email. Hold a meeting or make a phone call. Emails are easily forwarded or printed.<br /> * On the other hand, if you receive a sensitive email, respect its confidentiality.<br /> * Beware of passing on unnecessary or confidential attachments or discussions within the body of the email. There are many examples of offending material that was accidentally transmitted through attachments.<br /> <br /> == Look ==<br /> <br /> A standard typeface, type size and branded footer should be applied to all emails sent on company business.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article was written by --[[User:Alex_Harvie|Alex Harvie]] 17:49, 2 July 2013 (BST)<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings =<br /> <br /> * Architectural publishing.<br /> * Brand guidelines.<br /> * Email overload.<br /> * Getting published.<br /> * Self publishing for architects.<br /> * Spelling.<br /> * Spelling it out<br /> * Technical notes on architectural publishing.<br /> * Using publishing to optimise real estate projects.<br /> <br /> = External references =<br /> <br /> * RIBA: Good Practice Guide: Marketing your practice.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:DCN_Standard]] [[Category:Theory]] [[Category:Standards_/_measurements]] [[Category:Client_procedures]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Common_spelling_mistakes_in_the_construction_industry 2026-05-17T05:43:09Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>The range of documents that need to be written in the construction industry includes:<br /> <br /> * Technical and design reports.<br /> * Legal documents (appointments, contracts, warranties and so on).<br /> * Marketing documents (websites, case studies, brochures and books).<br /> * Bid and tender documents.<br /> <br /> The spell-check function on computers means that many common problems with spelling have been eliminated. However, some words remain troublesome, some have confusing homophones (words which sound the same but have different meanings) and some have US spelling variants. Spelling mistakes can create a negative impression of a company and undermine other work that has been done.<br /> <br /> A number of the most common difficulties are listed below.<br /> <br /> * affect: means to influence something, effect is to bring about change, or the result of change (to affect the environment, the effect of water damage).<br /> * and: write in full, avoid using &amp;amp; and + unless it forms part of a company name.<br /> * annex: verb (to annex), the noun has an extra e (we added an annexe to the building).<br /> * artefact: not artifact.<br /> * brownfield, greenfield and greenbelt: not brown field, green field, green belt.<br /> * capitalise not capitalize: realise not realize, customise not customize, keep the ‘s’ in UK text.<br /> * compliment and complement: to compliment is to offer praise, to complement means to complete, to create harmony or compatibility. The client complimented our work. The colour of the seats complemented the natural wood of the ceiling.<br /> * discreet, discrete: discreet means to be tactful or prudent; discrete means separate.<br /> * disinterested, uninterested: disinterested means impartial, uninterested means lacking in interest.<br /> * effectively: not affectively.<br /> * ensure, insure: ensure is to make sure of something, insure is related to insurance.<br /> * everyday and every day: an everyday occurrence, we do this every day.<br /> * focused, focusing: not focussed and focussing.<br /> * forward, foreword: to travel forward, a foreword is introductory text in a book.<br /> * fulfil: not fulfill. But infill, not infil.<br /> * greywater: not grey water, also blackwater, rainwater.<br /> * inquiry: this relates to an event such as a public inquiry. An enquiry is something you make when you ask a question/enquire.<br /> * less and fewer: less applies to quantities such as volume, mass or area, fewer relates to numbers. Generally you can’t count/numerate less, but you can fewer - less water, fewer apples. Note that less/fewer are comparatives and usually require qualification; less or fewer than what?<br /> * licence and license. Licence is a noun, wheras license is a verb.<br /> * maybe, may be: maybe we should consider an alternative, this may be it.<br /> * none: a commonly used abbreviation of ‘not one’ which is treated as a singular.<br /> * pavilion: not pavillion.<br /> * practice and practise: practice (with c) is a noun, such as an architectural practice. Practise (with s) is a verb or doing word, such as to practise. You can hear the difference with a similar word - to advise and to offer advice.<br /> * principle and principal: a principle is a general rule, a principal is a senior manager or the main thing.<br /> * rainwater or rain: not rain water.<br /> * receive, conceive, deceive: - i before e except after c.<br /> * recommend: not recomend.<br /> * separate: not seperate.<br /> * stationery, stationary: stationery is papers and pens, stationary is to stop still.<br /> * until: not ‘til or till.<br /> * would have: not would of.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article was written by --[[User:Alex_Harvie|Alex Harvie]] 17:57, 2 July 2013 (BST)<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings =<br /> <br /> * Architectural publishing.<br /> * Brand guidelines.<br /> * Common mistakes on building drawings.<br /> * Getting published.<br /> * Self publishing for architects.<br /> * Spelling it out.<br /> * Symbols on architectural drawings.<br /> * Technical notes on architectural publishing.<br /> * Writing technique.<br /> <br /> = External references =<br /> <br /> * RIBA Good Practice Guide: Marketing your practice.<br /> * The Author’s Society is a membership organisation which provides useful resources and fact sheets as well as an advice service.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Example]] [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:Standards_/_measurements]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Spelling_it_out 2026-05-17T05:42:39Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Protected &quot;Spelling it out&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))</p> <hr /> <div>The medieval dialectologist Margaret Laing was fond of a childhood spelling test: ‘A harassed pedlar met an embarrassed cobbler in a cemetery, gauging the symmetry of his uncle’s ankles and eating a desiccated pomegranate with unparalleled ecstasy.’ ‘Welcome to the world of the medieval scribe,’ she was wont to say.<br /> <br /> Scribes, having no standardised orthography to aid them, had to rely on their own knowledge of the sounds of vowels and consonants in Latin and emerging written English, usually with overlays of accent and dialect; and they wrote what they thought they heard. Add to this the contributions of Antwerp printers, loan words, classical derivations, academic pedants, neologisms, international variations, slang and instant messaging, and you have the glorious lash-up that is English orthography today.<br /> <br /> Attempts to bring order to the chaos began in earnest in the 1750s with Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, and for 150 years the Oxford English Dictionary has been charting the etymologies and usages of words. Nevertheless, even the most fluent of readers among us would not get full marks in the Laing test (be honest), which prompts the question: ‘does standardised spelling matter?’<br /> <br /> The world of internet memes has shown us that words with jumbled letters can still be readable, as can pervasive and accidental misspellings, and eggcorns. Given that the purpose of written text is comprehension, standardised spelling may be less important than other factors, such as typography, book design and readable literary style.<br /> <br /> There is a long history of book beautification. The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are today highly valued as art, whereas their texts may be scarcely valued at all, if we could but read them. In the 17th and 18th centuries most books were sold unbound, allowing buyers to adorn them according to taste and pocket. William Morris’s Kelmscott Press of the 1890s carefully designed and integrated text, illustration and embellishment in gothic revival style that, while a visual treat, is somewhat tiresome to read. The Golden Cockerel Press in the 1920s also took a holistic design approach, emphasising legibility and with illustrations by established artists. Eric Gill contributed wood engravings and typefaces. One of these, Perpetua, is still in widespread use today where a mark of quality and readability is required.<br /> <br /> Design quality in publishing is parodied by Harland Miller’s subversive series Penguin Book Covers, which marries images of well-thumbed Penguin books, in their classic 1950s colour-coded house style, with his sardonic spoof titles that test the expectations of readers, such as Love Conquers Nothing; A Fist to Cry On; and Happiness, the Case Against. In his series of enormous canvases entitled Letter Paintings, shown in his recent exhibition XXX in York, Miller extends the medieval use of illuminated initial letters as art to whole words. Three- and four-letter words are piled in transparent and opaque layers to illustrate the word itself, for example the letters of YORK superimposed to create an image of a white rose.<br /> <br /> The long list of painters projecting their philosophy into literary forms includes William Blake’s mysticism, DG Rossetti’s romanticism and Wyndham Lewis’ vorticism. An example from the era of pop art is none other than Harland Miller. Miller’s novel Slow Down Arthur, Stick to Thirty is an elegant but anarchic satire of a Bildungsroman (coming of age novel). Of necessity, much of the novel’s dialogue in the teenage argot of his native York in the 1980s is written phonetically, in the long literary tradition that stretches back to the works of George Eliot and Mark Twain. One of the novel’s themes, in artistic line with the grunge of his Penguin series, is the squalor created and tolerated by a subculture with overblown dreams, and a penchant for constant low-level substance abuse.<br /> <br /> Personally, I am at the stickler end of the spectrum in matters of English usage. So, while I can read George Eliot’s and Harland Miller’s dialogue without distress, I really must accept that more widespread conformity is a pipe dream. As a palliative, I have ordered the desiccated pomegranate from the deli. I am looking forward to it enormously.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by James Caird.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Architectural publishing.<br /> * Common mistakes on building drawings.<br /> * Common spelling mistakes in the construction industry<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Getting published.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Self publishing for architects.<br /> * Technical notes on architectural publishing.<br /> * Writing technique.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Spelling_it_out 2026-05-17T05:42:22Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Created page with &quot;The medieval dialectologist Margaret Laing was fond of a childhood spelling test: ‘A harassed pedlar met an embarrassed cobbler in a cemetery, gauging the symmetry of his uncle...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>The medieval dialectologist Margaret Laing was fond of a childhood spelling test: ‘A harassed pedlar met an embarrassed cobbler in a cemetery, gauging the symmetry of his uncle’s ankles and eating a desiccated pomegranate with unparalleled ecstasy.’ ‘Welcome to the world of the medieval scribe,’ she was wont to say.<br /> <br /> Scribes, having no standardised orthography to aid them, had to rely on their own knowledge of the sounds of vowels and consonants in Latin and emerging written English, usually with overlays of accent and dialect; and they wrote what they thought they heard. Add to this the contributions of Antwerp printers, loan words, classical derivations, academic pedants, neologisms, international variations, slang and instant messaging, and you have the glorious lash-up that is English orthography today.<br /> <br /> Attempts to bring order to the chaos began in earnest in the 1750s with Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, and for 150 years the Oxford English Dictionary has been charting the etymologies and usages of words. Nevertheless, even the most fluent of readers among us would not get full marks in the Laing test (be honest), which prompts the question: ‘does standardised spelling matter?’<br /> <br /> The world of internet memes has shown us that words with jumbled letters can still be readable, as can pervasive and accidental misspellings, and eggcorns. Given that the purpose of written text is comprehension, standardised spelling may be less important than other factors, such as typography, book design and readable literary style.<br /> <br /> There is a long history of book beautification. The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are today highly valued as art, whereas their texts may be scarcely valued at all, if we could but read them. In the 17th and 18th centuries most books were sold unbound, allowing buyers to adorn them according to taste and pocket. William Morris’s Kelmscott Press of the 1890s carefully designed and integrated text, illustration and embellishment in gothic revival style that, while a visual treat, is somewhat tiresome to read. The Golden Cockerel Press in the 1920s also took a holistic design approach, emphasising legibility and with illustrations by established artists. Eric Gill contributed wood engravings and typefaces. One of these, Perpetua, is still in widespread use today where a mark of quality and readability is required.<br /> <br /> Design quality in publishing is parodied by Harland Miller’s subversive series Penguin Book Covers, which marries images of well-thumbed Penguin books, in their classic 1950s colour-coded house style, with his sardonic spoof titles that test the expectations of readers, such as Love Conquers Nothing; A Fist to Cry On; and Happiness, the Case Against. In his series of enormous canvases entitled Letter Paintings, shown in his recent exhibition XXX in York, Miller extends the medieval use of illuminated initial letters as art to whole words. Three- and four-letter words are piled in transparent and opaque layers to illustrate the word itself, for example the letters of YORK superimposed to create an image of a white rose.<br /> <br /> The long list of painters projecting their philosophy into literary forms includes William Blake’s mysticism, DG Rossetti’s romanticism and Wyndham Lewis’ vorticism. An example from the era of pop art is none other than Harland Miller. Miller’s novel Slow Down Arthur, Stick to Thirty is an elegant but anarchic satire of a Bildungsroman (coming of age novel). Of necessity, much of the novel’s dialogue in the teenage argot of his native York in the 1980s is written phonetically, in the long literary tradition that stretches back to the works of George Eliot and Mark Twain. One of the novel’s themes, in artistic line with the grunge of his Penguin series, is the squalor created and tolerated by a subculture with overblown dreams, and a penchant for constant low-level substance abuse.<br /> <br /> Personally, I am at the stickler end of the spectrum in matters of English usage. So, while I can read George Eliot’s and Harland Miller’s dialogue without distress, I really must accept that more widespread conformity is a pipe dream. As a palliative, I have ordered the desiccated pomegranate from the deli. I am looking forward to it enormously.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by James Caird.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Architectural publishing.<br /> * Common mistakes on building drawings.<br /> * Common spelling mistakes in the construction industry<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Getting published.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Self publishing for architects.<br /> * Technical notes on architectural publishing.<br /> * Writing technique.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/IHBC_articles 2026-05-10T06:19:25Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a list of articles on Conservation Wiki that were created by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), and the date that they were added to Conservation Wiki.<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> # IHBC celebrates World Heritage UK’s anniversary. May 2026.<br /> # The sad story of Derby Hippodrome. May 2026.<br /> # Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing. May 2026.<br /> # The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb. April 2026<br /> # Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century. April 2026<br /> # Called-in decision Ref 23/00612/FUL (NOD-390-001). April 2026<br /> # Planning appeal summaries 2025. April 2026<br /> # Anesco Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Anor. April 2026<br /> # Successful solar generation in the historic environment. April 2026<br /> # Heritage Now, No 12, Summer 2025. April 2026<br /> # A carbon case for indigenous slate. April 2026<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 16, No 1, 2025. April 2026<br /> # ‎The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture. March 2026<br /> # Georgian Group Journal Vol XXXIII, 2025. March 2026<br /> # The Georgian Issue 1, 2025. March 2026<br /> # C20, No 1 2025. March 2026<br /> # IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners. March 2026<br /> # The Royal Pavilion Brighton: a Regency palace of colour and sensation. March 2026<br /> # ‎Reslating an ancient water mill. March 2026<br /> # Mills News, April 2025 (No 182). March 2026<br /> # Poetry from concrete: Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture. March 2026<br /> # Illuminating stained glass: creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. March 2026.<br /> # A code of practice for slate and stone roofing. February 2026.<br /> # Ten years of Planning Club. February 2026.<br /> # Understanding pitched roofs. February 2026.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Summer 2025. February 2026.<br /> # IHBC planning for growth with corporate plan development. February 2026.<br /> # Too much stuff. February 2026.<br /> # Summoned by bells. February 2026.<br /> # ‎Judicial review regarded a planning permission for a McDonalds restaurant. January 2026.<br /> # A certificate of lawful use or development for solar panels (Ref 3349450). January 2026.<br /> # ‎Impact on a non-designated heritage asset (Ref 3343408)<br /> # The Warm Homes Plan details released. (mention), January 2026.<br /> # PPG updates on brownfield land. January 2026.<br /> # I Patarkatsishvili and Y Hunyak v W Woodward-Fisher. January 2026.<br /> # Old buildings and oligarchs. January 2026.<br /> # Written ministerial statements on planning 2025. January 2026.<br /> # The world of generative AI. January 2026.<br /> # Replacing Brighton Museum's roof lantern. January 2026.<br /> # Nineteenth-century conservation thinking from Ruskin onwards. January 2026.<br /> # The Tenement Revealed: history, design and construction. January 2026.<br /> # Discovering Jane Jacobs. December 2025.<br /> # Heritage Now Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Wayland Young. December 2025.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # SAVE at 50: Celebrating half a century of campaigning. December 2025.<br /> # Dorset Houses: from Bronze Age to 21st century. December 2025.<br /> # John Ashurst: practitioner, writer and educator. December 2025.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places, Vol 4, 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Construction and the autumn Budget 2025 (mention). December 2025.<br /> # Inclusive, values-based conservation to 2008. December 2025.<br /> # The Cottage in Interwar England: class and the picturesque. November 2025.<br /> # St Jude-on-the-Hill Church. November 2025.<br /> # Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 3. November 2025.<br /> # IHBC Parliamentary Briefing launches 5 commitments to help heritage skills in conservation. November 2025.<br /> # The literary food chain. November 2025.<br /> # Chris Topp, heritage blacksmith. November 2025.<br /> # War Memorials Trust Bulletin. November 2025.<br /> # The destruction of the English country house. November 2025.<br /> # Nairn's Liverpool revisited. November 2025.<br /> # Heritage, ageing and wellbeing. October 2025.<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15, No 3 2024. October 2025.<br /> # The Crooked House pub. October 2025.<br /> # Unforgettable gardens: 500 years of historic gardens and landscapes. October 2025.<br /> # Operation Nightingale. October 2025.<br /> # The Georgian Issue 2, 2024. October 2025.<br /> # Between Design and Making: architecture and craftsmanship 1630-1760. October 2025.<br /> # Healing through heritage. October 2025.<br /> # Moulds in historic buildings (repost). October 2025.<br /> # Workplace wellbeing in the heritage sector. September 2025<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 30 Nos 2 and 3 July and November 2024. September 2025<br /> # RIBA Conservation Guide. September 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2024. September 2025<br /> # The IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards. September 2025<br /> # The economics of heritage and wellbeing. September 2025<br /> # Construction History Vol 39, No 2, 2024. September 2025<br /> # Northwold Manor Reborn: architecture, archaeology and restoration of a derelict Norfolk house. September 2025<br /> # Construction Historian Winter 2024-25‎. September 2025<br /> # Wellbeing and heritage: making a difference. Aug 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2024 2. Aug 2025<br /> # Repurposing Empty Spaces a report by Habitat for Humanity. Aug 2025<br /> # IHBC Listed Buildings Prosecutions Database. Aug 2025<br /> # CREATIVE Conservation Fund. Aug 2025<br /> # John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities. Aug 2025<br /> # The Historic Buildings Parks &amp;amp; Gardens Event and Historic Houses (IHBC mention). Aug 2025<br /> # Rex Whistler: the artist and his patrons. July 2025<br /> # Travels with Baedeker. July 2025<br /> # The conservation of post-war housing. July 2025<br /> # In the footsteps of Alec Clifton-Taylor. July 2025<br /> # George Edmund Street. July 2025<br /> # Ebenezer Howard: inventor of the garden city. June 2025<br /> # Researching and restoring Abbotsford's hothouse. June 2025<br /> # A people-first approach to retrofit. June 2025<br /> # ASCHB Transactions Volume 45 2024. June 2025<br /> # Sustainable heating for listed buildings. June 2025<br /> # Venice a lecture by Sir Ashley Clarke. June 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Autumn 2024. June 2025<br /> # Edwin Rickards. May 2025<br /> # The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters. May 2025<br /> # Design and construction industry podcasts (mention). May 2025<br /> # Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland, 1929-1990. May 2025.<br /> # Hidden in plain sight. May 2025.<br /> # Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Villa Wolf in Gubin, history and reconstruction. May 2025.<br /> # The ability to retrofit is important in all areas of life. May 2025.<br /> # The Buildings of the Malting Industry. May 2025<br /> # Connecting people and places with climate impacts. May 2025<br /> # British Architectural Sculpture 1851-1951. April 2025<br /> # Blue plaques. April 2025<br /> # The architectural use of wood and coal tar in England. April 2025<br /> # Interwar: British architecture 1919-39. April 2025<br /> # ‎Prefabs at Wake Green Road in Moseley. April 2025<br /> # IHBC Stress Awareness Month; Heritage Staff wellbeing at work survey. April 2025<br /> # Heritage Now No 9 Summer 2024. April 2025<br /> # Georgian Group Journal 2024‎. April 2025<br /> # The maintenance challenge of urban housing in Scotland. April 2025<br /> # Gentrification in London. March 2025<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places 2024. March 2025<br /> # Planning and Infrastructure bill (mention in response). March 2025<br /> # Saving DH Lawrence's birthplace. March 2025<br /> # The Georgian No 1, 2024. March 2025<br /> # The revival of urban council housing. March 2025<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15 No 2 2024. March 2025<br /> # Attending a conservation training course, personal account (mention). March 2025<br /> # Restoring Alexander Pope's Grotto. March 2025.<br /> # Heritage building skills and live-site training. February 2025<br /> # The battle for Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 2. February 2025<br /> # Developing the UK world heritage tentative list. February 2025<br /> # Heritage, industry and slavery. February 2025<br /> # Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire. February 2025<br /> # Bats in churches. February 2025<br /> # Heritage management plans and historic landscapes. February 2025<br /> # Don't take British stone for granted. February 2025<br /> # Alexander Ross: the remarkable story of a Highland architect. February 2025<br /> # Birkenhead Park. January 2025<br /> # The Construction Historian Issue 13 Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Saving traditional orchards. January 2025<br /> # Building with flint. January 2025<br /> # The heritage of urban trees. January 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Shaping the Northern Forest. January 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2023 2‎. January 2025<br /> # Journeys in Industrious England. December 2024<br /> # Life and death at Highgate Cemetery. December 2024<br /> # Value transitions between heritage and nature. December 2024<br /> # Heritage Now No 8 Spring 2024. December 2024<br /> # Historic digital survey: Conservation in the age of the fourth (digital) industrial revolution. December 2024<br /> # Shaping the future of heritage: Embracing the evolution of economic thinking. December 2024<br /> # Heritage development trusts' top tips. December 2024<br /> # ‎Heritage conservation and the triple bottom line. November 2024<br /> # Climate action: Comfort is a crucial missing piece of the puzzle. November 2024<br /> # 60th Jubilee History of Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust and 30th Jubilee History of BEAMS. November 2024<br /> # Connecting conservation research and practice with IHBC. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Boundaries and networks. October 2024‎<br /> # 178a High Road, Leytonstone. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎The Mill, Craven Arms, SY7 9DT. October 2024‎<br /> # Mill Hall, Lancaster. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land south-east of the Manor House, Riding Mill. October 2024‎<br /> # Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530 - 1830. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land east of Knowle Lane, Cranleigh. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎R v Evetts. October 2024‎<br /> # [[Simmonds,_R_(on_the_application_of)_v_Venture_Properties_Group_and_Ors_(2023)_EWHC_2217_(KB)_(15_September_2023)|‎Simmonds, R (on the application of) v Venture Properties Group and Ors (2023) EWHC 2217]]. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Mill Road Free Library. October 2024‎<br /> # This is Architecture: writing on buildings. October 2024‎<br /> # Nairn's Manchester revisited. October 2024‎<br /> # Reading Ruskin's Cultural Heritage: conservation and transformation. October 2024‎<br /> # Union Chain Bridge. October 2024‎<br /> # Construction History Vol 38, No 2, 2023. October 2024‎<br /> # New HES national centre for traditional building retrofit. October 2024‎<br /> # Traditional Brickwork: construction, repair and maintenance. September 2024‎<br /> # Regeneration in Carlisle. September 2024‎<br /> # APT Bulletin. September 2024‎<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII No 4 2023. September 2024‎<br /> # Bastles. September 2024‎<br /> # Georgian Group Newsletter (No 2, 2023). September 2024‎<br /> # Cumbria's vernacular architecture and Hadrian's Wall. September 2024‎<br /> # What happened to Hadrian's Wall? August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall Path and the national trails. August 2024‎<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2023. August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall from end to end. August 2024‎<br /> # Brighton Dome reopens. August 2024‎<br /> # Secured by Design for historic buildings. August 2024‎<br /> # IHBC launches affiliate fast-track pilot for local authority conservation staff. August 2024‎<br /> # Brittany. August 2024<br /> # Application for planning permission for the Marks and Spencer building, Orchard House, Oxford Street, London. July 2024<br /> # ‎Kazalbash v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the London Borough of Hillingdon Council. July 2024<br /> # Crooked House, Himley. July 2024Cycling exploration. July 2024<br /> # Listing Glasgow's Kingston Bridge. July 2024<br /> # Conservation and the Indian City: bridging the gap. July 2024<br /> # Reversibility in conservation ethics. July 2024<br /> # High Street: how our centres can bounce back from the retail crisis. July 2024<br /> # Clovelly. July 2024<br /> # Building for Change: the architecture of creative reuse. June 2024<br /> # Solar panels and listed structures. June 2024<br /> # Bulletin of the War Memorials Trust. June 2024<br /> # Tithe barns.June 2024<br /> # Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 2 and 3, 2023. June 2024<br /> # Urban fringe. May 2024.<br /> # The Victorian No 73 July 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Rural buildings at risk. May 2024.<br /> # Construction Historian Issue 12 Summer 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Understanding vernacular architecture. May 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine autumn 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Conserving our tree heritage in a time of climate crisis. March 2024.<br /> # Guidance on RAAC in Listed Buildings (mention). March 2024.<br /> # Overheating buildings: learning from the past. March 2024.<br /> # The conversion of St Luke's church in Cwmbwrla. March 2024.<br /> # IHBC launches climate change hub. March 2024.<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism (repost for Women's history month). March 2024.<br /> # The Historic Environment: policy and practice Vol 14, No 2, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Construction History Vol 38, No 1, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 1, March 2023. March 2024.<br /> # The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire. March 2024.<br /> # Upgrading metal windows for thermal comfort. February 2024.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places Vol 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Vitrolite. February 2024.<br /> # Heritage Now Issue 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Revaluing Modern Architecture: changing conservation culture. February 2024.<br /> # The wrought-iron greenhouse at Felton Park. February 2024.<br /> # Ordinary people in stained glass. January 2024.<br /> # Georgian Arcadia: architecture for the park and garden. January 2024.<br /> # Conserving Canterbury Cathedral's Great South Window. January 2024.<br /> # The Georgian, Issue 1, 2023. January 2024.<br /> # The history of glass in the UK and Ireland. January 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine summer 2023. January 2024.<br /> # Artificial intelligence and real stupidity. December 2023.<br /> # Ian Wray. December 2023.<br /> # IHBC charter petition. December 2023.<br /> # Planning decision to allow photovoltaic panels on the roof of King's College Chapel. December 2023.<br /> # Painting in Stone: architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the enlightenment. December 2023.<br /> # The history of Tower Hamlets. December 2023.<br /> # Donald Buttress. December 2023.<br /> # Grimsby's Kasbah. December 2023.<br /> # 2023 Autumn Statement in brief with reactions (IHBC mention). November 2023.<br /> # Where is the data on listed buildings? November 2023.<br /> # Consultation on joint Conservation Professional Practice Principles. November 2023.<br /> # London brick by brick. November 2023.<br /> # Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. November 2023.<br /> # Jodrell Bank. October 2023.<br /> # Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. October 2023.<br /> # Holy Houses: places of worship in twentieth-century Britain. October 2023.<br /> # IHBC updates competence descriptors. October 2023.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2023. October 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, March 2023 (No 72). October 2023.<br /> # World Heritage in the UK. October 2023.<br /> # #The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, Nos 2–3, 2022. October 2023.<br /> # Britain's industrial heritage. October 2023.<br /> # World heritage status for Odesa. October 2023.<br /> # Guest Editor Seán O'Reilly Director of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation‎. September 2023.<br /> # Introducing the IHBC Heritage Marketplace. September 2023.<br /> # RAAC causes temporary closure of St Davids Hall. September 2023.<br /> # Historic England carbon literacy training courses. September 2023.<br /> # IHBC welcomes September Heritage Open Days. September 2023.<br /> # Seeing things differently. August 2023.<br /> # Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences from the Seaside Heritage Network. August 2023.<br /> # Heritage Research Award 2023. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. (repost). August 2023.<br /> # Piercefield Park. August 2023.<br /> # Community groups involvement in heritage regeneration. August 2023.<br /> # Jaywick Sand. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. August 2023.<br /> # Conservation skills training in a Norwich church. July 2023.<br /> # Boston's pubs. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Boston. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Southend-on-sea. July 2023.<br /> # Supporting Norfolk's churches. July 2023.<br /> # Lowestoft's heritage action zones. July 2023.<br /> # Orford Ness: resolving a landscape in conflict. July 2023.<br /> # UNESCO World Heritage Status tentative list. July 2023.<br /> # A Bittersweet Heritage: slavery, architecture and the British landscape. June 2023<br /> # The Red House in Aldeburgh. June 2023<br /> # Conserving Great Yarmouth's cultural heritage. May 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, No 71, November 2022. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 winners announced. May 2023.<br /> # Dawn Bowden to address 2023 IHBC Day School. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Heritage MarketPlace 2023. May 2023.<br /> # The effigy of Blanche Mortimer. April 2023.<br /> # The Blower Foundation. April 2023.<br /> # IHBC Research for Practice Digest (RfP). April 2023.<br /> # A Life of Industry: the photography of John R Hume. April 2023.<br /> # Conservation in South Georgia. April 2023.<br /> # Essential urban design. April 2023<br /> # A short history of good ideas. April 2023<br /> # HESPR: the impartial way. March 2023<br /> # Georgian Group Journal. March 2023<br /> # Economically, environmentally and socially sustainable places that support built and historic environment conservation. March 2023<br /> # Updating Conservation Professional Practice Principles. March 2023<br /> # ‎Journal of Historic Buildings and Places. March 2023<br /> # The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conservation, Places and People. March 2023<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, No 1, 2022. March 2023<br /> # Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'. March 2023<br /> # Energy Security Strategy and heritage. March 2023<br /> # Johannes Kip. February 2023.<br /> # IHBC at 25, where it came from, how it has evolved and where it might go. February 2023.<br /> # Moseley School of Art. February 2023.<br /> # Diversity and inclusion in conservation training. February 2023.<br /> # Is a hot dog a sandwich. January 2023<br /> # Making Greyfriars accessible. January 2023<br /> # IHBC welcomes Levelling Up Fund focus on places and heritage for people. January 2023<br /> # Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands: where Boulton, Watt and Murdoch made history. January 2023<br /> # Diversity in the heritage workspace. January 2023<br /> # Steel Architecture: the designed landscape of modernity. January 2023<br /> # Heritage and mental health. January 2023<br /> # Boston Council Section 215 prosecution for failure to maintain listed building. January 2023<br /> # Chatham Historic Dockyard: world power to resurgence. January 2023<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism. January 2023<br /> # IHBC says farewell to 2022 with top 10 NewsBlogs. January 2023<br /> # IHBC signpost update from Lords Committee on climate.December 2022<br /> # Conserving the Historic Environment. December 2022<br /> # Pride of Place: queer heritage. December 2022<br /> # MPs back targeted Listed Buildings VAT cuts &amp;amp; presumption against demolition. December 2022<br /> # The Value of Heritage report APPG CPP 2022. December 2022.<br /> # Quakers and their Meeting Houses. December 2022.<br /> # Equity, diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector. December 2022.<br /> # ‎Queer Spaces: an atlas of LGBTQIAplus places and stories. December 2022.<br /> # How architecture can suppress cultural identity. December 2022.<br /> # Shop signs. November 2022<br /> # Masters of their Craft: the art, architecture and garden design of the Nesfields. November 2022<br /> # Demolishing Whitehall. November 2022<br /> # Aspects of copper roofing. November 2022<br /> # Iron frames in textile mills. November 2022<br /> # Cathodic protection in church towers. November 2022<br /> # Pier Paolo Pasolini. November 2022<br /> # Interview with Liz Mayle. November 2022<br /> # Oasts and Hop Kilns: a history. October 2022<br /> # IHBC25 - marking IHBC's silver anniversary. October 2022<br /> # Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. October 2022<br /> # What does conservation practice entail? October 2022<br /> # Two Men in a Boat: rowing two rivers. October 2022<br /> # ‎Moulds in historic buildings. October 2022<br /> # The Architecture and Legacy of British Railway Buildings: 1825 to present day. October 2022<br /> # Shipton Sollars St Mary. October 2022<br /> # Kyiv: a tour of the city. October 2022<br /> # Construction History Vol 36, No 2, 2021. October 2022<br /> # IHBC Membership Application Training Events MATE. September 2022<br /> # 59 Greek Street: home of the Theatre Girls' Club. September 2022<br /> # Planning reform in England. September 2022<br /> # Design codes: intentions and reality. September 2022<br /> # The Construction Historian, Issue 9, March 2022. September 2022<br /> # Design codes and pattern books. September 2022<br /> # The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin (Vol LII, No 4, 2021). September 2022<br /> # Investigation of moisture and its effects on traditional buildings. September 2022<br /> # The history of building regulations and control. September 2022<br /> # ASCHB Transactions. September 2022<br /> # SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2022‎. August 2022<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2022. August 2022<br /> # ‎Interview with Michael Foley. August 2022<br /> # IHBC Affiliate status. August 2022<br /> # IHBC respond to Parliamentary Committee on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill. August 2022<br /> # Landownership in England in 1909. August 2022<br /> # The restoration of Thiepval. August 2022<br /> # Cemetourism. July 2022<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Organisation]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/IHBC_celebrates_World_Heritage_UK%E2%80%99s_anniversary 2026-05-10T06:18:32Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Protected &quot;IHBC celebrates World Heritage UK’s anniversary&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))</p> <hr /> <div>On Wednesday 30 April 2025 IHBC director Seán O’Reilly and I attended World Heritage UK’s 10th anniversary reception at Portcullis House, Westminster. World Heritage UK is the only independent national organisation dedicated exclusively to supporting and promoting the sustainable planning, protection and management of its 35 world heritage sites in accordance with the UK’s commitment to Unesco’s World Heritage Convention.<br /> <br /> The world heritage sites were strongly represented by members from many of the UK sites, and ICOMOS, the IHBC and Historic England. The aim of World Heritage UK is to implement the vision that the UK will have a coherent approach to the management of world heritage sites, ensuring that they are known and understood, and embedded in our culture. We strongly believe that their outstanding universal value can provide inspiration, learning and enjoyment for society, underpinning the success of tourism destinations and growing the economy.<br /> <br /> The event’s key messages focused on our world heritage sites’ contribution to peace, health and wellbeing. Like-minded people within this unique hub of knowledge were sharing their expertise to enhance local, national and international engagement. It is recognised that world heritage sites are meeting the challenges of the climate emergency as their landscapes contribute to nature, biodiversity and climate-change mitigation. This philosophy, extending beyond World Heritage UK, should be celebrated by all who manage and maintain our heritage assets.<br /> <br /> World Heritage UK aligns with the IHBC objectives of setting standards, raising our profile, supporting excellence and stimulating debate. I took the opportunity to share its views on the skills needed to support the heritage sector and my passion for apprenticeships, as I emphasised when I took office in March.<br /> <br /> The range of skills needed across the heritage sector is diverse, covering surveying, planning, architecture, engineering, construction, craft skills and more. It is our duty as heritage professionals to support the sector and events such as this that celebrate the success of World Heritage UK and raise the IHBC’s profile. We need to highlight to local, regional and national government the role that heritage plays in supporting growth and the need to invest in skills and apprenticeships, maximising the impact of education. To advance this agenda, we are preparing a skills survey to inform sector-wide plans, which we hope to launch in Parliament early in 2026.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by IHBC president Rebecca Thompson.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Listed buildings.<br /> * Planning permission.<br /> * World heritage site.<br /> * World Heritage and Sustainable Development: new directions in world heritage development.<br /> * World heritage in the UK.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/IHBC_celebrates_World_Heritage_UK%E2%80%99s_anniversary 2026-05-10T06:18:17Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Created page with &quot;On Wednesday 30 April 2025 IHBC director Seán O’Reilly and I attended World Heritage UK’s 10th anniversary reception at Portcullis House, Westminster. World Heritage UK is t...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>On Wednesday 30 April 2025 IHBC director Seán O’Reilly and I attended World Heritage UK’s 10th anniversary reception at Portcullis House, Westminster. World Heritage UK is the only independent national organisation dedicated exclusively to supporting and promoting the sustainable planning, protection and management of its 35 world heritage sites in accordance with the UK’s commitment to Unesco’s World Heritage Convention.<br /> <br /> The world heritage sites were strongly represented by members from many of the UK sites, and ICOMOS, the IHBC and Historic England. The aim of World Heritage UK is to implement the vision that the UK will have a coherent approach to the management of world heritage sites, ensuring that they are known and understood, and embedded in our culture. We strongly believe that their outstanding universal value can provide inspiration, learning and enjoyment for society, underpinning the success of tourism destinations and growing the economy.<br /> <br /> The event’s key messages focused on our world heritage sites’ contribution to peace, health and wellbeing. Like-minded people within this unique hub of knowledge were sharing their expertise to enhance local, national and international engagement. It is recognised that world heritage sites are meeting the challenges of the climate emergency as their landscapes contribute to nature, biodiversity and climate-change mitigation. This philosophy, extending beyond World Heritage UK, should be celebrated by all who manage and maintain our heritage assets.<br /> <br /> World Heritage UK aligns with the IHBC objectives of setting standards, raising our profile, supporting excellence and stimulating debate. I took the opportunity to share its views on the skills needed to support the heritage sector and my passion for apprenticeships, as I emphasised when I took office in March.<br /> <br /> The range of skills needed across the heritage sector is diverse, covering surveying, planning, architecture, engineering, construction, craft skills and more. It is our duty as heritage professionals to support the sector and events such as this that celebrate the success of World Heritage UK and raise the IHBC’s profile. We need to highlight to local, regional and national government the role that heritage plays in supporting growth and the need to invest in skills and apprenticeships, maximising the impact of education. To advance this agenda, we are preparing a skills survey to inform sector-wide plans, which we hope to launch in Parliament early in 2026.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by IHBC president Rebecca Thompson.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Listed buildings.<br /> * Planning permission.<br /> * World heritage site.<br /> * World Heritage and Sustainable Development: new directions in world heritage development.<br /> * World heritage in the UK.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/News_from_the_web 2026-05-10T06:03:21Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/when-will-the-renters-right-act-come-into-force Gov UK, 1 May]<br /> <br /> [[File:Renters_Rights_350.jpg|link=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/when-will-the-renters-right-act-come-into-force]]<br /> <br /> When will the Renters' Right Act come into force?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/survey-national-standards-user-needs.html CIAT, 7 May]<br /> <br /> [[File:Diversity_Survey_PR_350.jpg|link=https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/survey-national-standards-user-needs.html]]<br /> <br /> Survey – National Standards User Needs.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.eca.co.uk/news/2026/may/glenn-grant-appointed-113th-president-of-eca ECA, 6 May]<br /> <br /> [[File:Glenn-Grant-2026_350.jpg|link=https://www.eca.co.uk/news/2026/may/glenn-grant-appointed-113th-president-of-eca]]<br /> <br /> Glenn Grant appointed 113th President of ECA.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/clc-dbt-communication-to-industry-on-impact-of-the-planned-introduction-of-steel-tariffs-and-quotas-on-the-uks-construction-sector/ CLC, 30 April]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_Steel_frame_construction_structure_350.jpg|link=https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/clc-dbt-communication-to-industry-on-impact-of-the-planned-introduction-of-steel-tariffs-and-quotas-on-the-uks-construction-sector/]]<br /> <br /> CLC/DBT Communication to industry on impact of the planned introduction of steel tariffs and quotas on the UK’s construction sector.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.hbf.co.uk/news/new-taxes-and-policy-costs-add-76000-to-the-cost-of-building-a-new-home/ HBF, 6 May]<br /> <br /> [[File:Housebuilding2_350.jpg|link=https://www.hbf.co.uk/news/new-taxes-and-policy-costs-add-76000-to-the-cost-of-building-a-new-home/]]<br /> <br /> New taxes and policy costs add £76,000 to the cost of building a new home.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/how-to-make-cities-that-keep-getting-better/ GCR, 30 Apr]<br /> <br /> [[File:Skanska_report_26_350.jpg|link=https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/how-to-make-cities-that-keep-getting-better/]]<br /> <br /> How to make cities that keep getting better.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/new-fire-safety-rules-residential-personal-emergency-evacuation-plans-rpeeps.html CiAT, 27 April]<br /> <br /> [[File:Fire_exit_350.jpg|link=https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/new-fire-safety-rules-residential-personal-emergency-evacuation-plans-rpeeps.html]]<br /> <br /> New fire safety rules: Residential personal emergency evacuation plans (RPEEPs).<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.cic.org.uk/news/new-report-by-cic-task-finish-group-on-apprenticeship-assessment-reform CIC, 30 Apr]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIC_Apprenticeship_Assessment_Reform_350.jpg|link=https://www.cic.org.uk/news/new-report-by-cic-task-finish-group-on-apprenticeship-assessment-reform]]<br /> <br /> New Report by CIC Task &amp;amp; Finish Group on Apprenticeship Assessment Reform.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://consultations.hse.gov.uk/bsr/review-of-approved-document-b-fire-safety/ HSE, until 1 July]<br /> <br /> [[File:Fire_safety_cons_350.jpg|link=https://consultations.hse.gov.uk/bsr/review-of-approved-document-b-fire-safety/]]<br /> <br /> Consultation proposal on changes to Approved Document B.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.ciob.org/news/CIOB-announces-new-trustees-2026 CIOB, 29 April]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_Modern_office_architectur.jpeg.jpg|link=https://www.ciob.org/news/CIOB-announces-new-trustees-2026]]<br /> <br /> CIOB announces new trustees.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.futurehomes.org.uk/future-homes-hub-to-hold-two-technical-conferences-in-leeds-and-london-this-june FHH, 9 Apr]<br /> <br /> [[File:FHH_graphic_350.jpg|link=https://www.futurehomes.org.uk/future-homes-hub-to-hold-two-technical-conferences-in-leeds-and-london-this-june]]<br /> <br /> Future Homes Hub to hold two Technical Conferences in Leeds and London this June.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/ciat-becomes-ccpi-organisation-associate.html CIAT, 2 Apr]<br /> <br /> [[File:CCPi_350.jpg|link=https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/ciat-becomes-ccpi-organisation-associate.html]]<br /> <br /> CIAT becomes CCPI Organisation Associate.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:News]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Featured_articles_and_news 2026-05-10T06:02:35Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome|The sad story of Derby Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Derby_Hippodrome_350.jpg|link=The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> An historic building left to decay.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Apprenticeships_pay_back:_ECA,_JIB_and_JTL_back_Fabian_Society_call_to_invest_in_skills_for_a_stronger_built_environment_workforce|Apprenticeships pay back]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA_apprentice_rates_shutterstock_1872852154_350.jpg|link=Apprenticeships_pay_back:_ECA,_JIB_and_JTL_back_Fabian_Society_call_to_invest_in_skills_for_a_stronger_built_environment_workforce]]<br /> <br /> ECA, JIB and JTL back Fabian Society call to invest in skills for a stronger built environment workforce.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Everywhere_to_see:_Women's_Contributions_to_the_Built_Environment|Everywhere to see]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_Skyline_of_a_city_of_skyscrapers_350.jpg|link=Everywhere_to_see:_Women's_Contributions_to_the_Built_Environment]]<br /> <br /> Women's Contributions to the Built Environment.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Calls_for_the_delayed_Circular_Economy_Strategy|Calls for the delayed Circular Economy Strategy]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIAT_image_gen_350.jpg|link=Calls_for_the_delayed_Circular_Economy_Strategy]]<br /> <br /> Over 50 leading businesses, trade associations and professional bodies, including CIAT, and UKGBC sign open letter.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_future_workforce_-_culture_change_and_skill_go_under_the_spotlight_at_UK_Construction_Week_London|The future workforce: culture change and skill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Culture_Change_D_UKCW_350.jpg|link=The_future_workforce_-_culture_change_and_skill_go_under_the_spotlight_at_UK_Construction_Week_London]]<br /> <br /> Under the spotlight at UK Construction Week London.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing|Conserving the Sainsbury Wing]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sainsbury_Wing_350.jpg|link=Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing]]<br /> <br /> A landmark moment for postmodern heritage.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_safe_energy_transition_–_ECA_launches_a_new_Charter|A safe energy transition – ECA launches a new Charter]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA_Safe-Energy-Transition-Charter_350.jpg|link=A_safe_energy_transition_–_ECA_launches_a_new_Charter]]<br /> <br /> Practical policy actions to speed up low carbon adoption while maintaining installation safety and competency.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Frank_Duffy:_Researcher_and_Practitioner|Frank Duffy: Researcher and Practitioner]]<br /> <br /> [[File:BandC_Frank_Duffy_from_estate_2lores_350.jpg|link=Frank_Duffy:_Researcher_and_Practitioner]]<br /> <br /> Reflections on achievements and relevance to the wider research and practice communities.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_2026_Compliance_Landscape:_Why_'Business_as_Usual'_is_a_Liability|The 2026 Compliance Landscape: Fire doors]]<br /> <br /> [[File:LMC_image_fire_door_350.jpg|link=The_2026_Compliance_Landscape:_Why_'Business_as_Usual'_is_a_Liability]]<br /> <br /> Why 'Business as Usual' is a Liability.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Cutting_construction_carbon_footprint_by_caring_for_soil|Cutting construction carbon footprint by caring for soil]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Soil_CIAT_350.jpg|link=Cutting_construction_carbon_footprint_by_caring_for_soil]]<br /> <br /> Is construction neglecting one of the planet’s most powerful carbon stores and one of our greatest natural climate allies.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[ARCHITECTURE:_How's_it_progressing?|ARCHITECTURE: How's it progressing?]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Archiblog_images_350.jpg|link=ARCHITECTURE:_How's_it_progressing?]]<br /> <br /> Archiblogger posing questions of a historical and contextual nature.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb_350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[What_the_UK’s_new_housing_standards_mean_for_homes,_landlords_and_tenants|Homes, landlords. tenants and the new housing standards]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_New_housing_in_England_350.jpg|link=What_the_UK’s_new_housing_standards_mean_for_homes,_landlords_and_tenants]]<br /> <br /> What will it all mean?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Category:News See more news.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_Legislation]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:DCN_Product_Knowledge]] [[Category:DCN_Report]] [[Category:DCN_Research,_Development_and_Innovation]] [[Category:DCN_Specification]] [[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Site_Information]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/About_Conservation_Wiki 2026-05-10T06:00:50Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome|The sad story of Derby Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Derby Hippodrome 350.jpg|link=The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome]]<br /> <br /> An historic building left to decay.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing|Conserving the Sainsbury Wing]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sainsbury_Wing_350.jpg|link=Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing]]<br /> <br /> A landmark moment for postmodern heritage.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb_350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate|A carbon case for indigenous slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Kirkby_quarry_350.jpg|link=A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate]]<br /> <br /> UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture|The manifesto house]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Manifesto_House_350.jpg|link=The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture]]<br /> <br /> Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill|Reslating an ancient water mill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill_1_350.jpg|link=Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill]]<br /> <br /> A rare opportunity to record, study and repair early vernacular roofs.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation|The Royal Pavilion Brighton]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton_350.jpg|link=The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation]]<br /> <br /> A Regency palace of colour and sensation. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio|Illuminating stained glass]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Illuminating_stained_glass_350.jpg|link=Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio]]<br /> <br /> Creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing|Repairing historic stone and slate roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cleft_oak_laths_350.jpg|link=A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing]]<br /> <br /> The need for a code of practice and technical advice note.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Understanding_pitched_roofs|Understanding pitched roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Pantiles_350.jpg|link=Understanding_pitched_roofs]]<br /> <br /> The first line of defence against rain, wind and snow.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Summoned_by_bells|Summoned by bells]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sir_John_Betjeman_at_St_Pancras_Station_350.jpg|link=Summoned_by_bells]]<br /> <br /> Sir John Betjeman’s love of Victorian church architecture.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> .</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome 2026-05-10T05:55:48Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>We cannot afford the fate of this much-loved listed theatre to become evidence that a historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with profitable impunity.<br /> <br /> {|<br /> |width=&quot;100%&quot;| [[File:Derby Hippodrome.jpg]]<br /> |-<br /> | Derby Hippodrome in August 2025 following partial demolition (Photo: Aethonatic, Wikimedia).<br /> |}<br /> <br /> In May 2025, the Derby Hippodrome suffered its third arson attack in six weeks. Derby City Council, despite much procrastination, had agreed to serve an urgent works notice on the titleholder for neglecting the building to the point of dereliction. This was the most dramatic fire of the three. As a consequence, the fire and rescue service referred the safety of the structure to Derbyshire Building Control Partnership, a consultancy from Chesterfield to which the Derby City Council outsourced matters relating to building control. The result was that late that night a precipitate decision was taken to demolish the Grade II-listed structure, which commenced the next day.<br /> <br /> The widespread shock and heartbreak expressed by local residents, business owners and the wider Derby community has rippled beyond the city, resonating with national heritage advocates and cultural stakeholders alike. What has drawn particular scrutiny is not only the loss of a culturally significant building but the way in which demolition began in such a short time, raising urgent questions about accountability and due process. Many feel that the action bypassed the spirit of listed building protections and undermined community trust.<br /> <br /> A further serious concern centres on the presence of a known hazardous material within the building: the asbestos stage safety curtain, a relic of the theatre’s original construction. Recent drone footage shows remnants of the curtain still in place during demolition, prompting fears that proper handling and removal procedures may not have been followed. If disturbed or damaged, asbestos can pose significant health risks to workers and the public. Yet no clear public statement has been issued by the authorities about whether the asbestos was safely removed prior to demolition, or what procedures were followed to ensure compliance with environmental safety regulations.<br /> <br /> These unresolved issues – the rapid demolition of a listed building the absence of transparent communication and the potential mishandling of hazardous materials – have fuelled growing calls for investigation and accountability from local and national bodies.<br /> <br /> The Hippodrome is a load-bearing masonry construction designed to the rules of around 1910. The design procedure was much simpler than today, with the thickness of a masonry wall at a particular point being 1/16 of the height of the wall above the point under consideration. The auditorium’s main walls being 32 feet high, the base thickness was set at 2’-0” or, allowing for brick sizes, 2’-3” or 685 mm. Walls designed in this way did not rely on intermediate floors or balcony constructions for stability. Openings such as the proscenium arch were spanned with steel beams bearing on masonry at the ends. The roof of the auditorium was formed from 20m steel-lattice beams supporting purlins, rafters and timber decking covered with asphalt. The beams were underdrawn with a decorative plaster ceiling. Other roofs were timber framed with clay tiles. The internal structure of the front of house was steel framed with concrete floors.<br /> <br /> The Hippodrome was listed Grade II in 1996 and as an asset of community value in 2013, the first theatre in the UK to receive this award. This was based on the famous names of the variety theatre who appeared there between 1914 and 1930, such as Marie Lloyd, and Flanagan and Allen. Its conversion to a cinema in 1930 was an exemplar for the conversion of many theatres. Returning as a variety theatre between 1950 and 1959, most of the well-known acts of that time appeared at the Hippodrome, including Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, and elephants and aquatic performances. Later the Hippodrome was a bingo and social club until 2006, when it was sold to a developer.<br /> <br /> The Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT) believes that there is no such thing as a problem building, only a problem owner. In the case of the Hippodrome, its decline began nearly two decades ago when the developer/ owner was required to determine the construction of the auditorium roof as part of an urgent works notice issued by Derby City Council. The developer brought in a pointed hydraulic nibbler, used to demolish masonry and concrete structures, to open up the top surface of the roof. This action predictably led to the collapse of the roof, part of an external wall and the stage house.<br /> <br /> Derby City Council’s consulting engineer intervened and stopped work late on the day of the demolition in March 2008. The council took out an injunction to prevent further demolition, and the developer/owner’s appeal failed as the court held that even in its damaged state the building was not a danger to the public. The building effectively remained in its 2008 condition until May 2025, apart from relatively minor damage from a number of fires. The developer/owner, when found guilty of demolishing a listed building without permission, was considered by the judge to be unable to pay Derby City Council’s legal costs, let alone the cost of any restoration work. This put the developer/owner into administration, and the finance house that had provided them with funding repossessed the building and became the titleholder. Nothing was done to secure or repair the building over the following years.<br /> <br /> The Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust (DHRT) was established to campaign for the building’s restoration as a touring theatre. Despite persistent efforts, the titleholder showed no willingness to engage and the city council was not in a position to pursue a compulsory purchase to bring the building back into use. As it became vacant, the Hippodrome was added to the first Theatres Trust’s theatres-at-risk register, acknowledging the building’s historic, architectural and community importance, and its perilous state. The Theatres Trust has been supporting the DHRT and DHBT since this time.<br /> <br /> By 2018 it had become evident that, due to continuing decay, a new variety theatre was no longer financially viable. The DHBT then offered to help explore alternative uses that could give the Hippodrome a sustainable future. The two trusts formed a partnership to deliver a solution, including Historic England, Derby University and Derby City Council. A market appraisal, funded by the Theatres Trust, highlighted the absence of a medium-sized alternative music venue in Derby. The Hippodrome, it concluded, could potentially fill this gap. Further consultations reinforced this finding.<br /> <br /> However, the titleholder continued to neglect the building, failing even to carry out basic works to improve its safety and security. With the support of Historic England, the DHBT requested that the city council serve an urgent works notice to preserve the building in its damaged condition and developed proposals to acquire and restore it as an alternative music venue, again supported by the Theatres Trust. As the public and the titleholder became aware of the potential service of the urgent works notice, the arson attempts began (reportedly, CCTV footage seemed to show, by one individual).<br /> <br /> The subsequent outcry from the public at the loss of this much-loved memory of the past caused the council to reconsider and halt the demolition that had by then taken down the stage house and auditorium. With Historic England it is currently assessing whether part of the building can be retained. But it is difficult to see how the section remaining could fulfil the DHBT’s vision for its use, including a restoration to be undertaken as a vehicle for training tradespeople in specialist historic building repair skills.<br /> <br /> The issues still to be resolved – the rapid demolition of a listed site, the absence of transparent communication, and the potential mishandling of hazardous materials – have fuelled growing calls for investigation and accountability from local and national bodies and are the subject of a detailed freedom of information request.<br /> <br /> Those responsible for the building’s neglect should be held accountable, both for the irreversible loss of a heritage asset and the public costs incurred in making the site safe. Furthermore, no party should be allowed to profit from the clearance of the site, should it now increase in value as a potential development opportunity. If this outcome is allowed to stand without challenge, it sends a dangerous signal: that any historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with impunity. Derby, and other cities across the UK, cannot afford such a precedent.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Derek Latham, Peter Steer and Ashley Waterhouse. Derek Latham is chair of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust, Peter Steer director of the Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust and Ashley Waterhouse chair of Derby Civic Society.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Best cinema architecture in the UK.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Demolition.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Listed buildings.<br /> * Planning permission.<br /> * The Victorian Society's top 10 endangered buildings 2019.<br /> * Use of injunctions in heritage cases in England and Wales.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:Derby_Hippodrome.jpg 2026-05-10T05:55:03Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Derby Hippodrome in August 2025 following partial demolition (Photo: Aethonatic, Wikimedia) Source: ‘The sad story of Derby Hippodrome’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written</p> <hr /> <div>Derby Hippodrome in August 2025 following partial demolition (Photo: Aethonatic, Wikimedia) Source: ‘The sad story of Derby Hippodrome’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Derek Latham, Peter Steer and Ashley Waterhouse. Derek Latham is chair of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust, Peter Steer director of the Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust and Ashley Waterhouse chair of Derby Civic Society. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:Derby_Hippodrome_350.jpg 2026-05-10T05:54:43Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Derby Hippodrome in August 2025 following partial demolition (Photo: Aethonatic, Wikimedia) Source: ‘The sad story of Derby Hippodrome’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written</p> <hr /> <div>Derby Hippodrome in August 2025 following partial demolition (Photo: Aethonatic, Wikimedia) Source: ‘The sad story of Derby Hippodrome’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Derek Latham, Peter Steer and Ashley Waterhouse. Derek Latham is chair of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust, Peter Steer director of the Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust and Ashley Waterhouse chair of Derby Civic Society. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome 2026-05-10T05:51:15Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Protected &quot;The sad story of Derby Hippodrome&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))</p> <hr /> <div>We cannot afford the fate of this much-loved listed theatre to become evidence that a historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with profitable impunity.<br /> <br /> In May 2025, the Derby Hippodrome suffered its third arson attack in six weeks. Derby City Council, despite much procrastination, had agreed to serve an urgent works notice on the titleholder for neglecting the building to the point of dereliction. This was the most dramatic fire of the three. As a consequence, the fire and rescue service referred the safety of the structure to Derbyshire Building Control Partnership, a consultancy from Chesterfield to which the Derby City Council outsourced matters relating to building control. The result was that late that night a precipitate decision was taken to demolish the Grade II-listed structure, which commenced the next day.<br /> <br /> The widespread shock and heartbreak expressed by local residents, business owners and the wider Derby community has rippled beyond the city, resonating with national heritage advocates and cultural stakeholders alike. What has drawn particular scrutiny is not only the loss of a culturally significant building but the way in which demolition began in such a short time, raising urgent questions about accountability and due process. Many feel that the action bypassed the spirit of listed building protections and undermined community trust.<br /> <br /> A further serious concern centres on the presence of a known hazardous material within the building: the asbestos stage safety curtain, a relic of the theatre’s original construction. Recent drone footage shows remnants of the curtain still in place during demolition, prompting fears that proper handling and removal procedures may not have been followed. If disturbed or damaged, asbestos can pose significant health risks to workers and the public. Yet no clear public statement has been issued by the authorities about whether the asbestos was safely removed prior to demolition, or what procedures were followed to ensure compliance with environmental safety regulations.<br /> <br /> These unresolved issues – the rapid demolition of a listed building the absence of transparent communication and the potential mishandling of hazardous materials – have fuelled growing calls for investigation and accountability from local and national bodies.<br /> <br /> The Hippodrome is a load-bearing masonry construction designed to the rules of around 1910. The design procedure was much simpler than today, with the thickness of a masonry wall at a particular point being 1/16 of the height of the wall above the point under consideration. The auditorium’s main walls being 32 feet high, the base thickness was set at 2’-0” or, allowing for brick sizes, 2’-3” or 685 mm. Walls designed in this way did not rely on intermediate floors or balcony constructions for stability. Openings such as the proscenium arch were spanned with steel beams bearing on masonry at the ends. The roof of the auditorium was formed from 20m steel-lattice beams supporting purlins, rafters and timber decking covered with asphalt. The beams were underdrawn with a decorative plaster ceiling. Other roofs were timber framed with clay tiles. The internal structure of the front of house was steel framed with concrete floors.<br /> <br /> The Hippodrome was listed Grade II in 1996 and as an asset of community value in 2013, the first theatre in the UK to receive this award. This was based on the famous names of the variety theatre who appeared there between 1914 and 1930, such as Marie Lloyd, and Flanagan and Allen. Its conversion to a cinema in 1930 was an exemplar for the conversion of many theatres. Returning as a variety theatre between 1950 and 1959, most of the well-known acts of that time appeared at the Hippodrome, including Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, and elephants and aquatic performances. Later the Hippodrome was a bingo and social club until 2006, when it was sold to a developer.<br /> <br /> The Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT) believes that there is no such thing as a problem building, only a problem owner. In the case of the Hippodrome, its decline began nearly two decades ago when the developer/ owner was required to determine the construction of the auditorium roof as part of an urgent works notice issued by Derby City Council. The developer brought in a pointed hydraulic nibbler, used to demolish masonry and concrete structures, to open up the top surface of the roof. This action predictably led to the collapse of the roof, part of an external wall and the stage house.<br /> <br /> Derby City Council’s consulting engineer intervened and stopped work late on the day of the demolition in March 2008. The council took out an injunction to prevent further demolition, and the developer/owner’s appeal failed as the court held that even in its damaged state the building was not a danger to the public. The building effectively remained in its 2008 condition until May 2025, apart from relatively minor damage from a number of fires. The developer/owner, when found guilty of demolishing a listed building without permission, was considered by the judge to be unable to pay Derby City Council’s legal costs, let alone the cost of any restoration work. This put the developer/owner into administration, and the finance house that had provided them with funding repossessed the building and became the titleholder. Nothing was done to secure or repair the building over the following years.<br /> <br /> The Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust (DHRT) was established to campaign for the building’s restoration as a touring theatre. Despite persistent efforts, the titleholder showed no willingness to engage and the city council was not in a position to pursue a compulsory purchase to bring the building back into use. As it became vacant, the Hippodrome was added to the first Theatres Trust’s theatres-at-risk register, acknowledging the building’s historic, architectural and community importance, and its perilous state. The Theatres Trust has been supporting the DHRT and DHBT since this time.<br /> <br /> By 2018 it had become evident that, due to continuing decay, a new variety theatre was no longer financially viable. The DHBT then offered to help explore alternative uses that could give the Hippodrome a sustainable future. The two trusts formed a partnership to deliver a solution, including Historic England, Derby University and Derby City Council. A market appraisal, funded by the Theatres Trust, highlighted the absence of a medium-sized alternative music venue in Derby. The Hippodrome, it concluded, could potentially fill this gap. Further consultations reinforced this finding.<br /> <br /> However, the titleholder continued to neglect the building, failing even to carry out basic works to improve its safety and security. With the support of Historic England, the DHBT requested that the city council serve an urgent works notice to preserve the building in its damaged condition and developed proposals to acquire and restore it as an alternative music venue, again supported by the Theatres Trust. As the public and the titleholder became aware of the potential service of the urgent works notice, the arson attempts began (reportedly, CCTV footage seemed to show, by one individual).<br /> <br /> The subsequent outcry from the public at the loss of this much-loved memory of the past caused the council to reconsider and halt the demolition that had by then taken down the stage house and auditorium. With Historic England it is currently assessing whether part of the building can be retained. But it is difficult to see how the section remaining could fulfil the DHBT’s vision for its use, including a restoration to be undertaken as a vehicle for training tradespeople in specialist historic building repair skills.<br /> <br /> The issues still to be resolved – the rapid demolition of a listed site, the absence of transparent communication, and the potential mishandling of hazardous materials – have fuelled growing calls for investigation and accountability from local and national bodies and are the subject of a detailed freedom of information request.<br /> <br /> Those responsible for the building’s neglect should be held accountable, both for the irreversible loss of a heritage asset and the public costs incurred in making the site safe. Furthermore, no party should be allowed to profit from the clearance of the site, should it now increase in value as a potential development opportunity. If this outcome is allowed to stand without challenge, it sends a dangerous signal: that any historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with impunity. Derby, and other cities across the UK, cannot afford such a precedent.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Derek Latham, Peter Steer and Ashley Waterhouse. Derek Latham is chair of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust, Peter Steer director of the Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust and Ashley Waterhouse chair of Derby Civic Society.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Best cinema architecture in the UK.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Demolition.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Listed buildings.<br /> * Planning permission.<br /> * The Victorian Society's top 10 endangered buildings 2019.<br /> * Use of injunctions in heritage cases in England and Wales.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome 2026-05-10T05:50:56Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Created page with &quot;We cannot afford the fate of this much-loved listed theatre to become evidence that a historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with profitable impunity. In Ma...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>We cannot afford the fate of this much-loved listed theatre to become evidence that a historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with profitable impunity.<br /> <br /> In May 2025, the Derby Hippodrome suffered its third arson attack in six weeks. Derby City Council, despite much procrastination, had agreed to serve an urgent works notice on the titleholder for neglecting the building to the point of dereliction. This was the most dramatic fire of the three. As a consequence, the fire and rescue service referred the safety of the structure to Derbyshire Building Control Partnership, a consultancy from Chesterfield to which the Derby City Council outsourced matters relating to building control. The result was that late that night a precipitate decision was taken to demolish the Grade II-listed structure, which commenced the next day.<br /> <br /> The widespread shock and heartbreak expressed by local residents, business owners and the wider Derby community has rippled beyond the city, resonating with national heritage advocates and cultural stakeholders alike. What has drawn particular scrutiny is not only the loss of a culturally significant building but the way in which demolition began in such a short time, raising urgent questions about accountability and due process. Many feel that the action bypassed the spirit of listed building protections and undermined community trust.<br /> <br /> A further serious concern centres on the presence of a known hazardous material within the building: the asbestos stage safety curtain, a relic of the theatre’s original construction. Recent drone footage shows remnants of the curtain still in place during demolition, prompting fears that proper handling and removal procedures may not have been followed. If disturbed or damaged, asbestos can pose significant health risks to workers and the public. Yet no clear public statement has been issued by the authorities about whether the asbestos was safely removed prior to demolition, or what procedures were followed to ensure compliance with environmental safety regulations.<br /> <br /> These unresolved issues – the rapid demolition of a listed building the absence of transparent communication and the potential mishandling of hazardous materials – have fuelled growing calls for investigation and accountability from local and national bodies.<br /> <br /> The Hippodrome is a load-bearing masonry construction designed to the rules of around 1910. The design procedure was much simpler than today, with the thickness of a masonry wall at a particular point being 1/16 of the height of the wall above the point under consideration. The auditorium’s main walls being 32 feet high, the base thickness was set at 2’-0” or, allowing for brick sizes, 2’-3” or 685 mm. Walls designed in this way did not rely on intermediate floors or balcony constructions for stability. Openings such as the proscenium arch were spanned with steel beams bearing on masonry at the ends. The roof of the auditorium was formed from 20m steel-lattice beams supporting purlins, rafters and timber decking covered with asphalt. The beams were underdrawn with a decorative plaster ceiling. Other roofs were timber framed with clay tiles. The internal structure of the front of house was steel framed with concrete floors.<br /> <br /> The Hippodrome was listed Grade II in 1996 and as an asset of community value in 2013, the first theatre in the UK to receive this award. This was based on the famous names of the variety theatre who appeared there between 1914 and 1930, such as Marie Lloyd, and Flanagan and Allen. Its conversion to a cinema in 1930 was an exemplar for the conversion of many theatres. Returning as a variety theatre between 1950 and 1959, most of the well-known acts of that time appeared at the Hippodrome, including Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, and elephants and aquatic performances. Later the Hippodrome was a bingo and social club until 2006, when it was sold to a developer.<br /> <br /> The Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT) believes that there is no such thing as a problem building, only a problem owner. In the case of the Hippodrome, its decline began nearly two decades ago when the developer/ owner was required to determine the construction of the auditorium roof as part of an urgent works notice issued by Derby City Council. The developer brought in a pointed hydraulic nibbler, used to demolish masonry and concrete structures, to open up the top surface of the roof. This action predictably led to the collapse of the roof, part of an external wall and the stage house.<br /> <br /> Derby City Council’s consulting engineer intervened and stopped work late on the day of the demolition in March 2008. The council took out an injunction to prevent further demolition, and the developer/owner’s appeal failed as the court held that even in its damaged state the building was not a danger to the public. The building effectively remained in its 2008 condition until May 2025, apart from relatively minor damage from a number of fires. The developer/owner, when found guilty of demolishing a listed building without permission, was considered by the judge to be unable to pay Derby City Council’s legal costs, let alone the cost of any restoration work. This put the developer/owner into administration, and the finance house that had provided them with funding repossessed the building and became the titleholder. Nothing was done to secure or repair the building over the following years.<br /> <br /> The Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust (DHRT) was established to campaign for the building’s restoration as a touring theatre. Despite persistent efforts, the titleholder showed no willingness to engage and the city council was not in a position to pursue a compulsory purchase to bring the building back into use. As it became vacant, the Hippodrome was added to the first Theatres Trust’s theatres-at-risk register, acknowledging the building’s historic, architectural and community importance, and its perilous state. The Theatres Trust has been supporting the DHRT and DHBT since this time.<br /> <br /> By 2018 it had become evident that, due to continuing decay, a new variety theatre was no longer financially viable. The DHBT then offered to help explore alternative uses that could give the Hippodrome a sustainable future. The two trusts formed a partnership to deliver a solution, including Historic England, Derby University and Derby City Council. A market appraisal, funded by the Theatres Trust, highlighted the absence of a medium-sized alternative music venue in Derby. The Hippodrome, it concluded, could potentially fill this gap. Further consultations reinforced this finding.<br /> <br /> However, the titleholder continued to neglect the building, failing even to carry out basic works to improve its safety and security. With the support of Historic England, the DHBT requested that the city council serve an urgent works notice to preserve the building in its damaged condition and developed proposals to acquire and restore it as an alternative music venue, again supported by the Theatres Trust. As the public and the titleholder became aware of the potential service of the urgent works notice, the arson attempts began (reportedly, CCTV footage seemed to show, by one individual).<br /> <br /> The subsequent outcry from the public at the loss of this much-loved memory of the past caused the council to reconsider and halt the demolition that had by then taken down the stage house and auditorium. With Historic England it is currently assessing whether part of the building can be retained. But it is difficult to see how the section remaining could fulfil the DHBT’s vision for its use, including a restoration to be undertaken as a vehicle for training tradespeople in specialist historic building repair skills.<br /> <br /> The issues still to be resolved – the rapid demolition of a listed site, the absence of transparent communication, and the potential mishandling of hazardous materials – have fuelled growing calls for investigation and accountability from local and national bodies and are the subject of a detailed freedom of information request.<br /> <br /> Those responsible for the building’s neglect should be held accountable, both for the irreversible loss of a heritage asset and the public costs incurred in making the site safe. Furthermore, no party should be allowed to profit from the clearance of the site, should it now increase in value as a potential development opportunity. If this outcome is allowed to stand without challenge, it sends a dangerous signal: that any historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with impunity. Derby, and other cities across the UK, cannot afford such a precedent.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Derek Latham, Peter Steer and Ashley Waterhouse. Derek Latham is chair of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust, Peter Steer director of the Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust and Ashley Waterhouse chair of Derby Civic Society.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * Best cinema architecture in the UK.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Demolition.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Listed buildings.<br /> * Planning permission.<br /> * The Victorian Society's top 10 endangered buildings 2019.<br /> * Use of injunctions in heritage cases in England and Wales.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Featured_articles_and_news 2026-05-03T06:04:48Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing|Conserving the Sainsbury Wing]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sainsbury Wing 350.jpg|link=Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing]]<br /> <br /> A landmark moment for postmodern heritage.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_safe_energy_transition_–_ECA_launches_a_new_Charter|A safe energy transition – ECA launches a new Charter]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA_Safe-Energy-Transition-Charter_350.jpg|link=A_safe_energy_transition_–_ECA_launches_a_new_Charter]]<br /> <br /> Practical policy actions to speed up low carbon adoption while maintaining installation safety and competency.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Frank_Duffy:_Researcher_and_Practitioner|Frank Duffy: Researcher and Practitioner]]<br /> <br /> [[File:BandC_Frank_Duffy_from_estate_2lores_350.jpg|link=Frank_Duffy:_Researcher_and_Practitioner]]<br /> <br /> Reflections on achievements and relevance to the wider research and practice communities.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_2026_Compliance_Landscape:_Why_'Business_as_Usual'_is_a_Liability|The 2026 Compliance Landscape: Fire doors]]<br /> <br /> [[File:LMC_image_fire_door_350.jpg|link=The_2026_Compliance_Landscape:_Why_'Business_as_Usual'_is_a_Liability]]<br /> <br /> Why 'Business as Usual' is a Liability.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Cutting_construction_carbon_footprint_by_caring_for_soil|Cutting construction carbon footprint by caring for soil]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Soil_CIAT_350.jpg|link=Cutting_construction_carbon_footprint_by_caring_for_soil]]<br /> <br /> Is construction neglecting one of the planet’s most powerful carbon stores and one of our greatest natural climate allies.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[ARCHITECTURE:_How's_it_progressing?|ARCHITECTURE: How's it progressing?]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Archiblog_images_350.jpg|link=ARCHITECTURE:_How's_it_progressing?]]<br /> <br /> Archiblogger posing questions of a historical and contextual nature.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb_350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[What_the_UK’s_new_housing_standards_mean_for_homes,_landlords_and_tenants|Homes, landlords. tenants and the new housing standards]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_New_housing_in_England_350.jpg|link=What_the_UK’s_new_housing_standards_mean_for_homes,_landlords_and_tenants]]<br /> <br /> What will it all mean?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Architectural_Technology_podcast:_Where_it's_AT|The Architectural Technology podcast: Where it's AT]]<br /> <br /> [[File:AT_podcast_350.jpg|link=The_Architectural_Technology_podcast:_Where_it's_AT]]<br /> <br /> Catch-up on the latest episodes.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[ECA_Edmundson_Apprentice_of_the_Year_award_2026|Edmundson Apprentice of the Year award 2026]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA-Edmundson-Award-Logo-2026_350.jpg|link=ECA_Edmundson_Apprentice_of_the_Year_award_2026]]<br /> <br /> Entries now open for this Electrical Contractors' Association award.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Delabole_Slate|Delabole Slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Delabole_slate_detail_350.jpg|link=Delabole_Slate]]<br /> <br /> Traditional blue-grey slate from one of the oldest and largest UK slate quarries down in Cornwall.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Change_of_use_legislation_breaths_new_life_into_buildings|Change of use legislation breaths new life into buildings]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Paperwork_form_contract_350.jpg|link=Change_of_use_legislation_breaths_new_life_into_buildings]]<br /> <br /> A run down on Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Category:News See more news.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_Legislation]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:DCN_Product_Knowledge]] [[Category:DCN_Report]] [[Category:DCN_Research,_Development_and_Innovation]] [[Category:DCN_Specification]] [[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Site_Information]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/About_Conservation_Wiki 2026-05-03T06:03:40Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing|Conserving the Sainsbury Wing]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sainsbury Wing 350.jpg|link=Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing]]<br /> <br /> A landmark moment for postmodern heritage.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb_350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate|A carbon case for indigenous slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Kirkby_quarry_350.jpg|link=A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate]]<br /> <br /> UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture|The manifesto house]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Manifesto_House_350.jpg|link=The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture]]<br /> <br /> Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill|Reslating an ancient water mill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill_1_350.jpg|link=Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill]]<br /> <br /> A rare opportunity to record, study and repair early vernacular roofs.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation|The Royal Pavilion Brighton]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton_350.jpg|link=The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation]]<br /> <br /> A Regency palace of colour and sensation. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio|Illuminating stained glass]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Illuminating_stained_glass_350.jpg|link=Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio]]<br /> <br /> Creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing|Repairing historic stone and slate roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cleft_oak_laths_350.jpg|link=A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing]]<br /> <br /> The need for a code of practice and technical advice note.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Understanding_pitched_roofs|Understanding pitched roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Pantiles_350.jpg|link=Understanding_pitched_roofs]]<br /> <br /> The first line of defence against rain, wind and snow.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Summoned_by_bells|Summoned by bells]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sir_John_Betjeman_at_St_Pancras_Station_350.jpg|link=Summoned_by_bells]]<br /> <br /> Sir John Betjeman’s love of Victorian church architecture.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Old_buildings_and_oligarchs|Old buildings and oligarchs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:War_office_350.jpg|link=Old_buildings_and_oligarchs]]<br /> <br /> Could AI and VR cause an increase the value of heritage?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> .</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/IHBC_articles 2026-05-03T06:01:38Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a list of articles on Conservation Wiki that were created by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), and the date that they were added to Conservation Wiki.<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> # Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing. May 2026.<br /> # The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb. April 2026<br /> # Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century. April 2026<br /> # Called-in decision Ref 23/00612/FUL (NOD-390-001). April 2026<br /> # Planning appeal summaries 2025. April 2026<br /> # Anesco Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Anor. April 2026<br /> # Successful solar generation in the historic environment. April 2026<br /> # Heritage Now, No 12, Summer 2025. April 2026<br /> # A carbon case for indigenous slate. April 2026<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 16, No 1, 2025. April 2026<br /> # ‎The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture. March 2026<br /> # Georgian Group Journal Vol XXXIII, 2025. March 2026<br /> # The Georgian Issue 1, 2025. March 2026<br /> # C20, No 1 2025. March 2026<br /> # IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners. March 2026<br /> # The Royal Pavilion Brighton: a Regency palace of colour and sensation. March 2026<br /> # ‎Reslating an ancient water mill. March 2026<br /> # Mills News, April 2025 (No 182). March 2026<br /> # Poetry from concrete: Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture. March 2026<br /> # Illuminating stained glass: creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. March 2026.<br /> # A code of practice for slate and stone roofing. February 2026.<br /> # Ten years of Planning Club. February 2026.<br /> # Understanding pitched roofs. February 2026.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Summer 2025. February 2026.<br /> # IHBC planning for growth with corporate plan development. February 2026.<br /> # Too much stuff. February 2026.<br /> # Summoned by bells. February 2026.<br /> # ‎Judicial review regarded a planning permission for a McDonalds restaurant. January 2026.<br /> # A certificate of lawful use or development for solar panels (Ref 3349450). January 2026.<br /> # ‎Impact on a non-designated heritage asset (Ref 3343408)<br /> # The Warm Homes Plan details released. (mention), January 2026.<br /> # PPG updates on brownfield land. January 2026.<br /> # I Patarkatsishvili and Y Hunyak v W Woodward-Fisher. January 2026.<br /> # Old buildings and oligarchs. January 2026.<br /> # Written ministerial statements on planning 2025. January 2026.<br /> # The world of generative AI. January 2026.<br /> # Replacing Brighton Museum's roof lantern. January 2026.<br /> # Nineteenth-century conservation thinking from Ruskin onwards. January 2026.<br /> # The Tenement Revealed: history, design and construction. January 2026.<br /> # Discovering Jane Jacobs. December 2025.<br /> # Heritage Now Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Wayland Young. December 2025.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # SAVE at 50: Celebrating half a century of campaigning. December 2025.<br /> # Dorset Houses: from Bronze Age to 21st century. December 2025.<br /> # John Ashurst: practitioner, writer and educator. December 2025.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places, Vol 4, 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Construction and the autumn Budget 2025 (mention). December 2025.<br /> # Inclusive, values-based conservation to 2008. December 2025.<br /> # The Cottage in Interwar England: class and the picturesque. November 2025.<br /> # St Jude-on-the-Hill Church. November 2025.<br /> # Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 3. November 2025.<br /> # IHBC Parliamentary Briefing launches 5 commitments to help heritage skills in conservation. November 2025.<br /> # The literary food chain. November 2025.<br /> # Chris Topp, heritage blacksmith. November 2025.<br /> # War Memorials Trust Bulletin. November 2025.<br /> # The destruction of the English country house. November 2025.<br /> # Nairn's Liverpool revisited. November 2025.<br /> # Heritage, ageing and wellbeing. October 2025.<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15, No 3 2024. October 2025.<br /> # The Crooked House pub. October 2025.<br /> # Unforgettable gardens: 500 years of historic gardens and landscapes. October 2025.<br /> # Operation Nightingale. October 2025.<br /> # The Georgian Issue 2, 2024. October 2025.<br /> # Between Design and Making: architecture and craftsmanship 1630-1760. October 2025.<br /> # Healing through heritage. October 2025.<br /> # Moulds in historic buildings (repost). October 2025.<br /> # Workplace wellbeing in the heritage sector. September 2025<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 30 Nos 2 and 3 July and November 2024. September 2025<br /> # RIBA Conservation Guide. September 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2024. September 2025<br /> # The IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards. September 2025<br /> # The economics of heritage and wellbeing. September 2025<br /> # Construction History Vol 39, No 2, 2024. September 2025<br /> # Northwold Manor Reborn: architecture, archaeology and restoration of a derelict Norfolk house. September 2025<br /> # Construction Historian Winter 2024-25‎. September 2025<br /> # Wellbeing and heritage: making a difference. Aug 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2024 2. Aug 2025<br /> # Repurposing Empty Spaces a report by Habitat for Humanity. Aug 2025<br /> # IHBC Listed Buildings Prosecutions Database. Aug 2025<br /> # CREATIVE Conservation Fund. Aug 2025<br /> # John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities. Aug 2025<br /> # The Historic Buildings Parks &amp;amp; Gardens Event and Historic Houses (IHBC mention). Aug 2025<br /> # Rex Whistler: the artist and his patrons. July 2025<br /> # Travels with Baedeker. July 2025<br /> # The conservation of post-war housing. July 2025<br /> # In the footsteps of Alec Clifton-Taylor. July 2025<br /> # George Edmund Street. July 2025<br /> # Ebenezer Howard: inventor of the garden city. June 2025<br /> # Researching and restoring Abbotsford's hothouse. June 2025<br /> # A people-first approach to retrofit. June 2025<br /> # ASCHB Transactions Volume 45 2024. June 2025<br /> # Sustainable heating for listed buildings. June 2025<br /> # Venice a lecture by Sir Ashley Clarke. June 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Autumn 2024. June 2025<br /> # Edwin Rickards. May 2025<br /> # The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters. May 2025<br /> # Design and construction industry podcasts (mention). May 2025<br /> # Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland, 1929-1990. May 2025.<br /> # Hidden in plain sight. May 2025.<br /> # Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Villa Wolf in Gubin, history and reconstruction. May 2025.<br /> # The ability to retrofit is important in all areas of life. May 2025.<br /> # The Buildings of the Malting Industry. May 2025<br /> # Connecting people and places with climate impacts. May 2025<br /> # British Architectural Sculpture 1851-1951. April 2025<br /> # Blue plaques. April 2025<br /> # The architectural use of wood and coal tar in England. April 2025<br /> # Interwar: British architecture 1919-39. April 2025<br /> # ‎Prefabs at Wake Green Road in Moseley. April 2025<br /> # IHBC Stress Awareness Month; Heritage Staff wellbeing at work survey. April 2025<br /> # Heritage Now No 9 Summer 2024. April 2025<br /> # Georgian Group Journal 2024‎. April 2025<br /> # The maintenance challenge of urban housing in Scotland. April 2025<br /> # Gentrification in London. March 2025<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places 2024. March 2025<br /> # Planning and Infrastructure bill (mention in response). March 2025<br /> # Saving DH Lawrence's birthplace. March 2025<br /> # The Georgian No 1, 2024. March 2025<br /> # The revival of urban council housing. March 2025<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15 No 2 2024. March 2025<br /> # Attending a conservation training course, personal account (mention). March 2025<br /> # Restoring Alexander Pope's Grotto. March 2025.<br /> # Heritage building skills and live-site training. February 2025<br /> # The battle for Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 2. February 2025<br /> # Developing the UK world heritage tentative list. February 2025<br /> # Heritage, industry and slavery. February 2025<br /> # Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire. February 2025<br /> # Bats in churches. February 2025<br /> # Heritage management plans and historic landscapes. February 2025<br /> # Don't take British stone for granted. February 2025<br /> # Alexander Ross: the remarkable story of a Highland architect. February 2025<br /> # Birkenhead Park. January 2025<br /> # The Construction Historian Issue 13 Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Saving traditional orchards. January 2025<br /> # Building with flint. January 2025<br /> # The heritage of urban trees. January 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Shaping the Northern Forest. January 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2023 2‎. January 2025<br /> # Journeys in Industrious England. December 2024<br /> # Life and death at Highgate Cemetery. December 2024<br /> # Value transitions between heritage and nature. December 2024<br /> # Heritage Now No 8 Spring 2024. December 2024<br /> # Historic digital survey: Conservation in the age of the fourth (digital) industrial revolution. December 2024<br /> # Shaping the future of heritage: Embracing the evolution of economic thinking. December 2024<br /> # Heritage development trusts' top tips. December 2024<br /> # ‎Heritage conservation and the triple bottom line. November 2024<br /> # Climate action: Comfort is a crucial missing piece of the puzzle. November 2024<br /> # 60th Jubilee History of Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust and 30th Jubilee History of BEAMS. November 2024<br /> # Connecting conservation research and practice with IHBC. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Boundaries and networks. October 2024‎<br /> # 178a High Road, Leytonstone. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎The Mill, Craven Arms, SY7 9DT. October 2024‎<br /> # Mill Hall, Lancaster. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land south-east of the Manor House, Riding Mill. October 2024‎<br /> # Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530 - 1830. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land east of Knowle Lane, Cranleigh. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎R v Evetts. October 2024‎<br /> # [[Simmonds,_R_(on_the_application_of)_v_Venture_Properties_Group_and_Ors_(2023)_EWHC_2217_(KB)_(15_September_2023)|‎Simmonds, R (on the application of) v Venture Properties Group and Ors (2023) EWHC 2217]]. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Mill Road Free Library. October 2024‎<br /> # This is Architecture: writing on buildings. October 2024‎<br /> # Nairn's Manchester revisited. October 2024‎<br /> # Reading Ruskin's Cultural Heritage: conservation and transformation. October 2024‎<br /> # Union Chain Bridge. October 2024‎<br /> # Construction History Vol 38, No 2, 2023. October 2024‎<br /> # New HES national centre for traditional building retrofit. October 2024‎<br /> # Traditional Brickwork: construction, repair and maintenance. September 2024‎<br /> # Regeneration in Carlisle. September 2024‎<br /> # APT Bulletin. September 2024‎<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII No 4 2023. September 2024‎<br /> # Bastles. September 2024‎<br /> # Georgian Group Newsletter (No 2, 2023). September 2024‎<br /> # Cumbria's vernacular architecture and Hadrian's Wall. September 2024‎<br /> # What happened to Hadrian's Wall? August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall Path and the national trails. August 2024‎<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2023. August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall from end to end. August 2024‎<br /> # Brighton Dome reopens. August 2024‎<br /> # Secured by Design for historic buildings. August 2024‎<br /> # IHBC launches affiliate fast-track pilot for local authority conservation staff. August 2024‎<br /> # Brittany. August 2024<br /> # Application for planning permission for the Marks and Spencer building, Orchard House, Oxford Street, London. July 2024<br /> # ‎Kazalbash v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the London Borough of Hillingdon Council. July 2024<br /> # Crooked House, Himley. July 2024Cycling exploration. July 2024<br /> # Listing Glasgow's Kingston Bridge. July 2024<br /> # Conservation and the Indian City: bridging the gap. July 2024<br /> # Reversibility in conservation ethics. July 2024<br /> # High Street: how our centres can bounce back from the retail crisis. July 2024<br /> # Clovelly. July 2024<br /> # Building for Change: the architecture of creative reuse. June 2024<br /> # Solar panels and listed structures. June 2024<br /> # Bulletin of the War Memorials Trust. June 2024<br /> # Tithe barns.June 2024<br /> # Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 2 and 3, 2023. June 2024<br /> # Urban fringe. May 2024.<br /> # The Victorian No 73 July 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Rural buildings at risk. May 2024.<br /> # Construction Historian Issue 12 Summer 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Understanding vernacular architecture. May 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine autumn 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Conserving our tree heritage in a time of climate crisis. March 2024.<br /> # Guidance on RAAC in Listed Buildings (mention). March 2024.<br /> # Overheating buildings: learning from the past. March 2024.<br /> # The conversion of St Luke's church in Cwmbwrla. March 2024.<br /> # IHBC launches climate change hub. March 2024.<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism (repost for Women's history month). March 2024.<br /> # The Historic Environment: policy and practice Vol 14, No 2, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Construction History Vol 38, No 1, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 1, March 2023. March 2024.<br /> # The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire. March 2024.<br /> # Upgrading metal windows for thermal comfort. February 2024.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places Vol 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Vitrolite. February 2024.<br /> # Heritage Now Issue 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Revaluing Modern Architecture: changing conservation culture. February 2024.<br /> # The wrought-iron greenhouse at Felton Park. February 2024.<br /> # Ordinary people in stained glass. January 2024.<br /> # Georgian Arcadia: architecture for the park and garden. January 2024.<br /> # Conserving Canterbury Cathedral's Great South Window. January 2024.<br /> # The Georgian, Issue 1, 2023. January 2024.<br /> # The history of glass in the UK and Ireland. January 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine summer 2023. January 2024.<br /> # Artificial intelligence and real stupidity. December 2023.<br /> # Ian Wray. December 2023.<br /> # IHBC charter petition. December 2023.<br /> # Planning decision to allow photovoltaic panels on the roof of King's College Chapel. December 2023.<br /> # Painting in Stone: architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the enlightenment. December 2023.<br /> # The history of Tower Hamlets. December 2023.<br /> # Donald Buttress. December 2023.<br /> # Grimsby's Kasbah. December 2023.<br /> # 2023 Autumn Statement in brief with reactions (IHBC mention). November 2023.<br /> # Where is the data on listed buildings? November 2023.<br /> # Consultation on joint Conservation Professional Practice Principles. November 2023.<br /> # London brick by brick. November 2023.<br /> # Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. November 2023.<br /> # Jodrell Bank. October 2023.<br /> # Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. October 2023.<br /> # Holy Houses: places of worship in twentieth-century Britain. October 2023.<br /> # IHBC updates competence descriptors. October 2023.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2023. October 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, March 2023 (No 72). October 2023.<br /> # World Heritage in the UK. October 2023.<br /> # #The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, Nos 2–3, 2022. October 2023.<br /> # Britain's industrial heritage. October 2023.<br /> # World heritage status for Odesa. October 2023.<br /> # Guest Editor Seán O'Reilly Director of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation‎. September 2023.<br /> # Introducing the IHBC Heritage Marketplace. September 2023.<br /> # RAAC causes temporary closure of St Davids Hall. September 2023.<br /> # Historic England carbon literacy training courses. September 2023.<br /> # IHBC welcomes September Heritage Open Days. September 2023.<br /> # Seeing things differently. August 2023.<br /> # Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences from the Seaside Heritage Network. August 2023.<br /> # Heritage Research Award 2023. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. (repost). August 2023.<br /> # Piercefield Park. August 2023.<br /> # Community groups involvement in heritage regeneration. August 2023.<br /> # Jaywick Sand. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. August 2023.<br /> # Conservation skills training in a Norwich church. July 2023.<br /> # Boston's pubs. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Boston. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Southend-on-sea. July 2023.<br /> # Supporting Norfolk's churches. July 2023.<br /> # Lowestoft's heritage action zones. July 2023.<br /> # Orford Ness: resolving a landscape in conflict. July 2023.<br /> # UNESCO World Heritage Status tentative list. July 2023.<br /> # A Bittersweet Heritage: slavery, architecture and the British landscape. June 2023<br /> # The Red House in Aldeburgh. June 2023<br /> # Conserving Great Yarmouth's cultural heritage. May 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, No 71, November 2022. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 winners announced. May 2023.<br /> # Dawn Bowden to address 2023 IHBC Day School. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Heritage MarketPlace 2023. May 2023.<br /> # The effigy of Blanche Mortimer. April 2023.<br /> # The Blower Foundation. April 2023.<br /> # IHBC Research for Practice Digest (RfP). April 2023.<br /> # A Life of Industry: the photography of John R Hume. April 2023.<br /> # Conservation in South Georgia. April 2023.<br /> # Essential urban design. April 2023<br /> # A short history of good ideas. April 2023<br /> # HESPR: the impartial way. March 2023<br /> # Georgian Group Journal. March 2023<br /> # Economically, environmentally and socially sustainable places that support built and historic environment conservation. March 2023<br /> # Updating Conservation Professional Practice Principles. March 2023<br /> # ‎Journal of Historic Buildings and Places. March 2023<br /> # The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conservation, Places and People. March 2023<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, No 1, 2022. March 2023<br /> # Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'. March 2023<br /> # Energy Security Strategy and heritage. March 2023<br /> # Johannes Kip. February 2023.<br /> # IHBC at 25, where it came from, how it has evolved and where it might go. February 2023.<br /> # Moseley School of Art. February 2023.<br /> # Diversity and inclusion in conservation training. 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<p>Designing Buildings: Protected &quot;Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))</p> <hr /> <div>The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage and late-20th-century architecture.<br /> <br /> {|<br /> |width=&quot;100%&quot;| [[File:Sainsbury Wing.jpg]]<br /> |-<br /> | The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing seen from Trafalgar Square. The brief was to improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance, and reassert the wing as the gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity. (Photo by Edmund Sumner, copyright the National Gallery, London)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> = Introduction =<br /> <br /> In the ever-evolving lexicon of heritage conservation, few buildings have so acutely tested our definitions of ‘significance’, ‘authorship’ and ‘adaptation’ as the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery. As the landmark postmodern building reopens after a sensitive refurbishment by Selldorf Architects and Purcell, it invites a timely reappraisal, not only of its own legacy, but of the broader place of postmodernism in the UK’s architectural heritage landscape.<br /> <br /> Post-modern architecture, along with the concurrent hi-tech buildings that emerged from the discontents of late-modernism, are the styles currently under review as ‘historic’. There are a significant number of buildings of both styles now listed, ranging from cultural projects to offices and from university buildings to houses.<br /> <br /> Listing brings heritage protection but until changes are proposed, no listed building faces the challenges of conservation. The Sainsbury Wing, listed in 2018 at Grade I and one of the first postmodern buildings to be designated, sits therefore at the vanguard of conservation. The Sainsbury Wing is a test case, one that will inform and shape our future conservation approaches to the buildings of the recent past.<br /> <br /> = From outlier to icon =<br /> <br /> Commissioned in the aftermath of a contentious planning row in the 1980s, the Sainsbury Wing was designed by American architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, leading figures of the postmodern movement. Their design responded pointedly to the context of Trafalgar Square, simultaneously referencing and subverting classical forms with wit and intellectual rigour.<br /> <br /> Constructed in 1988–91, the building was conceived as a distinct entrance and gallery suite for the National Gallery’s early renaissance paintings. It was, from the beginning, a building of contradictions: historically referential yet playfully irreverent, hierarchical in plan yet democratic in its planning ideology. Unlike the modernist orthodoxy it rejected, it aimed to be legible, accessible, even inviting.<br /> <br /> But by the 2010s, the Sainsbury Wing was showing its age – not materially, but functionally. Visitors struggled with its layout and lobby experience, and the demands of contemporary museum operation outstripped what the original plan could deliver. A range of new, well-meaning but ultimately unsympathetic additions in the form of desks and signage sought to paper the functional difficulties. Following the necessity to use the building as the main entrance to the National Gallery, it was clear that the building required sensitive adaptation. But how does one intervene in a structure whose very identity is defined by complexity and contradiction?<br /> <br /> = Assessing significance =<br /> <br /> The 2018 listing of the Sainsbury Wing was a pivotal moment, both for the building and for postmodern architecture more broadly. This was not a reactive designation, but a proactive recognition of cultural and architectural value. Postmodern buildings pose distinct challenges to conventional heritage frameworks. They are often deliberately hybrid in style, layered in meaning, and full of visual irony. In the UK, their expression diverged from the playful commercialism seen in the US. The Sainsbury Wing stood in contrast with contemporaneous UK projects like Canary Wharf, Chelsea Harbour and Broadgate – large-scale developments that exemplified the commercial optimism and populist gestures of 1980s planning. Unlike these, the Sainsbury Wing carries a kind of intellectual seriousness that elevates it beyond pastiche.<br /> <br /> This distinction makes conservation all the more vital. Unlike more prolific modernist typologies, works by Venturi and Scott Brown are rare in Europe – the Sainsbury Wing being their only realised project here in the UK. Its significance lies not only in design, but also in authorship. As such, conservation approaches must honour this legacy, not erase or sanitise it.<br /> <br /> = Adapting the inadaptable =<br /> <br /> The refurbishment project, led by Selldorf Architects with Purcell as executive and heritage architect, was guided by a deep respect for the original design but also by pragmatism. The brief was clear: improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance and reassert the Sainsbury Wing as the National Gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity.<br /> <br /> One of the project’s thorniest challenges lay in the lobby. The space had always struggled to fulfil its functional demands. A low ceiling, dictated by the elevation constraints of the adjoining Wilkins building, created an oppressive first impression. The lobby had to support multiple overlapping uses – reception, circulation, retail and access to galleries and lecture theatres – making the spatial experience confusing and cluttered.<br /> <br /> The conservation team’s approach was not to erase these complexities but to work within them. New interventions, such as improved lighting and wayfinding, clarify the sequence of arrival without fundamentally altering the fabric. The ceiling remains low, but the experience is lifted, literally and metaphorically, by a better integration of services and a more generous treatment of materials. This approach speaks to a broader conservation philosophy: that heritage is not about freezing a building in time, but allowing it to function and evolve. Understanding the purpose of the building is central. The Sainsbury Wing exists to present art and the conservation must support that primary function. This meant reconfiguring circulation and public spaces to meet contemporary expectations, while preserving key architectural elements that define its identity.<br /> <br /> = Authorship, rarity and context =<br /> <br /> Venturi and Scott Brown’s architectural language has often divided opinion. To some, their work is postmodern theatre – all facade and flourish. But such critiques underestimate the complexity of their spatial compositions. The Sainsbury Wing is not just a backdrop for paintings; it is a carefully choreographed experience of movement, sightlines and human scale. This experiential quality reinforces the building’s significance. Its design deliberately frames and guides the visitor’s journey, inviting moments of pause, perspective and reflection. These are not incidental features but intrinsic to the architecture’s meaning. Conserving the building, therefore, requires more than material repair: it demands an understanding of how the architecture behaves and how people experience it.<br /> <br /> Moreover, the wing’s location on Trafalgar Square amplifies its heritage value. This is not a hidden gem but a highly visible statement, one that has shaped public debate about architecture for over three decades. The Sainsbury Wing’s listing is not just about architectural form but also about cultural significance: its role in lifting public discourse, challenging taste and making architecture more accessible.<br /> <br /> = Democratisation =<br /> <br /> One of the less discussed but crucial aspects of postmodern architecture is its connection to the democratisation of planning. The postmodern wave coincided with a shift towards making architecture more relatable. Unlike the utopian modernist projects of earlier decades, postmodernism embraced the vernacular, the symbolic and the recognisable. This ethos is reflected in the Sainsbury Wing’s composition. Its facade speaks the language of classicism – columns, pediments, rustication – but with knowing distortion. It acknowledges its context while refusing to imitate it. In doing so, it invites the public to engage with architectural ideas, rather than simply to admire or endure them.<br /> <br /> Such public legibility was rare in museum architecture at the time. The Sainsbury Wing arguably paved the way for more open, less hierarchical cultural spaces – places where art is encountered with a sense of agency and ease. This vision remains central to its conservation.<br /> <br /> = Evolving significance =<br /> <br /> As more postmodern buildings reach the age of eligibility for listing, the conservation sector faces a new set of challenges. These buildings often come with contested reputations, experimental materials and complex intentions. Yet, as the Sainsbury Wing shows, their significance only deepens with time. Historic England’s role in identifying and listing such structures has been crucial. The relative lack of controversy around postmodern listings – in contrast to brutalist buildings, for instance – suggests a growing appreciation for the movement’s contribution. Significance is not static. Buildings like the Sainsbury Wing must continue to evolve if they are to remain relevant. Conservation, therefore, must be dynamic, preserving not only fabric but meaning.<br /> <br /> The success of the Sainsbury Wing’s refurbishment demonstrates that this is possible. Through careful research, creative adaptation and a commitment to the building’s original spirit, the project team has shown how even the most stylistically specific architecture can be future-proofed. The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage in the UK. It affirms that buildings of recent origin, with complex architectural voices, deserve the same care and rigour as older monuments. It also challenges us to refine our conservation approaches – to embrace contradiction, celebrate complexity and protect the pluralism that defines late-20th-century architecture.<br /> <br /> In preserving and adapting the Sainsbury Wing, we are not merely conserving a building, we are safeguarding a moment in architectural thought, a distinct cultural sensibility and a public dialogue that remains as relevant today as it was in 1991.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Alasdair Travers, a design partner and Jon Wright a 20th-century heritage consultant, both with Purcell.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * British Museum WCEC.<br /> * CIBSE Case Study Sainsbury's.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * J. Sainsbury plc v Broadway Malyan and Ernest Green Partnership Ltd.<br /> * Listing of Sainsbury's supermarket in Camden Town.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Projects_and_case_studies]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

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<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage and late-20th-century architecture.<br /> <br /> {|<br /> |width=&quot;100%&quot;| [[File:Sainsbury Wing.jpg]]<br /> |-<br /> | The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing seen from Trafalgar Square. The brief was to improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance, and reassert the wing as the gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity. (Photo by Edmund Sumner, copyright the National Gallery, London)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> = Introduction =<br /> <br /> In the ever-evolving lexicon of heritage conservation, few buildings have so acutely tested our definitions of ‘significance’, ‘authorship’ and ‘adaptation’ as the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery. As the landmark postmodern building reopens after a sensitive refurbishment by Selldorf Architects and Purcell, it invites a timely reappraisal, not only of its own legacy, but of the broader place of postmodernism in the UK’s architectural heritage landscape.<br /> <br /> Post-modern architecture, along with the concurrent hi-tech buildings that emerged from the discontents of late-modernism, are the styles currently under review as ‘historic’. There are a significant number of buildings of both styles now listed, ranging from cultural projects to offices and from university buildings to houses.<br /> <br /> Listing brings heritage protection but until changes are proposed, no listed building faces the challenges of conservation. The Sainsbury Wing, listed in 2018 at Grade I and one of the first postmodern buildings to be designated, sits therefore at the vanguard of conservation. The Sainsbury Wing is a test case, one that will inform and shape our future conservation approaches to the buildings of the recent past.<br /> <br /> = From outlier to icon =<br /> <br /> Commissioned in the aftermath of a contentious planning row in the 1980s, the Sainsbury Wing was designed by American architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, leading figures of the postmodern movement. Their design responded pointedly to the context of Trafalgar Square, simultaneously referencing and subverting classical forms with wit and intellectual rigour.<br /> <br /> Constructed in 1988–91, the building was conceived as a distinct entrance and gallery suite for the National Gallery’s early renaissance paintings. It was, from the beginning, a building of contradictions: historically referential yet playfully irreverent, hierarchical in plan yet democratic in its planning ideology. Unlike the modernist orthodoxy it rejected, it aimed to be legible, accessible, even inviting.<br /> <br /> But by the 2010s, the Sainsbury Wing was showing its age – not materially, but functionally. Visitors struggled with its layout and lobby experience, and the demands of contemporary museum operation outstripped what the original plan could deliver. A range of new, well-meaning but ultimately unsympathetic additions in the form of desks and signage sought to paper the functional difficulties. Following the necessity to use the building as the main entrance to the National Gallery, it was clear that the building required sensitive adaptation. But how does one intervene in a structure whose very identity is defined by complexity and contradiction?<br /> <br /> = Assessing significance =<br /> <br /> The 2018 listing of the Sainsbury Wing was a pivotal moment, both for the building and for postmodern architecture more broadly. This was not a reactive designation, but a proactive recognition of cultural and architectural value. Postmodern buildings pose distinct challenges to conventional heritage frameworks. They are often deliberately hybrid in style, layered in meaning, and full of visual irony. In the UK, their expression diverged from the playful commercialism seen in the US. The Sainsbury Wing stood in contrast with contemporaneous UK projects like Canary Wharf, Chelsea Harbour and Broadgate – large-scale developments that exemplified the commercial optimism and populist gestures of 1980s planning. Unlike these, the Sainsbury Wing carries a kind of intellectual seriousness that elevates it beyond pastiche.<br /> <br /> This distinction makes conservation all the more vital. Unlike more prolific modernist typologies, works by Venturi and Scott Brown are rare in Europe – the Sainsbury Wing being their only realised project here in the UK. Its significance lies not only in design, but also in authorship. As such, conservation approaches must honour this legacy, not erase or sanitise it.<br /> <br /> = Adapting the inadaptable =<br /> <br /> The refurbishment project, led by Selldorf Architects with Purcell as executive and heritage architect, was guided by a deep respect for the original design but also by pragmatism. The brief was clear: improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance and reassert the Sainsbury Wing as the National Gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity.<br /> <br /> One of the project’s thorniest challenges lay in the lobby. The space had always struggled to fulfil its functional demands. A low ceiling, dictated by the elevation constraints of the adjoining Wilkins building, created an oppressive first impression. The lobby had to support multiple overlapping uses – reception, circulation, retail and access to galleries and lecture theatres – making the spatial experience confusing and cluttered.<br /> <br /> The conservation team’s approach was not to erase these complexities but to work within them. New interventions, such as improved lighting and wayfinding, clarify the sequence of arrival without fundamentally altering the fabric. The ceiling remains low, but the experience is lifted, literally and metaphorically, by a better integration of services and a more generous treatment of materials. This approach speaks to a broader conservation philosophy: that heritage is not about freezing a building in time, but allowing it to function and evolve. Understanding the purpose of the building is central. The Sainsbury Wing exists to present art and the conservation must support that primary function. This meant reconfiguring circulation and public spaces to meet contemporary expectations, while preserving key architectural elements that define its identity.<br /> <br /> = Authorship, rarity and context =<br /> <br /> Venturi and Scott Brown’s architectural language has often divided opinion. To some, their work is postmodern theatre – all facade and flourish. But such critiques underestimate the complexity of their spatial compositions. The Sainsbury Wing is not just a backdrop for paintings; it is a carefully choreographed experience of movement, sightlines and human scale. This experiential quality reinforces the building’s significance. Its design deliberately frames and guides the visitor’s journey, inviting moments of pause, perspective and reflection. These are not incidental features but intrinsic to the architecture’s meaning. Conserving the building, therefore, requires more than material repair: it demands an understanding of how the architecture behaves and how people experience it.<br /> <br /> Moreover, the wing’s location on Trafalgar Square amplifies its heritage value. This is not a hidden gem but a highly visible statement, one that has shaped public debate about architecture for over three decades. The Sainsbury Wing’s listing is not just about architectural form but also about cultural significance: its role in lifting public discourse, challenging taste and making architecture more accessible.<br /> <br /> = Democratisation =<br /> <br /> One of the less discussed but crucial aspects of postmodern architecture is its connection to the democratisation of planning. The postmodern wave coincided with a shift towards making architecture more relatable. Unlike the utopian modernist projects of earlier decades, postmodernism embraced the vernacular, the symbolic and the recognisable. This ethos is reflected in the Sainsbury Wing’s composition. Its facade speaks the language of classicism – columns, pediments, rustication – but with knowing distortion. It acknowledges its context while refusing to imitate it. In doing so, it invites the public to engage with architectural ideas, rather than simply to admire or endure them.<br /> <br /> Such public legibility was rare in museum architecture at the time. The Sainsbury Wing arguably paved the way for more open, less hierarchical cultural spaces – places where art is encountered with a sense of agency and ease. This vision remains central to its conservation.<br /> <br /> = Evolving significance =<br /> <br /> As more postmodern buildings reach the age of eligibility for listing, the conservation sector faces a new set of challenges. These buildings often come with contested reputations, experimental materials and complex intentions. Yet, as the Sainsbury Wing shows, their significance only deepens with time. Historic England’s role in identifying and listing such structures has been crucial. The relative lack of controversy around postmodern listings – in contrast to brutalist buildings, for instance – suggests a growing appreciation for the movement’s contribution. Significance is not static. Buildings like the Sainsbury Wing must continue to evolve if they are to remain relevant. Conservation, therefore, must be dynamic, preserving not only fabric but meaning.<br /> <br /> The success of the Sainsbury Wing’s refurbishment demonstrates that this is possible. Through careful research, creative adaptation and a commitment to the building’s original spirit, the project team has shown how even the most stylistically specific architecture can be future-proofed. The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage in the UK. It affirms that buildings of recent origin, with complex architectural voices, deserve the same care and rigour as older monuments. It also challenges us to refine our conservation approaches – to embrace contradiction, celebrate complexity and protect the pluralism that defines late-20th-century architecture.<br /> <br /> In preserving and adapting the Sainsbury Wing, we are not merely conserving a building, we are safeguarding a moment in architectural thought, a distinct cultural sensibility and a public dialogue that remains as relevant today as it was in 1991.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Alasdair Travers, a design partner and Jon Wright a 20th-century heritage consultant, both with Purcell.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * British Museum WCEC.<br /> * CIBSE Case Study Sainsbury's.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * J. Sainsbury plc v Broadway Malyan and Ernest Green Partnership Ltd.<br /> * Listing of Sainsbury's supermarket in Camden Town.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Projects_and_case_studies]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

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<p>Designing Buildings: The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing seen from Trafalgar Square. The brief was to improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance, and reassert the wing as the gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern </p> <hr /> <div>The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing seen from Trafalgar Square. The brief was to improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance, and reassert the wing as the gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity. (Photo by Edmund Sumner, copyright the National Gallery, London) Source: ‘Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Alasdair Travers, a design partner and Jon Wright a 20th-century heritage consultant, both with Purcell. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

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<p>Designing Buildings: The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing seen from Trafalgar Square. The brief was to improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance, and reassert the wing as the gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern </p> <hr /> <div>The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing seen from Trafalgar Square. The brief was to improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance, and reassert the wing as the gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity. (Photo by Edmund Sumner, copyright the National Gallery, London) Source: ‘Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Alasdair Travers, a design partner and Jon Wright a 20th-century heritage consultant, both with Purcell. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

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<p>Designing Buildings: Created page with &quot;The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage and late-20th-century architecture. = Intr...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage and late-20th-century architecture.<br /> <br /> = Introduction =<br /> <br /> In the ever-evolving lexicon of heritage conservation, few buildings have so acutely tested our definitions of ‘significance’, ‘authorship’ and ‘adaptation’ as the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery. As the landmark postmodern building reopens after a sensitive refurbishment by Selldorf Architects and Purcell, it invites a timely reappraisal, not only of its own legacy, but of the broader place of postmodernism in the UK’s architectural heritage landscape.<br /> <br /> Post-modern architecture, along with the concurrent hi-tech buildings that emerged from the discontents of late-modernism, are the styles currently under review as ‘historic’. There are a significant number of buildings of both styles now listed, ranging from cultural projects to offices and from university buildings to houses.<br /> <br /> Listing brings heritage protection but until changes are proposed, no listed building faces the challenges of conservation. The Sainsbury Wing, listed in 2018 at Grade I and one of the first postmodern buildings to be designated, sits therefore at the vanguard of conservation. The Sainsbury Wing is a test case, one that will inform and shape our future conservation approaches to the buildings of the recent past.<br /> <br /> = From outlier to icon =<br /> <br /> Commissioned in the aftermath of a contentious planning row in the 1980s, the Sainsbury Wing was designed by American architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, leading figures of the postmodern movement. Their design responded pointedly to the context of Trafalgar Square, simultaneously referencing and subverting classical forms with wit and intellectual rigour.<br /> <br /> Constructed in 1988–91, the building was conceived as a distinct entrance and gallery suite for the National Gallery’s early renaissance paintings. It was, from the beginning, a building of contradictions: historically referential yet playfully irreverent, hierarchical in plan yet democratic in its planning ideology. Unlike the modernist orthodoxy it rejected, it aimed to be legible, accessible, even inviting.<br /> <br /> But by the 2010s, the Sainsbury Wing was showing its age – not materially, but functionally. Visitors struggled with its layout and lobby experience, and the demands of contemporary museum operation outstripped what the original plan could deliver. A range of new, well-meaning but ultimately unsympathetic additions in the form of desks and signage sought to paper the functional difficulties. Following the necessity to use the building as the main entrance to the National Gallery, it was clear that the building required sensitive adaptation. But how does one intervene in a structure whose very identity is defined by complexity and contradiction?<br /> <br /> = Assessing significance =<br /> <br /> The 2018 listing of the Sainsbury Wing was a pivotal moment, both for the building and for postmodern architecture more broadly. This was not a reactive designation, but a proactive recognition of cultural and architectural value. Postmodern buildings pose distinct challenges to conventional heritage frameworks. They are often deliberately hybrid in style, layered in meaning, and full of visual irony. In the UK, their expression diverged from the playful commercialism seen in the US. The Sainsbury Wing stood in contrast with contemporaneous UK projects like Canary Wharf, Chelsea Harbour and Broadgate – large-scale developments that exemplified the commercial optimism and populist gestures of 1980s planning. Unlike these, the Sainsbury Wing carries a kind of intellectual seriousness that elevates it beyond pastiche.<br /> <br /> This distinction makes conservation all the more vital. Unlike more prolific modernist typologies, works by Venturi and Scott Brown are rare in Europe – the Sainsbury Wing being their only realised project here in the UK. Its significance lies not only in design, but also in authorship. As such, conservation approaches must honour this legacy, not erase or sanitise it.<br /> <br /> = Adapting the inadaptable =<br /> <br /> The refurbishment project, led by Selldorf Architects with Purcell as executive and heritage architect, was guided by a deep respect for the original design but also by pragmatism. The brief was clear: improve the visitor experience, enhance access and environmental performance and reassert the Sainsbury Wing as the National Gallery’s main entrance, all without compromising its postmodern identity.<br /> <br /> One of the project’s thorniest challenges lay in the lobby. The space had always struggled to fulfil its functional demands. A low ceiling, dictated by the elevation constraints of the adjoining Wilkins building, created an oppressive first impression. The lobby had to support multiple overlapping uses – reception, circulation, retail and access to galleries and lecture theatres – making the spatial experience confusing and cluttered.<br /> <br /> The conservation team’s approach was not to erase these complexities but to work within them. New interventions, such as improved lighting and wayfinding, clarify the sequence of arrival without fundamentally altering the fabric. The ceiling remains low, but the experience is lifted, literally and metaphorically, by a better integration of services and a more generous treatment of materials. This approach speaks to a broader conservation philosophy: that heritage is not about freezing a building in time, but allowing it to function and evolve. Understanding the purpose of the building is central. The Sainsbury Wing exists to present art and the conservation must support that primary function. This meant reconfiguring circulation and public spaces to meet contemporary expectations, while preserving key architectural elements that define its identity.<br /> <br /> = Authorship, rarity and context =<br /> <br /> Venturi and Scott Brown’s architectural language has often divided opinion. To some, their work is postmodern theatre – all facade and flourish. But such critiques underestimate the complexity of their spatial compositions. The Sainsbury Wing is not just a backdrop for paintings; it is a carefully choreographed experience of movement, sightlines and human scale. This experiential quality reinforces the building’s significance. Its design deliberately frames and guides the visitor’s journey, inviting moments of pause, perspective and reflection. These are not incidental features but intrinsic to the architecture’s meaning. Conserving the building, therefore, requires more than material repair: it demands an understanding of how the architecture behaves and how people experience it.<br /> <br /> Moreover, the wing’s location on Trafalgar Square amplifies its heritage value. This is not a hidden gem but a highly visible statement, one that has shaped public debate about architecture for over three decades. The Sainsbury Wing’s listing is not just about architectural form but also about cultural significance: its role in lifting public discourse, challenging taste and making architecture more accessible.<br /> <br /> = Democratisation =<br /> <br /> One of the less discussed but crucial aspects of postmodern architecture is its connection to the democratisation of planning. The postmodern wave coincided with a shift towards making architecture more relatable. Unlike the utopian modernist projects of earlier decades, postmodernism embraced the vernacular, the symbolic and the recognisable. This ethos is reflected in the Sainsbury Wing’s composition. Its facade speaks the language of classicism – columns, pediments, rustication – but with knowing distortion. It acknowledges its context while refusing to imitate it. In doing so, it invites the public to engage with architectural ideas, rather than simply to admire or endure them.<br /> <br /> Such public legibility was rare in museum architecture at the time. The Sainsbury Wing arguably paved the way for more open, less hierarchical cultural spaces – places where art is encountered with a sense of agency and ease. This vision remains central to its conservation.<br /> <br /> = Evolving significance =<br /> <br /> As more postmodern buildings reach the age of eligibility for listing, the conservation sector faces a new set of challenges. These buildings often come with contested reputations, experimental materials and complex intentions. Yet, as the Sainsbury Wing shows, their significance only deepens with time. Historic England’s role in identifying and listing such structures has been crucial. The relative lack of controversy around postmodern listings – in contrast to brutalist buildings, for instance – suggests a growing appreciation for the movement’s contribution. Significance is not static. Buildings like the Sainsbury Wing must continue to evolve if they are to remain relevant. Conservation, therefore, must be dynamic, preserving not only fabric but meaning.<br /> <br /> The success of the Sainsbury Wing’s refurbishment demonstrates that this is possible. Through careful research, creative adaptation and a commitment to the building’s original spirit, the project team has shown how even the most stylistically specific architecture can be future-proofed. The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it is a landmark moment for postmodern heritage in the UK. It affirms that buildings of recent origin, with complex architectural voices, deserve the same care and rigour as older monuments. It also challenges us to refine our conservation approaches – to embrace contradiction, celebrate complexity and protect the pluralism that defines late-20th-century architecture.<br /> <br /> In preserving and adapting the Sainsbury Wing, we are not merely conserving a building, we are safeguarding a moment in architectural thought, a distinct cultural sensibility and a public dialogue that remains as relevant today as it was in 1991.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Alasdair Travers, a design partner and Jon Wright a 20th-century heritage consultant, both with Purcell.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * British Museum WCEC.<br /> * CIBSE Case Study Sainsbury's.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * J. Sainsbury plc v Broadway Malyan and Ernest Green Partnership Ltd.<br /> * Listing of Sainsbury's supermarket in Camden Town.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Projects_and_case_studies]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

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<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a list of articles on Conservation Wiki that were created by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), and the date that they were added to Conservation Wiki.<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> # The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb. April 2026<br /> # Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century. April 2026<br /> # Called-in decision Ref 23/00612/FUL (NOD-390-001). April 2026<br /> # Planning appeal summaries 2025. April 2026<br /> # Anesco Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Anor. April 2026<br /> # Successful solar generation in the historic environment. April 2026<br /> # Heritage Now, No 12, Summer 2025. April 2026<br /> # A carbon case for indigenous slate. April 2026<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 16, No 1, 2025. April 2026<br /> # ‎The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture. March 2026<br /> # Georgian Group Journal Vol XXXIII, 2025. March 2026<br /> # The Georgian Issue 1, 2025. March 2026<br /> # C20, No 1 2025. March 2026<br /> # IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners. March 2026<br /> # The Royal Pavilion Brighton: a Regency palace of colour and sensation. March 2026<br /> # ‎Reslating an ancient water mill. March 2026<br /> # Mills News, April 2025 (No 182). March 2026<br /> # Poetry from concrete: Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture. March 2026<br /> # Illuminating stained glass: creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. March 2026.<br /> # A code of practice for slate and stone roofing. February 2026.<br /> # Ten years of Planning Club. February 2026.<br /> # Understanding pitched roofs. February 2026.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Summer 2025. February 2026.<br /> # IHBC planning for growth with corporate plan development. February 2026.<br /> # Too much stuff. February 2026.<br /> # Summoned by bells. February 2026.<br /> # ‎Judicial review regarded a planning permission for a McDonalds restaurant. January 2026.<br /> # A certificate of lawful use or development for solar panels (Ref 3349450). January 2026.<br /> # ‎Impact on a non-designated heritage asset (Ref 3343408)<br /> # The Warm Homes Plan details released. (mention), January 2026.<br /> # PPG updates on brownfield land. January 2026.<br /> # I Patarkatsishvili and Y Hunyak v W Woodward-Fisher. January 2026.<br /> # Old buildings and oligarchs. January 2026.<br /> # Written ministerial statements on planning 2025. January 2026.<br /> # The world of generative AI. January 2026.<br /> # Replacing Brighton Museum's roof lantern. January 2026.<br /> # Nineteenth-century conservation thinking from Ruskin onwards. January 2026.<br /> # The Tenement Revealed: history, design and construction. January 2026.<br /> # Discovering Jane Jacobs. December 2025.<br /> # Heritage Now Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Wayland Young. December 2025.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # SAVE at 50: Celebrating half a century of campaigning. December 2025.<br /> # Dorset Houses: from Bronze Age to 21st century. December 2025.<br /> # John Ashurst: practitioner, writer and educator. December 2025.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places, Vol 4, 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Construction and the autumn Budget 2025 (mention). December 2025.<br /> # Inclusive, values-based conservation to 2008. December 2025.<br /> # The Cottage in Interwar England: class and the picturesque. November 2025.<br /> # St Jude-on-the-Hill Church. November 2025.<br /> # Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 3. November 2025.<br /> # IHBC Parliamentary Briefing launches 5 commitments to help heritage skills in conservation. November 2025.<br /> # The literary food chain. November 2025.<br /> # Chris Topp, heritage blacksmith. November 2025.<br /> # War Memorials Trust Bulletin. November 2025.<br /> # The destruction of the English country house. November 2025.<br /> # Nairn's Liverpool revisited. November 2025.<br /> # Heritage, ageing and wellbeing. October 2025.<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15, No 3 2024. October 2025.<br /> # The Crooked House pub. October 2025.<br /> # Unforgettable gardens: 500 years of historic gardens and landscapes. October 2025.<br /> # Operation Nightingale. October 2025.<br /> # The Georgian Issue 2, 2024. October 2025.<br /> # Between Design and Making: architecture and craftsmanship 1630-1760. October 2025.<br /> # Healing through heritage. October 2025.<br /> # Moulds in historic buildings (repost). October 2025.<br /> # Workplace wellbeing in the heritage sector. September 2025<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 30 Nos 2 and 3 July and November 2024. September 2025<br /> # RIBA Conservation Guide. September 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2024. September 2025<br /> # The IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards. September 2025<br /> # The economics of heritage and wellbeing. September 2025<br /> # Construction History Vol 39, No 2, 2024. September 2025<br /> # Northwold Manor Reborn: architecture, archaeology and restoration of a derelict Norfolk house. September 2025<br /> # Construction Historian Winter 2024-25‎. September 2025<br /> # Wellbeing and heritage: making a difference. Aug 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2024 2. Aug 2025<br /> # Repurposing Empty Spaces a report by Habitat for Humanity. Aug 2025<br /> # IHBC Listed Buildings Prosecutions Database. Aug 2025<br /> # CREATIVE Conservation Fund. Aug 2025<br /> # John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities. Aug 2025<br /> # The Historic Buildings Parks &amp;amp; Gardens Event and Historic Houses (IHBC mention). Aug 2025<br /> # Rex Whistler: the artist and his patrons. July 2025<br /> # Travels with Baedeker. July 2025<br /> # The conservation of post-war housing. July 2025<br /> # In the footsteps of Alec Clifton-Taylor. July 2025<br /> # George Edmund Street. July 2025<br /> # Ebenezer Howard: inventor of the garden city. June 2025<br /> # Researching and restoring Abbotsford's hothouse. June 2025<br /> # A people-first approach to retrofit. June 2025<br /> # ASCHB Transactions Volume 45 2024. June 2025<br /> # Sustainable heating for listed buildings. June 2025<br /> # Venice a lecture by Sir Ashley Clarke. June 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Autumn 2024. June 2025<br /> # Edwin Rickards. May 2025<br /> # The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters. May 2025<br /> # Design and construction industry podcasts (mention). May 2025<br /> # Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland, 1929-1990. May 2025.<br /> # Hidden in plain sight. May 2025.<br /> # Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Villa Wolf in Gubin, history and reconstruction. May 2025.<br /> # The ability to retrofit is important in all areas of life. May 2025.<br /> # The Buildings of the Malting Industry. May 2025<br /> # Connecting people and places with climate impacts. May 2025<br /> # British Architectural Sculpture 1851-1951. April 2025<br /> # Blue plaques. April 2025<br /> # The architectural use of wood and coal tar in England. April 2025<br /> # Interwar: British architecture 1919-39. April 2025<br /> # ‎Prefabs at Wake Green Road in Moseley. April 2025<br /> # IHBC Stress Awareness Month; Heritage Staff wellbeing at work survey. April 2025<br /> # Heritage Now No 9 Summer 2024. April 2025<br /> # Georgian Group Journal 2024‎. April 2025<br /> # The maintenance challenge of urban housing in Scotland. April 2025<br /> # Gentrification in London. March 2025<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places 2024. March 2025<br /> # Planning and Infrastructure bill (mention in response). March 2025<br /> # Saving DH Lawrence's birthplace. March 2025<br /> # The Georgian No 1, 2024. March 2025<br /> # The revival of urban council housing. March 2025<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15 No 2 2024. March 2025<br /> # Attending a conservation training course, personal account (mention). March 2025<br /> # Restoring Alexander Pope's Grotto. March 2025.<br /> # Heritage building skills and live-site training. February 2025<br /> # The battle for Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 2. February 2025<br /> # Developing the UK world heritage tentative list. February 2025<br /> # Heritage, industry and slavery. February 2025<br /> # Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire. February 2025<br /> # Bats in churches. February 2025<br /> # Heritage management plans and historic landscapes. February 2025<br /> # Don't take British stone for granted. February 2025<br /> # Alexander Ross: the remarkable story of a Highland architect. February 2025<br /> # Birkenhead Park. January 2025<br /> # The Construction Historian Issue 13 Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Saving traditional orchards. January 2025<br /> # Building with flint. January 2025<br /> # The heritage of urban trees. January 2025<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2024. January 2025<br /> # Shaping the Northern Forest. January 2025<br /> # C20 Magazine Issue 2023 2‎. January 2025<br /> # Journeys in Industrious England. December 2024<br /> # Life and death at Highgate Cemetery. December 2024<br /> # Value transitions between heritage and nature. December 2024<br /> # Heritage Now No 8 Spring 2024. December 2024<br /> # Historic digital survey: Conservation in the age of the fourth (digital) industrial revolution. December 2024<br /> # Shaping the future of heritage: Embracing the evolution of economic thinking. December 2024<br /> # Heritage development trusts' top tips. December 2024<br /> # ‎Heritage conservation and the triple bottom line. November 2024<br /> # Climate action: Comfort is a crucial missing piece of the puzzle. November 2024<br /> # 60th Jubilee History of Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust and 30th Jubilee History of BEAMS. November 2024<br /> # Connecting conservation research and practice with IHBC. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Boundaries and networks. October 2024‎<br /> # 178a High Road, Leytonstone. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎The Mill, Craven Arms, SY7 9DT. October 2024‎<br /> # Mill Hall, Lancaster. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land south-east of the Manor House, Riding Mill. October 2024‎<br /> # Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530 - 1830. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Land east of Knowle Lane, Cranleigh. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎R v Evetts. October 2024‎<br /> # [[Simmonds,_R_(on_the_application_of)_v_Venture_Properties_Group_and_Ors_(2023)_EWHC_2217_(KB)_(15_September_2023)|‎Simmonds, R (on the application of) v Venture Properties Group and Ors (2023) EWHC 2217]]. October 2024‎<br /> # ‎Mill Road Free Library. October 2024‎<br /> # This is Architecture: writing on buildings. October 2024‎<br /> # Nairn's Manchester revisited. October 2024‎<br /> # Reading Ruskin's Cultural Heritage: conservation and transformation. October 2024‎<br /> # Union Chain Bridge. October 2024‎<br /> # Construction History Vol 38, No 2, 2023. October 2024‎<br /> # New HES national centre for traditional building retrofit. October 2024‎<br /> # Traditional Brickwork: construction, repair and maintenance. September 2024‎<br /> # Regeneration in Carlisle. September 2024‎<br /> # APT Bulletin. September 2024‎<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII No 4 2023. September 2024‎<br /> # Bastles. September 2024‎<br /> # Georgian Group Newsletter (No 2, 2023). September 2024‎<br /> # Cumbria's vernacular architecture and Hadrian's Wall. September 2024‎<br /> # What happened to Hadrian's Wall? August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall Path and the national trails. August 2024‎<br /> # SPAB Magazine Winter 2023. August 2024‎<br /> # Hadrian's Wall from end to end. August 2024‎<br /> # Brighton Dome reopens. August 2024‎<br /> # Secured by Design for historic buildings. August 2024‎<br /> # IHBC launches affiliate fast-track pilot for local authority conservation staff. August 2024‎<br /> # Brittany. August 2024<br /> # Application for planning permission for the Marks and Spencer building, Orchard House, Oxford Street, London. July 2024<br /> # ‎Kazalbash v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the London Borough of Hillingdon Council. July 2024<br /> # Crooked House, Himley. July 2024Cycling exploration. July 2024<br /> # Listing Glasgow's Kingston Bridge. July 2024<br /> # Conservation and the Indian City: bridging the gap. July 2024<br /> # Reversibility in conservation ethics. July 2024<br /> # High Street: how our centres can bounce back from the retail crisis. July 2024<br /> # Clovelly. July 2024<br /> # Building for Change: the architecture of creative reuse. June 2024<br /> # Solar panels and listed structures. June 2024<br /> # Bulletin of the War Memorials Trust. June 2024<br /> # Tithe barns.June 2024<br /> # Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 2 and 3, 2023. June 2024<br /> # Urban fringe. May 2024.<br /> # The Victorian No 73 July 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Rural buildings at risk. May 2024.<br /> # Construction Historian Issue 12 Summer 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Understanding vernacular architecture. May 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine autumn 2023. May 2024.<br /> # Conserving our tree heritage in a time of climate crisis. March 2024.<br /> # Guidance on RAAC in Listed Buildings (mention). March 2024.<br /> # Overheating buildings: learning from the past. March 2024.<br /> # The conversion of St Luke's church in Cwmbwrla. March 2024.<br /> # IHBC launches climate change hub. March 2024.<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism (repost for Women's history month). March 2024.<br /> # The Historic Environment: policy and practice Vol 14, No 2, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Construction History Vol 38, No 1, 2023. March 2024.<br /> # ‎Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 1, March 2023. March 2024.<br /> # The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire. March 2024.<br /> # Upgrading metal windows for thermal comfort. February 2024.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places Vol 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Vitrolite. February 2024.<br /> # Heritage Now Issue 2 2023. February 2024.<br /> # Revaluing Modern Architecture: changing conservation culture. February 2024.<br /> # The wrought-iron greenhouse at Felton Park. February 2024.<br /> # Ordinary people in stained glass. January 2024.<br /> # Georgian Arcadia: architecture for the park and garden. January 2024.<br /> # Conserving Canterbury Cathedral's Great South Window. January 2024.<br /> # The Georgian, Issue 1, 2023. January 2024.<br /> # The history of glass in the UK and Ireland. January 2024.<br /> # SPAB Magazine summer 2023. January 2024.<br /> # Artificial intelligence and real stupidity. December 2023.<br /> # Ian Wray. December 2023.<br /> # IHBC charter petition. December 2023.<br /> # Planning decision to allow photovoltaic panels on the roof of King's College Chapel. December 2023.<br /> # Painting in Stone: architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the enlightenment. December 2023.<br /> # The history of Tower Hamlets. December 2023.<br /> # Donald Buttress. December 2023.<br /> # Grimsby's Kasbah. December 2023.<br /> # 2023 Autumn Statement in brief with reactions (IHBC mention). November 2023.<br /> # Where is the data on listed buildings? November 2023.<br /> # Consultation on joint Conservation Professional Practice Principles. November 2023.<br /> # London brick by brick. November 2023.<br /> # Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. November 2023.<br /> # Jodrell Bank. October 2023.<br /> # Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. October 2023.<br /> # Holy Houses: places of worship in twentieth-century Britain. October 2023.<br /> # IHBC updates competence descriptors. October 2023.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2023. October 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, March 2023 (No 72). October 2023.<br /> # World Heritage in the UK. October 2023.<br /> # #The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, Nos 2–3, 2022. October 2023.<br /> # Britain's industrial heritage. October 2023.<br /> # World heritage status for Odesa. October 2023.<br /> # Guest Editor Seán O'Reilly Director of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation‎. September 2023.<br /> # Introducing the IHBC Heritage Marketplace. September 2023.<br /> # RAAC causes temporary closure of St Davids Hall. September 2023.<br /> # Historic England carbon literacy training courses. September 2023.<br /> # IHBC welcomes September Heritage Open Days. September 2023.<br /> # Seeing things differently. August 2023.<br /> # Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences from the Seaside Heritage Network. August 2023.<br /> # Heritage Research Award 2023. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. (repost). August 2023.<br /> # Piercefield Park. August 2023.<br /> # Community groups involvement in heritage regeneration. August 2023.<br /> # Jaywick Sand. August 2023.<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. August 2023.<br /> # Conservation skills training in a Norwich church. July 2023.<br /> # Boston's pubs. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Boston. July 2023.<br /> # The history of Southend-on-sea. July 2023.<br /> # Supporting Norfolk's churches. July 2023.<br /> # Lowestoft's heritage action zones. July 2023.<br /> # Orford Ness: resolving a landscape in conflict. July 2023.<br /> # UNESCO World Heritage Status tentative list. July 2023.<br /> # A Bittersweet Heritage: slavery, architecture and the British landscape. June 2023<br /> # The Red House in Aldeburgh. June 2023<br /> # Conserving Great Yarmouth's cultural heritage. May 2023.<br /> # The Victorian, No 71, November 2022. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 winners announced. May 2023.<br /> # Dawn Bowden to address 2023 IHBC Day School. May 2023.<br /> # IHBC Heritage MarketPlace 2023. May 2023.<br /> # The effigy of Blanche Mortimer. April 2023.<br /> # The Blower Foundation. April 2023.<br /> # IHBC Research for Practice Digest (RfP). April 2023.<br /> # A Life of Industry: the photography of John R Hume. April 2023.<br /> # Conservation in South Georgia. April 2023.<br /> # Essential urban design. April 2023<br /> # A short history of good ideas. April 2023<br /> # HESPR: the impartial way. March 2023<br /> # Georgian Group Journal. March 2023<br /> # Economically, environmentally and socially sustainable places that support built and historic environment conservation. March 2023<br /> # Updating Conservation Professional Practice Principles. March 2023<br /> # ‎Journal of Historic Buildings and Places. March 2023<br /> # The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conservation, Places and People. March 2023<br /> # Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, No 1, 2022. March 2023<br /> # Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'. March 2023<br /> # Energy Security Strategy and heritage. March 2023<br /> # Johannes Kip. February 2023.<br /> # IHBC at 25, where it came from, how it has evolved and where it might go. February 2023.<br /> # Moseley School of Art. February 2023.<br /> # Diversity and inclusion in conservation training. February 2023.<br /> # Is a hot dog a sandwich. January 2023<br /> # Making Greyfriars accessible. January 2023<br /> # IHBC welcomes Levelling Up Fund focus on places and heritage for people. January 2023<br /> # Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands: where Boulton, Watt and Murdoch made history. January 2023<br /> # Diversity in the heritage workspace. January 2023<br /> # Steel Architecture: the designed landscape of modernity. January 2023<br /> # Heritage and mental health. January 2023<br /> # Boston Council Section 215 prosecution for failure to maintain listed building. January 2023<br /> # Chatham Historic Dockyard: world power to resurgence. January 2023<br /> # The women who shaped British modernism. January 2023<br /> # IHBC says farewell to 2022 with top 10 NewsBlogs. January 2023<br /> # IHBC signpost update from Lords Committee on climate.December 2022<br /> # Conserving the Historic Environment. December 2022<br /> # Pride of Place: queer heritage. December 2022<br /> # MPs back targeted Listed Buildings VAT cuts &amp;amp; presumption against demolition. December 2022<br /> # The Value of Heritage report APPG CPP 2022. December 2022.<br /> # Quakers and their Meeting Houses. December 2022.<br /> # Equity, diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector. December 2022.<br /> # ‎Queer Spaces: an atlas of LGBTQIAplus places and stories. December 2022.<br /> # How architecture can suppress cultural identity. December 2022.<br /> # Shop signs. November 2022<br /> # Masters of their Craft: the art, architecture and garden design of the Nesfields. November 2022<br /> # Demolishing Whitehall. November 2022<br /> # Aspects of copper roofing. November 2022<br /> # Iron frames in textile mills. November 2022<br /> # Cathodic protection in church towers. November 2022<br /> # Pier Paolo Pasolini. November 2022<br /> # Interview with Liz Mayle. November 2022<br /> # Oasts and Hop Kilns: a history. October 2022<br /> # IHBC25 - marking IHBC's silver anniversary. October 2022<br /> # Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. October 2022<br /> # What does conservation practice entail? October 2022<br /> # Two Men in a Boat: rowing two rivers. October 2022<br /> # ‎Moulds in historic buildings. October 2022<br /> # The Architecture and Legacy of British Railway Buildings: 1825 to present day. October 2022<br /> # Shipton Sollars St Mary. October 2022<br /> # Kyiv: a tour of the city. October 2022<br /> # Construction History Vol 36, No 2, 2021. October 2022<br /> # IHBC Membership Application Training Events MATE. September 2022<br /> # 59 Greek Street: home of the Theatre Girls' Club. September 2022<br /> # Planning reform in England. September 2022<br /> # Design codes: intentions and reality. September 2022<br /> # The Construction Historian, Issue 9, March 2022. September 2022<br /> # Design codes and pattern books. September 2022<br /> # The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin (Vol LII, No 4, 2021). September 2022<br /> # Investigation of moisture and its effects on traditional buildings. September 2022<br /> # The history of building regulations and control. September 2022<br /> # ASCHB Transactions. September 2022<br /> # SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2022‎. August 2022<br /> # IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2022. August 2022<br /> # ‎Interview with Michael Foley. August 2022<br /> # IHBC Affiliate status. August 2022<br /> # IHBC respond to Parliamentary Committee on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill. August 2022<br /> # Landownership in England in 1909. August 2022<br /> # The restoration of Thiepval. August 2022<br /> # Cemetourism. July 2022<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Organisation]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Featured_articles_and_news 2026-04-26T05:29:13Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb 350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[What_the_UK’s_new_housing_standards_mean_for_homes,_landlords_and_tenants|Homes, landlords. tenants and the new housing standards]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_New_housing_in_England_350.jpg|link=What_the_UK’s_new_housing_standards_mean_for_homes,_landlords_and_tenants]]<br /> <br /> What will it all mean?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Architectural_Technology_podcast:_Where_it's_AT|The Architectural Technology podcast: Where it's AT]]<br /> <br /> [[File:AT_podcast_350.jpg|link=The_Architectural_Technology_podcast:_Where_it's_AT]]<br /> <br /> Catch-up on the latest episodes.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[ECA_Edmundson_Apprentice_of_the_Year_award_2026|Edmundson Apprentice of the Year award 2026]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ECA-Edmundson-Award-Logo-2026_350.jpg|link=ECA_Edmundson_Apprentice_of_the_Year_award_2026]]<br /> <br /> Entries now open for this Electrical Contractors' Association award.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Delabole_Slate|Delabole Slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Delabole_slate_detail_350.jpg|link=Delabole_Slate]]<br /> <br /> Traditional blue-grey slate from one of the oldest and largest UK slate quarries down in Cornwall.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Change_of_use_legislation_breaths_new_life_into_buildings|Change of use legislation breaths new life into buildings]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Paperwork_form_contract_350.jpg|link=Change_of_use_legislation_breaths_new_life_into_buildings]]<br /> <br /> A run down on Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Level_6_Design,_Construction_and_Management_BSc_Integrated_Degree_Apprenticeship|Level 6 Design, Construction and Management BSc]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_DMU_course_350.jpg|link=Level_6_Design,_Construction_and_Management_BSc_Integrated_Degree_Apprenticeship]]<br /> <br /> CIOB launches first-ever degree programme to develop the next generation of construction leaders.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_National_Housing_Bank|The National Housing Bank]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Gov_HE_National_Bank_logo_350_.jpg|link=The_National_Housing_Bank]]<br /> <br /> Open for business as of April, with its 2026 prospectus and new pipeline of housing schemes.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_operational_value_of_workforce_health|The operational value of workforce health]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ConstructionWorkers350.jpg|link=The_operational_value_of_workforce_health]]<br /> <br /> Keeping projects moving. 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Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/About_Conservation_Wiki 2026-04-26T05:27:57Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb|The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb 350.jpg|link=The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb]]<br /> <br /> Residents, architects and roofers need to understand detailing.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate|A carbon case for indigenous slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Kirkby_quarry_350.jpg|link=A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate]]<br /> <br /> UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture|The manifesto house]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Manifesto_House_350.jpg|link=The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture]]<br /> <br /> Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill|Reslating an ancient water mill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill_1_350.jpg|link=Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill]]<br /> <br /> A rare opportunity to record, study and repair early vernacular roofs.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation|The Royal Pavilion Brighton]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton_350.jpg|link=The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation]]<br /> <br /> A Regency palace of colour and sensation. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio|Illuminating stained glass]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Illuminating_stained_glass_350.jpg|link=Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio]]<br /> <br /> Creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing|Repairing historic stone and slate roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cleft_oak_laths_350.jpg|link=A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing]]<br /> <br /> The need for a code of practice and technical advice note.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Understanding_pitched_roofs|Understanding pitched roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Pantiles_350.jpg|link=Understanding_pitched_roofs]]<br /> <br /> The first line of defence against rain, wind and snow.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Summoned_by_bells|Summoned by bells]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sir_John_Betjeman_at_St_Pancras_Station_350.jpg|link=Summoned_by_bells]]<br /> <br /> Sir John Betjeman’s love of Victorian church architecture.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Old_buildings_and_oligarchs|Old buildings and oligarchs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:War_office_350.jpg|link=Old_buildings_and_oligarchs]]<br /> <br /> Could AI and VR cause an increase the value of heritage?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_world_of_generative_AI|AI for the conservation professional]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Ai_conservation_350.jpg|link=The_world_of_generative_AI]]<br /> <br /> A level of sophistication previously reserved for science fiction.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> .</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb 2026-04-26T05:25:27Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>With the distinctive roofs being such an important part of the garden suburb’s historic character, residents, architects and roofers need to understand their detailing.<br /> <br /> {|<br /> |width=&quot;100%&quot;| [[File:The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb.jpg]]<br /> |-<br /> | The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Photo by Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb in north-west London is one of its most striking features. On most streets of this conservation area, low sweeping roofs made with pleasingly irregular tiles give a consistency to houses that are otherwise architecturally varied. The former editor of Country Life, Christopher Hussey, spoke evocatively of the ‘luxuriance and variety of roofs… an unending source of interest’ in the neighbourhood. At the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, which oversees the area, we have been developing a Roofing Guidance that emphasises their importance while advising residents on their repair and renewal.<br /> <br /> Begun in 1907, Hampstead Garden Suburb is one of the most significant examples of the early-twentieth-century garden suburb movement. Like the garden cities of Letchworth and Welwyn, it developed under the influence of arts and crafts architects reacting against the architecture of industrialised Britain. The influx of hard, shiny, machine-pressed tiles on the roofs of identical terraced houses across the country was thought to diminish local character and the traditional roofing crafts, and architects like Raymond Unwin, the master planner of the early Hampstead Garden Suburb, wished to rescue both. In his development, traditional handmade, sand-faced clay tiles were almost always used, to evoke the villages of the south of England. His associate Barry Parker spoke of these tiles’ ability to mellow ‘into all sorts of lovely shades’, and this patina of age we enjoy today.<br /> <br /> The actual form of the suburb roofs designed by Unwin and his office before the first world war can be complex. They are characterised by emphatic sprockets, stone or tile-creased kneelers, upward tilts at the end of the ridge line, open eaves and tiled undercloaks. These details have mostly evolved as weathering devices across centuries of British roofing craftsmanship, but over time they have also acquired a satisfying appearance. Unwin was aware of this dual purpose – arguably more pronounced today, in the face of ever more modern methods of construction.<br /> <br /> Our Roofing Guidance explains the vision held by the original architects of the suburb in giving roofs such emphasis. It then runs through the above details and more across the document. Ridges, hips, eaves, gables, kneelers and verges are all covered. The guide will give more confidence to residents in asking their contractor about the detail of the work they will undertake. Any resident, or indeed their architect or roofer, should be able to understand the detailing of their roof based on the guide, and see what needs to be retained in subsequent building work.<br /> <br /> The guide is part of a set of design guidance documents published by the trust, whose charitable aim is to ‘maintain and preserve the present character and amenities’ of the suburb. The trust’s architectural team provides technical advice and oversees an approvals system for building development that is independent to the local authority. This form of planning control is underpinned by a scheme of management, a legal document containing restrictive covenants which apply to all enfranchised freehold properties in the area. Residents require the prior written consent of the trust to carry out repair or renewal work, even if this is ‘like for like’.<br /> <br /> The guide draws on the experience of the trust’s architectural team, not only through our knowledge of the area, but also our ongoing site work at individual properties, meeting residents and roofers. Unsympathetic materials, for example, where the tiles are flat or too bright, can be an issue, even in the cases of small-scale ‘piecing in’. By meeting the owners on site at short notice, we are often able to agree replacement tiles to the same form and colour within a short space of time, returning the house to its original appearance. Where plastic roof vents are installed, we negotiate their removal and replacement with heritage alternatives that integrate real clay tiles, such as hidden tile vents.<br /> <br /> Some roofing features can be tricky to detail. Traditional tiled undercloaks are sometimes replaced with thin cement boards (or not replaced at all), which detracts from the character of the verge and will generally have to be remediated using the original treatment. Where sprockets are not faithfully recreated when a roof is overhauled, they can result in a flat or even ‘droopy’ appearance, so understanding this detail is critical. Cut valleys replacing valley tiles, or laced valleys, will generally not be accepted and will have to go back to the original detail. Chimney stacks are a major feature of houses and the overall suburb roofscape, and the trust is keen for these to stay. While the trust can only control external alterations to freehold properties in the area, we ask for engineering details for chimney stack support where the underlying chimney breast is being removed, to show it will be retained.<br /> <br /> As the suburb continued development after the first world war, fashions diversified from Unwin’s initial arts and crafts focus to a variety of interwar styles, among them art deco and Georgian revival. Generally, the same handmade tiles were used but the roof forms became simpler, with the vernacular assortment of gables, valleys and ridges being replaced with comparatively sober hipped or pitched roofs. In the 1930s, a handful of properties were roofed with eye-catching green glazed pantiles and some were even given modernist flat-roofed decks. At the trust we give equal conservation emphasis to the early and later phases of the suburb’s development.<br /> <br /> The suburb is generally affluent and there are consistent pressures to alter properties. For this reason, it is important that the trust continues to publish guidance on various aspects of the area’s architecture, while providing advice for proposed designs and building work both in the office and on site. In June, my colleague Calum Orr and I delivered a walking tour for suburb residents promoting the upcoming guide. Many attending the tour told us they found themselves looking at buildings in a different way. I am still struck by the new details and views I encounter every time I walk through the area, where roofs are such a big part of its historic character.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Joe Mathieson, architectural adviser to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * A code of practice for slate and stone roofing.<br /> * Conical roof slating.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Photovoltaics.<br /> * Reslating an ancient water mill.<br /> * Roofing.<br /> * Slate.<br /> * Solar panels.<br /> * Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century.<br /> * Stone.<br /> * Successful solar generation in the historic environment.<br /> * Tiles.<br /> * Types of roof.<br /> * Understanding pitched roofs.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb.jpg 2026-04-26T05:24:35Z

<p>Designing Buildings: The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Photo by Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust) Source: ‘The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by</p> <hr /> <div>The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Photo by Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust) Source: ‘The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Joe Mathieson, architectural adviser to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb_350.jpg 2026-04-26T05:24:14Z

<p>Designing Buildings: The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Photo by Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust) Source: ‘The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by</p> <hr /> <div>The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Photo by Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust) Source: ‘The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Joe Mathieson, architectural adviser to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb 2026-04-26T05:20:38Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Protected &quot;The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))</p> <hr /> <div>With the distinctive roofs being such an important part of the garden suburb’s historic character, residents, architects and roofers need to understand their detailing.<br /> <br /> The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb in north-west London is one of its most striking features. On most streets of this conservation area, low sweeping roofs made with pleasingly irregular tiles give a consistency to houses that are otherwise architecturally varied. The former editor of Country Life, Christopher Hussey, spoke evocatively of the ‘luxuriance and variety of roofs… an unending source of interest’ in the neighbourhood. At the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, which oversees the area, we have been developing a Roofing Guidance that emphasises their importance while advising residents on their repair and renewal.<br /> <br /> Begun in 1907, Hampstead Garden Suburb is one of the most significant examples of the early-twentieth-century garden suburb movement. Like the garden cities of Letchworth and Welwyn, it developed under the influence of arts and crafts architects reacting against the architecture of industrialised Britain. The influx of hard, shiny, machine-pressed tiles on the roofs of identical terraced houses across the country was thought to diminish local character and the traditional roofing crafts, and architects like Raymond Unwin, the master planner of the early Hampstead Garden Suburb, wished to rescue both. In his development, traditional handmade, sand-faced clay tiles were almost always used, to evoke the villages of the south of England. His associate Barry Parker spoke of these tiles’ ability to mellow ‘into all sorts of lovely shades’, and this patina of age we enjoy today.<br /> <br /> The actual form of the suburb roofs designed by Unwin and his office before the first world war can be complex. They are characterised by emphatic sprockets, stone or tile-creased kneelers, upward tilts at the end of the ridge line, open eaves and tiled undercloaks. These details have mostly evolved as weathering devices across centuries of British roofing craftsmanship, but over time they have also acquired a satisfying appearance. Unwin was aware of this dual purpose – arguably more pronounced today, in the face of ever more modern methods of construction.<br /> <br /> Our Roofing Guidance explains the vision held by the original architects of the suburb in giving roofs such emphasis. It then runs through the above details and more across the document. Ridges, hips, eaves, gables, kneelers and verges are all covered. The guide will give more confidence to residents in asking their contractor about the detail of the work they will undertake. Any resident, or indeed their architect or roofer, should be able to understand the detailing of their roof based on the guide, and see what needs to be retained in subsequent building work.<br /> <br /> The guide is part of a set of design guidance documents published by the trust, whose charitable aim is to ‘maintain and preserve the present character and amenities’ of the suburb. The trust’s architectural team provides technical advice and oversees an approvals system for building development that is independent to the local authority. This form of planning control is underpinned by a scheme of management, a legal document containing restrictive covenants which apply to all enfranchised freehold properties in the area. Residents require the prior written consent of the trust to carry out repair or renewal work, even if this is ‘like for like’.<br /> <br /> The guide draws on the experience of the trust’s architectural team, not only through our knowledge of the area, but also our ongoing site work at individual properties, meeting residents and roofers. Unsympathetic materials, for example, where the tiles are flat or too bright, can be an issue, even in the cases of small-scale ‘piecing in’. By meeting the owners on site at short notice, we are often able to agree replacement tiles to the same form and colour within a short space of time, returning the house to its original appearance. Where plastic roof vents are installed, we negotiate their removal and replacement with heritage alternatives that integrate real clay tiles, such as hidden tile vents.<br /> <br /> Some roofing features can be tricky to detail. Traditional tiled undercloaks are sometimes replaced with thin cement boards (or not replaced at all), which detracts from the character of the verge and will generally have to be remediated using the original treatment. Where sprockets are not faithfully recreated when a roof is overhauled, they can result in a flat or even ‘droopy’ appearance, so understanding this detail is critical. Cut valleys replacing valley tiles, or laced valleys, will generally not be accepted and will have to go back to the original detail. Chimney stacks are a major feature of houses and the overall suburb roofscape, and the trust is keen for these to stay. While the trust can only control external alterations to freehold properties in the area, we ask for engineering details for chimney stack support where the underlying chimney breast is being removed, to show it will be retained.<br /> <br /> As the suburb continued development after the first world war, fashions diversified from Unwin’s initial arts and crafts focus to a variety of interwar styles, among them art deco and Georgian revival. Generally, the same handmade tiles were used but the roof forms became simpler, with the vernacular assortment of gables, valleys and ridges being replaced with comparatively sober hipped or pitched roofs. In the 1930s, a handful of properties were roofed with eye-catching green glazed pantiles and some were even given modernist flat-roofed decks. At the trust we give equal conservation emphasis to the early and later phases of the suburb’s development.<br /> <br /> The suburb is generally affluent and there are consistent pressures to alter properties. For this reason, it is important that the trust continues to publish guidance on various aspects of the area’s architecture, while providing advice for proposed designs and building work both in the office and on site. In June, my colleague Calum Orr and I delivered a walking tour for suburb residents promoting the upcoming guide. Many attending the tour told us they found themselves looking at buildings in a different way. I am still struck by the new details and views I encounter every time I walk through the area, where roofs are such a big part of its historic character.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Joe Mathieson, architectural adviser to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust..<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * A code of practice for slate and stone roofing.<br /> * Conical roof slating.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Photovoltaics.<br /> * Reslating an ancient water mill.<br /> * Roofing.<br /> * Slate.<br /> * Solar panels.<br /> * Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century.<br /> * Stone.<br /> * Successful solar generation in the historic environment.<br /> * Tiles.<br /> * Types of roof.<br /> * Understanding pitched roofs.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb 2026-04-26T05:20:16Z

<p>Designing Buildings: Created page with &quot;With the distinctive roofs being such an important part of the garden suburb’s historic character, residents, architects and roofers need to understand their detailing. The ro...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>With the distinctive roofs being such an important part of the garden suburb’s historic character, residents, architects and roofers need to understand their detailing.<br /> <br /> The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb in north-west London is one of its most striking features. On most streets of this conservation area, low sweeping roofs made with pleasingly irregular tiles give a consistency to houses that are otherwise architecturally varied. The former editor of Country Life, Christopher Hussey, spoke evocatively of the ‘luxuriance and variety of roofs… an unending source of interest’ in the neighbourhood. At the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, which oversees the area, we have been developing a Roofing Guidance that emphasises their importance while advising residents on their repair and renewal.<br /> <br /> Begun in 1907, Hampstead Garden Suburb is one of the most significant examples of the early-twentieth-century garden suburb movement. Like the garden cities of Letchworth and Welwyn, it developed under the influence of arts and crafts architects reacting against the architecture of industrialised Britain. The influx of hard, shiny, machine-pressed tiles on the roofs of identical terraced houses across the country was thought to diminish local character and the traditional roofing crafts, and architects like Raymond Unwin, the master planner of the early Hampstead Garden Suburb, wished to rescue both. In his development, traditional handmade, sand-faced clay tiles were almost always used, to evoke the villages of the south of England. His associate Barry Parker spoke of these tiles’ ability to mellow ‘into all sorts of lovely shades’, and this patina of age we enjoy today.<br /> <br /> The actual form of the suburb roofs designed by Unwin and his office before the first world war can be complex. They are characterised by emphatic sprockets, stone or tile-creased kneelers, upward tilts at the end of the ridge line, open eaves and tiled undercloaks. These details have mostly evolved as weathering devices across centuries of British roofing craftsmanship, but over time they have also acquired a satisfying appearance. Unwin was aware of this dual purpose – arguably more pronounced today, in the face of ever more modern methods of construction.<br /> <br /> Our Roofing Guidance explains the vision held by the original architects of the suburb in giving roofs such emphasis. It then runs through the above details and more across the document. Ridges, hips, eaves, gables, kneelers and verges are all covered. The guide will give more confidence to residents in asking their contractor about the detail of the work they will undertake. Any resident, or indeed their architect or roofer, should be able to understand the detailing of their roof based on the guide, and see what needs to be retained in subsequent building work.<br /> <br /> The guide is part of a set of design guidance documents published by the trust, whose charitable aim is to ‘maintain and preserve the present character and amenities’ of the suburb. The trust’s architectural team provides technical advice and oversees an approvals system for building development that is independent to the local authority. This form of planning control is underpinned by a scheme of management, a legal document containing restrictive covenants which apply to all enfranchised freehold properties in the area. Residents require the prior written consent of the trust to carry out repair or renewal work, even if this is ‘like for like’.<br /> <br /> The guide draws on the experience of the trust’s architectural team, not only through our knowledge of the area, but also our ongoing site work at individual properties, meeting residents and roofers. Unsympathetic materials, for example, where the tiles are flat or too bright, can be an issue, even in the cases of small-scale ‘piecing in’. By meeting the owners on site at short notice, we are often able to agree replacement tiles to the same form and colour within a short space of time, returning the house to its original appearance. Where plastic roof vents are installed, we negotiate their removal and replacement with heritage alternatives that integrate real clay tiles, such as hidden tile vents.<br /> <br /> Some roofing features can be tricky to detail. Traditional tiled undercloaks are sometimes replaced with thin cement boards (or not replaced at all), which detracts from the character of the verge and will generally have to be remediated using the original treatment. Where sprockets are not faithfully recreated when a roof is overhauled, they can result in a flat or even ‘droopy’ appearance, so understanding this detail is critical. Cut valleys replacing valley tiles, or laced valleys, will generally not be accepted and will have to go back to the original detail. Chimney stacks are a major feature of houses and the overall suburb roofscape, and the trust is keen for these to stay. While the trust can only control external alterations to freehold properties in the area, we ask for engineering details for chimney stack support where the underlying chimney breast is being removed, to show it will be retained.<br /> <br /> As the suburb continued development after the first world war, fashions diversified from Unwin’s initial arts and crafts focus to a variety of interwar styles, among them art deco and Georgian revival. Generally, the same handmade tiles were used but the roof forms became simpler, with the vernacular assortment of gables, valleys and ridges being replaced with comparatively sober hipped or pitched roofs. In the 1930s, a handful of properties were roofed with eye-catching green glazed pantiles and some were even given modernist flat-roofed decks. At the trust we give equal conservation emphasis to the early and later phases of the suburb’s development.<br /> <br /> The suburb is generally affluent and there are consistent pressures to alter properties. For this reason, it is important that the trust continues to publish guidance on various aspects of the area’s architecture, while providing advice for proposed designs and building work both in the office and on site. In June, my colleague Calum Orr and I delivered a walking tour for suburb residents promoting the upcoming guide. Many attending the tour told us they found themselves looking at buildings in a different way. I am still struck by the new details and views I encounter every time I walk through the area, where roofs are such a big part of its historic character.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Joe Mathieson, architectural adviser to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust..<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * A code of practice for slate and stone roofing.<br /> * Conical roof slating.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Photovoltaics.<br /> * Reslating an ancient water mill.<br /> * Roofing.<br /> * Slate.<br /> * Solar panels.<br /> * Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century.<br /> * Stone.<br /> * Successful solar generation in the historic environment.<br /> * Tiles.<br /> * Types of roof.<br /> * Understanding pitched roofs.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Featured_articles_and_news 2026-04-19T10:39:59Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool slate quarry 350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Change_of_use_legislation_breaths_new_life_into_buildings|Change of use legislation breaths new life into buildings]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Paperwork_form_contract_350.jpg|link=Change_of_use_legislation_breaths_new_life_into_buildings]]<br /> <br /> A run down on Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Level_6_Design,_Construction_and_Management_BSc_Integrated_Degree_Apprenticeship|Level 6 Design, Construction and Management BSc]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_DMU_course_350.jpg|link=Level_6_Design,_Construction_and_Management_BSc_Integrated_Degree_Apprenticeship]]<br /> <br /> CIOB launches first-ever degree programme to develop the next generation of construction leaders.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_National_Housing_Bank|The National Housing Bank]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Gov_HE_National_Bank_logo_350_.jpg|link=The_National_Housing_Bank]]<br /> <br /> Open for business as of April, with its 2026 prospectus and new pipeline of housing schemes.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_operational_value_of_workforce_health|The operational value of workforce health]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ConstructionWorkers350.jpg|link=The_operational_value_of_workforce_health]]<br /> <br /> Keeping projects moving. Incorporating unplanned absence and the importance of health, in operations.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate|A carbon case for indigenous slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Kirkby_quarry_350.jpg|link=A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate]]<br /> <br /> UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Costs_and_insolvencies_mount_for_SMEs,_despite_growth|Costs and insolvencies mount for SMEs, despite growth]]<br /> <br /> [[File:CIOB_Female_roofing_technician_installing_new_tiles_350_.jpg|link=Costs_and_insolvencies_mount_for_SMEs,_despite_growth]]<br /> <br /> Construction sector under insolvency and wage bill pressure in part linked to National Insurance, says report.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_place_for_vitrified_clay_pipes_in_modern_infrastructure|The place for vitrified clay pipes in modern infrastructure]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ATJ_156_Leon_Woods_Steinzeug-Keramo_Group_C_350.jpg|link=The_place_for_vitrified_clay_pipes_in_modern_infrastructure]]<br /> <br /> Why vitrified clay pipes are reclaiming their role in built projects.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Built_List._Research_by_construction_PR_consultancy_LMC|The Built List]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Built_List_2026_LMC_350.jpg|link=The_Built_List._Research_by_construction_PR_consultancy_LMC]]<br /> <br /> Research by construction PR consultancy LMC published.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Roles_and_responsibilities_of_domestic_clients|Roles and responsibilities of domestic clients]]<br /> <br /> [[File:ACA_Safety_in_Construction_350.jpg|link=ACA_safety_guide_to_the_roles_and_responsibilities_of_domestic_clients]]<br /> <br /> ACA Safety in Construction guide for domestic clients.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Fire_door_compliance_in_UK_commercial_buildings|Fire door compliance in UK commercial buildings]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Robust_fire_door_logo_no_txt_3_350_.jpg|link=Fire_door_compliance_in_UK_commercial_buildings]]<br /> <br /> Architect and manufacturer gives their low down.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Category:News See more news.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Event]] [[Category:DCN_Legislation]] [[Category:DCN_News]] [[Category:DCN_Product_Knowledge]] [[Category:DCN_Report]] [[Category:DCN_Research,_Development_and_Innovation]] [[Category:DCN_Specification]] [[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:News]] [[Category:Site_Information]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/About_Conservation_Wiki 2026-04-19T10:39:03Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century|Sourcing Scottish slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cullipool slate quarry 350.jpg|link=Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century]]<br /> <br /> There are plenty of sources with the potential to be redeveloped.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment|Solar generation in the historic environment]]<br /> <br /> [[File:York_minster_350.jpg|link=Successful_solar_generation_in_the_historic_environment]]<br /> <br /> Success requires understanding each site in detail.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate|A carbon case for indigenous slate]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Kirkby_quarry_350.jpg|link=A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate]]<br /> <br /> UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture|The manifesto house]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Manifesto_House_350.jpg|link=The_Manifesto_House:_buildings_that_changed_the_future_of_architecture]]<br /> <br /> Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill|Reslating an ancient water mill]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill_1_350.jpg|link=Reslating_an_ancient_water_mill]]<br /> <br /> A rare opportunity to record, study and repair early vernacular roofs.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation|The Royal Pavilion Brighton]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton_350.jpg|link=The_Royal_Pavilion_Brighton:_a_Regency_palace_of_colour_and_sensation]]<br /> <br /> A Regency palace of colour and sensation. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio|Illuminating stained glass]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Illuminating_stained_glass_350.jpg|link=Illuminating_Stained_Glass:_creativity,_conservation_and_craft_at_Barley_Studio]]<br /> <br /> Creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. Book review.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing|Repairing historic stone and slate roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Cleft_oak_laths_350.jpg|link=A_code_of_practice_for_slate_and_stone_roofing]]<br /> <br /> The need for a code of practice and technical advice note.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Understanding_pitched_roofs|Understanding pitched roofs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Pantiles_350.jpg|link=Understanding_pitched_roofs]]<br /> <br /> The first line of defence against rain, wind and snow.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Summoned_by_bells|Summoned by bells]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Sir_John_Betjeman_at_St_Pancras_Station_350.jpg|link=Summoned_by_bells]]<br /> <br /> Sir John Betjeman’s love of Victorian church architecture.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Old_buildings_and_oligarchs|Old buildings and oligarchs]]<br /> <br /> [[File:War_office_350.jpg|link=Old_buildings_and_oligarchs]]<br /> <br /> Could AI and VR cause an increase the value of heritage?<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[The_world_of_generative_AI|AI for the conservation professional]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Ai_conservation_350.jpg|link=The_world_of_generative_AI]]<br /> <br /> A level of sophistication previously reserved for science fiction.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> [[Replacing_Brighton_Museum's_roof_lantern|Brighton Museum’s roof lantern]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Brighton_museum_350.jpg|link=Replacing_Brighton_Museum's_roof_lantern]]<br /> <br /> Replacing a time-expired rooflight with an insulated solid roof.<br /> <br /> -----<br /> .</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century 2026-04-19T10:36:35Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>Slate quarrying in Scotland did not cease due to a lack of available material: there are plenty of suitable sources for roofing slate with the potential to be redeveloped today.<br /> <br /> {|<br /> |width=&quot;100%&quot;| [[File:Cullipool slate quarry.jpg]]<br /> |-<br /> | One of the now disused Cullipool slate quarries on the Isle of Luing (Photo: Imogen Shaw)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> = Introduction =<br /> <br /> Scottish slate is a quintessential part of Scotland’s traditional built environment, once widely used for roofing due to its durability and ready availability in many locations. Typically smaller in size, thicker and more variable in colour than slates found in England and Wales, the prevalent use of Scottish slate imparts a unique character to traditional roofs throughout Scotland. At the industry’s peak in the 19th century, these slates were exported as far afield as the USA, Australia and New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Despite this pedigree, no roofing slate has been quarried in Scotland since 1965. The Scottish slate roofs that remain are increasingly in need of partial or full replacement as the slates reach the end of their lifespan. As such, the dearth of supply of new Scottish roofing slates, and the dwindling availability of reclaimed slates from re-roofed or demolished buildings, poses an ever-increasing threat to Scotland’s built heritage. Recent work by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) seeks to tackle this problem, finding that several disused historic slate quarries in Scotland have the potential to supply roofing slate once more [1].<br /> <br /> = Types of Scottish slate =<br /> <br /> Geologically speaking, three different types of slate have been quarried for roofing in Scotland: West Highland Slate, Highland Border Slate and Macduff Slate. Other stones, including the greywackes of the Scottish Borders, and the flagstones of Angus, Caithness and Orkney, were also quarried for roofing tiles, but these are not ‘true slates’ in the geological sense. Slates are often known by the name of the local area from which they were sourced (such as Ballachulish, Aberfoyle and Foudland Slates).<br /> <br /> West Highland Slate is the most famous of the Scottish slates, used internationally. The West Highland Slate islands of Seil, Easdale, Belnahua and Luing are known as ‘the islands that roofed the world’ for their history of global export. In all, West Highland Slate was produced from at least 64 separate quarries in Argyllshire and Inverness-shire, mainly centred around the villages of Ballachulish, Easdale, Cullipool and Tayvallich [2]. It is the darkest Scottish slate, typically dark grey to dark blue-black, and displays a distinctive crenulation (rippling) on the surface. Small iron pyrite (‘fool’s gold’) cubes up to 1 cm in size are common.<br /> <br /> Highland Border Slate was worked at around 80 or so quarries, all located within a narrow swathe of ground that extends from the Isle of Bute up to Dunkeld in Perthshire, along the boundary of the highlands. Although not as widely exported as West Highland Slate, Highland Border Slate was a regionally significant roofing material. Ranging in colour from reddish/purplish grey to grey and greenish grey, it can appear striped across the face of the slate if the original bedding of the rock is oblique to the cleavage. This gives rise to the particularly distinctive ‘tartan’ slates of Aberfoyle, which are striped in alternating red and green.<br /> <br /> Macduff Slate was sourced from a few hundred, often comparatively small quarries clustered around the Hills of Kirkney and Tillymorgan (the ‘slate hills’) in Aberdeenshire and some other quarries in Banffshire, and it is a significant traditional roofing material in this corner of Scotland. Macduff Slate is typically grey in colour and has a slightly rough but generally flat, non-rippled surface.<br /> <br /> = The current Scottish slate market =<br /> <br /> The only way to obtain genuine Scottish slate for roof repairs today is by reclaiming slates from older buildings when they are re-roofed or demolished. This finite resource is rapidly dwindling. Slates from England and Wales can be used for replacement in some cases but are rarely a satisfactory match.<br /> <br /> Instead, the vast majority of slate used nowadays in Scotland is imported from outside the UK, most significantly from Spain. This not only threatens the character of many culturally significant buildings and areas, but also results in around £120 million per year exiting the UK’s economy. If this instead went to local quarrying enterprises, it would create and sustain much-needed skilled jobs in rural areas. Furthermore, over the last decade, the price of imported slate has increased at more than twice the rate of inflation. The inability to meet demand with our own roofing slate therefore leaves Scotland, and the UK as a whole, increasingly vulnerable to erratic and rapidly increasing import prices, with limited alternatives.<br /> <br /> = Prospects for the industry =<br /> <br /> The good news is that slate quarrying in Scotland did not cease due to a lack of available material. There are plenty of geologically suitable sources for roofing slate with the potential to be redeveloped today. All three Scottish slate types are historically significant and unique, and may have potential to become the focus of feasible modern enterprises, filling a significant gap in the current market for roofing materials. A recent report published by British Geological Survey (BGS), funded by HES, found that 32 historic sources of Scottish roofing slate still have ‘development potential’, based on the historic significance of the stone and other factors, such as quarry accessibility and local environmental protections.<br /> <br /> = Cullipool, Isle of Luing =<br /> <br /> One of the sources of slate with development potential is at Cullipool on the Isle of Luing. Situated just north of the conservation village of Cullipool lie six disused West Highland Slate quarries, the last of which was worked until 1965. The slate resource at these quarries remains relatively well exposed and is not situated in statutorily protected land. The resumption of quarrying activity at Cullipool also has the potential to directly address two pressing issues the islanders currently face: population decline and coastal erosion.<br /> <br /> At its height, the slate quarrying industry on Luing employed 170 men and sustained a thriving island population of 600 people. Today, the population of Cullipool is approximately one-quarter of its peak size, and around two thirds of the inhabitants are over the age of 65. Limited opportunities for training and employment on the island make it difficult for young people and families to remain on or move to the island, even if they wish to do so. The resumption of a small-scale slate quarrying enterprise on the island would create much-needed employment opportunities beyond the limitations of the highly seasonal and weather-dependent tourism sector.<br /> <br /> The ground beneath the village of Cullipool was built up with the waste rock that was in continual supply as a by-product of slate quarrying. Historically, the tipping of slate waste from the quarries on to the fronting beach has protected the village from the impact of coastal erosion. The cessation of quarrying and the resultant shortage of waste being supplied to the beach has allowed the coastline to progressively advance towards the village. Wave overwash during Storm Aiden in 2019 flooded homes in the village and destroyed part of the stone garden wall of one of the most seaward properties. Without intervention, it is likely that similar storm events will continue to threaten the historic village.<br /> <br /> Following a successful application for minerals planning consent in 2024, the Isle of Luing Community Trust (ILCT), supported by HES and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, has recently secured £1.75 million funding from the Scottish Government for the renewed extraction of roofing slate. This initiative plans not only to produce the first new West Highland Slate in 60 years, but also to create between four and seven jobs on the island. It will provide around 30,000 m3 of waste rock for nourishing the slate beach, moving the shoreline back to 1990s levels.<br /> <br /> This exciting project seeks to demonstrate that a renewed quarrying industry can deliver multi-faceted benefits, and it will re-establish a supply of a crucial material for the conservation of traditional roofs in Scotland. The project aims to begin test production of roofing slate in summer 2026. Interested parties should monitor the ILCT social media pages (@luingtrust on Instagram, Isle of Luing Community Trust on Facebook and LinkedIn).<br /> <br /> = References =<br /> <br /> * [1] Everett, PA and Shaw IR (2024) ‘Development potential for building stone resources in Scotland’, British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/24/020. Available at nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537904/<br /> * [2] The Building Stone Database for Scotland. Available at webservices.bgs.ac.uk/buildingstone<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Imogen Shaw and Graham Briggs. Imogen Shaw is building stone scientist at the British Geological Survey. Graham Briggs is project manager at Historic Environment Scotland.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation|Institute of Historic Building Conservation]]<br /> <br /> = Related articles on Designing Buildings Conservation. =<br /> <br /> * A code of practice for slate and stone roofing.<br /> * Conical roof slating.<br /> * Conservation area.<br /> * Conservation.<br /> * Heritage.<br /> * Historic environment.<br /> * IHBC articles.<br /> * IHBC.<br /> * Photovoltaics.<br /> * Reslating an ancient water mill.<br /> * Roofing.<br /> * Slate.<br /> * Solar panels.<br /> * Stone.<br /> * Successful solar generation in the historic environment.<br /> * Tiles.<br /> * Types of roof.<br /> * Understanding pitched roofs.<br /> <br /> [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:Products_/_components]] [[Category:Conservation]]</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:Cullipool_slate_quarry.jpg 2026-04-19T10:35:58Z

<p>Designing Buildings: One of the now disused Cullipool slate quarries on the Isle of Luing (Photo: Imogen Shaw) Source: ‘Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025,</p> <hr /> <div>One of the now disused Cullipool slate quarries on the Isle of Luing (Photo: Imogen Shaw) Source: ‘Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Imogen Shaw and Graham Briggs. Imogen Shaw is building stone scientist at the British Geological Survey. Graham Briggs is project manager at Historic Environment Scotland. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/File:Cullipool_slate_quarry_350.jpg 2026-04-19T10:35:39Z

<p>Designing Buildings: One of the now disused Cullipool slate quarries on the Isle of Luing (Photo: Imogen Shaw) Source: ‘Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025,</p> <hr /> <div>One of the now disused Cullipool slate quarries on the Isle of Luing (Photo: Imogen Shaw) Source: ‘Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century’ in The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) Context 184, published in September 2025, written by Imogen Shaw and Graham Briggs. Imogen Shaw is building stone scientist at the British Geological Survey. Graham Briggs is project manager at Historic Environment Scotland. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Not for re-use.</div>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/IHBC_articles 2026-04-19T10:32:03Z

<p>Designing Buildings: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a list of articles on Conservation Wiki that were created by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), and the date that they were added to Conservation Wiki.<br /> <br /> [[Ihbc_articles_2|For older IHBC articles click here.]]<br /> <br /> -----<br /> # Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century. April 2026<br /> # Called-in decision Ref 23/00612/FUL (NOD-390-001). April 2026<br /> # Planning appeal summaries 2025. April 2026<br /> # Anesco Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Anor. April 2026<br /> # Successful solar generation in the historic environment. April 2026<br /> # Heritage Now, No 12, Summer 2025. April 2026<br /> # A carbon case for indigenous slate. April 2026<br /> # Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 16, No 1, 2025. April 2026<br /> # ‎The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture. March 2026<br /> # Georgian Group Journal Vol XXXIII, 2025. March 2026<br /> # The Georgian Issue 1, 2025. March 2026<br /> # C20, No 1 2025. March 2026<br /> # IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners. March 2026<br /> # The Royal Pavilion Brighton: a Regency palace of colour and sensation. March 2026<br /> # ‎Reslating an ancient water mill. March 2026<br /> # Mills News, April 2025 (No 182). March 2026<br /> # Poetry from concrete: Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture. March 2026<br /> # Illuminating stained glass: creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. March 2026.<br /> # A code of practice for slate and stone roofing. February 2026.<br /> # Ten years of Planning Club. February 2026.<br /> # Understanding pitched roofs. February 2026.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Summer 2025. February 2026.<br /> # IHBC planning for growth with corporate plan development. February 2026.<br /> # Too much stuff. February 2026.<br /> # Summoned by bells. February 2026.<br /> # ‎Judicial review regarded a planning permission for a McDonalds restaurant. January 2026.<br /> # A certificate of lawful use or development for solar panels (Ref 3349450). January 2026.<br /> # ‎Impact on a non-designated heritage asset (Ref 3343408)<br /> # The Warm Homes Plan details released. (mention), January 2026.<br /> # PPG updates on brownfield land. January 2026.<br /> # I Patarkatsishvili and Y Hunyak v W Woodward-Fisher. January 2026.<br /> # Old buildings and oligarchs. January 2026.<br /> # Written ministerial statements on planning 2025. January 2026.<br /> # The world of generative AI. January 2026.<br /> # Replacing Brighton Museum's roof lantern. January 2026.<br /> # Nineteenth-century conservation thinking from Ruskin onwards. January 2026.<br /> # The Tenement Revealed: history, design and construction. January 2026.<br /> # Discovering Jane Jacobs. December 2025.<br /> # Heritage Now Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Wayland Young. December 2025.<br /> # SPAB Magazine Spring 2025. December 2025.<br /> # SAVE at 50: Celebrating half a century of campaigning. December 2025.<br /> # Dorset Houses: from Bronze Age to 21st century. December 2025.<br /> # John Ashurst: practitioner, writer and educator. December 2025.<br /> # Journal of Historic Buildings and Places, Vol 4, 2025. December 2025.<br /> # Construction and the autumn Budget 2025 (mention). December 2025.<br /> # Inclusive, values-based conservation to 2008. December 2025.<br /> # The Cottage in Interwar England: class and the picturesque. November 2025.<br /> # St Jude-on-the-Hill Church. November 2025.<br /> # Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 3. November 2025.<br /> # IHBC Parliamentary Briefing launches 5 commitments to help heritage skills in conservation. November 2025.<br /> # The literary food chain. November 2025.<br /> # Chris Topp, heritage blacksmith. November 2025.<br /> # War Memorials Trust Bulletin. 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<p>Designing Buildings: Protected &quot;Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))</p> <hr /> <div>Slate quarrying in Scotland did not cease due to a lack of available material: there are plenty of suitable sources for roofing slate with the potential to be redeveloped today.<br /> <br /> = Introduction =<br /> <br /> Scottish slate is a quintessential part of Scotland’s traditional built environment, once widely used for roofing due to its durability and ready availability in many locations. Typically smaller in size, thicker and more variable in colour than slates found in England and Wales, the prevalent use of Scottish slate imparts a unique character to traditional roofs throughout Scotland. At the industry’s peak in the 19th century, these slates were exported as far afield as the USA, Australia and New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Despite this pedigree, no roofing slate has been quarried in Scotland since 1965. The Scottish slate roofs that remain are increasingly in need of partial or full replacement as the slates reach the end of their lifespan. As such, the dearth of supply of new Scottish roofing slates, and the dwindling availability of reclaimed slates from re-roofed or demolished buildings, poses an ever-increasing threat to Scotland’s built heritage. Recent work by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) seeks to tackle this problem, finding that several disused historic slate quarries in Scotland have the potential to supply roofing slate once more [1].<br /> <br /> = Types of Scottish slate =<br /> <br /> Geologically speaking, three different types of slate have been quarried for roofing in Scotland: West Highland Slate, Highland Border Slate and Macduff Slate. Other stones, including the greywackes of the Scottish Borders, and the flagstones of Angus, Caithness and Orkney, were also quarried for roofing tiles, but these are not ‘true slates’ in the geological sense. Slates are often known by the name of the local area from which they were sourced (such as Ballachulish, Aberfoyle and Foudland Slates).<br /> <br /> West Highland Slate is the most famous of the Scottish slates, used internationally. The West Highland Slate islands of Seil, Easdale, Belnahua and Luing are known as ‘the islands that roofed the world’ for their history of global export. In all, West Highland Slate was produced from at least 64 separate quarries in Argyllshire and Inverness-shire, mainly centred around the villages of Ballachulish, Easdale, Cullipool and Tayvallich [2]. It is the darkest Scottish slate, typically dark grey to dark blue-black, and displays a distinctive crenulation (rippling) on the surface. Small iron pyrite (‘fool’s gold’) cubes up to 1 cm in size are common.<br /> <br /> Highland Border Slate was worked at around 80 or so quarries, all located within a narrow swathe of ground that extends from the Isle of Bute up to Dunkeld in Perthshire, along the boundary of the highlands. Although not as widely exported as West Highland Slate, Highland Border Slate was a regionally significant roofing material. Ranging in colour from reddish/purplish grey to grey and greenish grey, it can appear striped across the face of the slate if the original bedding of the rock is oblique to the cleavage. This gives rise to the particularly distinctive ‘tartan’ slates of Aberfoyle, which are striped in alternating red and green.<br /> <br /> Macduff Slate was sourced from a few hundred, often comparatively small quarries clustered around the Hills of Kirkney and Tillymorgan (the ‘slate hills’) in Aberdeenshire and some other quarries in Banffshire, and it is a significant traditional roofing material in this corner of Scotland. Macduff Slate is typically grey in colour and has a slightly rough but generally flat, non-rippled surface.<br /> <br /> = The current Scottish slate market =<br /> <br /> The only way to obtain genuine Scottish slate for roof repairs today is by reclaiming slates from older buildings when they are re-roofed or demolished. This finite resource is rapidly dwindling. Slates from England and Wales can be used for replacement in some cases but are rarely a satisfactory match.<br /> <br /> Instead, the vast majority of slate used nowadays in Scotland is imported from outside the UK, most significantly from Spain. This not only threatens the character of many culturally significant buildings and areas, but also results in around £120 million per year exiting the UK’s economy. If this instead went to local quarrying enterprises, it would create and sustain much-needed skilled jobs in rural areas. Furthermore, over the last decade, the price of imported slate has increased at more than twice the rate of inflation. The inability to meet demand with our own roofing slate therefore leaves Scotland, and the UK as a whole, increasingly vulnerable to erratic and rapidly increasing import prices, with limited alternatives.<br /> <br /> = Prospects for the industry =<br /> <br /> The good news is that slate quarrying in Scotland did not cease due to a lack of available material. There are plenty of geologically suitable sources for roofing slate with the potential to be redeveloped today. All three Scottish slate types are historically significant and unique, and may have potential to become the focus of feasible modern enterprises, filling a significant gap in the current market for roofing materials. A recent report published by British Geological Survey (BGS), funded by HES, found that 32 historic sources of Scottish roofing slate still have ‘development potential’, based on the historic significance of the stone and other factors, such as quarry accessibility and local environmental protections.<br /> <br /> = Cullipool, Isle of Luing =<br /> <br /> One of the sources of slate with development potential is at Cullipool on the Isle of Luing. Situated just north of the conservation village of Cullipool lie six disused West Highland Slate quarries, the last of which was worked until 1965. The slate resource at these quarries remains relatively well exposed and is not situated in statutorily protected land. The resumption of quarrying activity at Cullipool also has the potential to directly address two pressing issues the islanders currently face: population decline and coastal erosion.<br /> <br /> At its height, the slate quarrying industry on Luing employed 170 men and sustained a thriving island population of 600 people. Today, the population of Cullipool is approximately one-quarter of its peak size, and around two thirds of the inhabitants are over the age of 65. Limited opportunities for training and employment on the island make it difficult for young people and families to remain on or move to the island, even if they wish to do so. The resumption of a small-scale slate quarrying enterprise on the island would create much-needed employment opportunities beyond the limitations of the highly seasonal and weather-dependent tourism sector.<br /> <br /> The ground beneath the village of Cullipool was built up with the waste rock that was in continual supply as a by-product of slate quarrying. Historically, the tipping of slate waste from the quarries on to the fronting beach has protected the village from the impact of coastal erosion. The cessation of quarrying and the resultant shortage of waste being supplied to the beach has allowed the coastline to progressively advance towards the village. Wave overwash during Storm Aiden in 2019 flooded homes in the village and destroyed part of the stone garden wall of one of the most seaward properties. Without intervention, it is likely that similar storm events will continue to threaten the historic village.<br /> <br /> Following a successful application for minerals planning consent in 2024, the Isle of Luing Community Trust (ILCT), supported by HES and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, has recently secured £1.75 million funding from the Scottish Government for the renewed extraction of roofing slate. This initiative plans not only to produce the first new West Highland Slate in 60 years, but also to create between four and seven jobs on the island. It will provide around 30,000 m3 of waste rock for nourishing the slate beach, moving the shoreline back to 1990s levels.<br /> <br /> This exciting project seeks to demonstrate that a renewed quarrying industry can deliver multi-faceted benefits, and it will re-establish a supply of a crucial material for the conservation of traditional roofs in Scotland. The project aims to begin test production of roofing slate in summer 2026. Interested parties should monitor the ILCT social media pages (@luingtrust on Instagram, Isle of Luing Community Trust on Facebook and LinkedIn).<br /> <br /> = References =<br /> <br /> * [1] Everett, PA and Shaw IR (2024) ‘Development potential for building stone resources in Scotland’, British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/24/020. Available at nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537904/<br /> * [2] The Building Stone Database for Scotland. Available at webservices.bgs.ac.uk/buildingstone<br /> <br /> -----<br /> This article originally appeared in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC’s) [https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1584 Context 184], published in September 2025. It was written by Imogen Shaw and Graham Briggs. Imogen Shaw is building stone scientist at the British Geological Survey. 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