IHBC NewsBlog
IHBC’s 2019 ‘Yearbook’ Now Released "Extending the Reach of the IHBC"
The IHBC’s Yearbook for 2019 includes regular IHBC reviews, updates and listings, from IHBC’s HESPR listing to our Recognised Conservation Courses and member directory.
IHBC 2019 Marsh Awards now out: at the IHBC’s 2019 School, Nottingham 4 – 6 July
The judges are delighted to confer the 2019 IHBC Marsh Awards for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills and Community Contribution (Retired Member).
Rail stations in line for £300 million funding boost to improve disabled access
Disabled rail passengers across Britain will benefit from better access at stations and newly accessible stations will open up routes across the country.
A historical take on the future of Notre Dame, from IHBC’s former Membership Secretary
The IHBC asked former Membership Secretary Paul Butler for a take on some critical and historical issues around the modern response to Notre Dame.
CPRE’s State of Brownfield 2019 report: Enough land for more than 1M homes
CPRE shows there is enough suitable brownfield land available in England for more than 1 million homes across over 18,000 sites and over 26,000 hectares.
BBC on ‘The grief that comes from lost buildings’
BBC News has reported on how, across the world, destruction of cultural attractions causes a specific sort of communal grief.
Enter the Brick Awards 2019: Closing 31 May
The Brick Development Association (BDA) has highlighted the opportunity to compete at the industry’s highest level and be recognised by top-tier trade and national press.
STBA-SPAB Conference – 11 June 2019, London
The 2019 STBA-SPAB Conference & Expo will look at the current situation of regulations and initiatives, as well as the skills training that enable our built environment to include a wealth of healthy buildings with heritage and aesthetic value.
Historic buildings on fire – Fisons Victorian factory near Ipswich destroyed
The former Fisons warehouse in Bramford, near Ipswich, was the victim on another fire affecting our heritage. Listed Grade II and dating back to 1858 the building was destroyed by a fire thought to be arson.
Highways England pours £4 million into canal restoration scheme
A mile-long stretch of canal in Gloucestershire that disappeared more than half a century ago is closer to being restored, thanks to £4 million of funding from Highways England.
Westminster: Legislative plans for Olympics-style body to oversee restoration works
MPs vote on proposals for Houses of Parliament refurbishment, as the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster reaches a major milestone.
Ever wondered ‘How Venice Works’, with 124 Islands, 183 Canals & 438 Bridges
Open Culture has featured the Venice Backstage exploration of Venice and how, when the tourists leave the city, 60,000 year-round residents stay behind.
Featured articles
More than just aesthetic and historic values and meanings.
An exciting and novel collaboration between the RIBA and the SPAB.
Historic England free download
Hardy Plants and Plantings for Repton and Late Georgian Gardens (1780-1820).
Submit under-graduate or post-graduate taught-coursework about conservation in its widest sense.
A balancing act between protection and the rights of the individual.
People, traffic and historic townscapes.
A remote plateau in Bulgaria has been the focus of international preservation efforts.
Coping with the loss of local authority conservation services.
One of Europe’s largest waterfront transformations.
The Engine Shed - a hub with many spokes.
Shared heritage from a social perspective.
How to reform listed building consent
When possible abuses are seen, the question is: did it somehow get consent?
Rebuilding could take 20 to 40 years.
Resource charting the development of colour since the 17th century.
Review of the long-awaited discourse on these beautifully produced, colourful wallpapers.
Book review: Buildings of protestant nonconformity.
About IHBC
Historic places attract people, activity and investment, giving new life to their communities and helping make places more competitive. They play a central role in regenerating towns, cities and rural areas all around the UK, in particular, helping to repopulate inner-city areas.
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is the professional body for building conservation practitioners and historic environment experts working in the United Kingdom. It exists to establish, develop and maintain the highest standards of conservation practice, to support the effective protection and enhancement of the historic environment, and to promote heritage-led regeneration and access to the historic environment for all. It has a network of regional and national branches around the UK.
IHBC members come from a range of professional disciplines in the public, private and voluntary sectors, including conservation officers, planners, architects, regeneration practitioners and academics. The work of members varies from overseeing small-scale traditional repairs to managing multi-million pound area regeneration projects.
Using internationally-recognised standards, IHBC assesses and regulates conservation practitioners. It works to provide regular training, continuing professional development (CPD) and education events, as well as lobbying at international, national, regional and local levels.
For more information, see the IHBC’s website.
IHBC is passionate about making knowledge freely-available. This helps defragment the industry, spread best practice, promote innovation and prevent mistakes.
Conservation Wiki has been created to further this ambition and IHBC is calling on its members, and others to contribute to this valuable and growing resource for the benefit of all.
[edit] About Conservation Wiki
Conservation Wiki is part of the Designing Buildings Wiki platform created to make construction industry knowledge freely available to everyone. Anyone can create articles about subjects they know and find articles about subjects they don't.
Conservation Wiki is operated by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. It provides a platform for sharing knowledge about the conservation of the built and historic environment, from the restoration of cathedrals to the management of conservation areas and retrofitting period, traditional and modern properties to improve their performance.
Where there are articles on Conservation Wiki that are owned and maintained by the IHBC, they are protected from editing and linked to their original source on the IHBC website. Comments on these articles can be emailed to IHBC’s Support Officer Carla Pianese, at [email protected]. Other articles on Conservation Wiki do not necessarily reflect IHBC policy or practice.
Conservation Wiki is a publicly accessible service and the IHBC encourages practitioners to populate it with relevant content as well as to contribute to the development of existing articles. Where appropriate these contributions may be used to inform IHBC policy and practice.
Click here to see a list of all the articles on Conservation Wiki.
To find an article, just type your subject into the search box. Conservation articles will appear first in the search results, then related articles form the rest of Designing Buildings Wiki.
To create an article, first register, then click 'Create an article'. To add your article to Conservation Wiki, tick the 'Conservation' category at the end of the article before you save it. To add your profile to articles you write, just insert your signature.
You can also edit and improve existing articles by clicking 'Edit this article'. If 'Edit this article' does not appear above an article, you may have reached your 5-edits-a-day limit, in which case, just register or log in to continue, or the article may have been protected by its author.
If you want to comment on an article, click 'Add a comment' at the end of the article, or email Carla Pianese, at [email protected].
For more information have a look at the Designing Buildings Wiki quick start guide, or go to the Designing Buildings Wiki help page.