IHBC NewsBlog
IHBC London Branch Conference 4 Oct 2018 – save the date
‘Creative Conservation: Partnerships and Public Value’. London Branch's celebrated annual conference takes place in the Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park.
IHBC free MATE sessions - supporting accreditation
HESPR members’ staff from Woodhall Conservation, Purcell and RSK take part in Membership Application Training Event sessions on the accreditation process.
IHBC Branch & partner CPD & more, across the UK - our new NewsBlog resource lets you browse the wide range of CPD events on the IHBC Calendar and pass them on.
IHBC spotlights EPCs Call for Evidence – responses by 19 Oct 2018
Responses needed to ‘Call for Evidence on Energy Performance Certificates’, while comments and copies of responses may be sent to [email protected]
IHBC CPD boost and checkup from DBW
Critical learning from DBW on ‘Rights to light’ using references such as the RICS Rights of light: Practical guidance for chartered surveyors in England and Wales.
IHBC Heritage from the doorstep
Cash boost helps preserve historic North York Moors monuments, reports The Darlington and Stockton Times.
IHBC CPD - Context article on lime and stone and reopening historic quarries
Even within environmentally sensitive areas planning permission is possible, as Emily Harper and Sue Penaluna explain in their article on the repair of Exeter Cathedral.
IHBC HESPR top pick from £250M+ costed work this week
East Herts seeks regeneration developer for Bishop’s Stortford site; closing 28/08,
contract values ranging from: £25M- £200M.
RTPI proposal for post-Brexit environmental watchdog fundamentally flawed
The Government’s proposal for a post-Brexit environmental watchdog that only has jurisdiction for England is deeply flawed, says the RTPI.
World Heritage UK report out - Commercial Best Practice in World Heritage
The report, following a meeting in March 2018, details the discussions and future actions and includes an appendix on visitor numbers and characteristics.
Planning Portal and Federation of Master Builders sign partnership agreement
The Memorandum of Understanding signals their intent to work more closely together for the benefit of their joint customers and members.
Scottish Planning Bill changes marks a point of no return for Scotland’s heritage
The National Trust for Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to save Scotland’s heritage by overhauling the planning system.
Featured articles
An overlooked architect who deserves to be celebrated for his wide range of buildings.
Technological advancement and professionalisation have brought new ways to investigate, analyse and interpret.
A symbiotic relationship has developed between the TT Races and the island’s landscape.
Traditional construction materials
The Isle of Man’s naturally-occurring materials and distinctive building techniques.
A survey of Leicester’s historic buildings resulted in local listing being taken more seriously.
Bristol’s oldest building still in everyday use.
Architecture of the Isle of Man
Manx architecture is distinctive, but its buildings are at risk from neglect.
The rich archaeology of the Isle of Man is an important part of its cultural heritage.
From the sinister Carceri d’Invenzione to the triple portrait of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his Grand Tour travelling companions.
A woodcarver whose work can be seen in more than 300 churches in Devon and Cornwall.
Howell Killick Partridge and Amis
Book review: The vertebrate architecture of one of the most important practices of the 20th century.
Gustavo Giovannoni’s role in integrating modern planning requirements into historic town centres.
A fascinating glossary of paving terms by IHBC’s Rob Cowan.
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.