IHBC Context 144
Context, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation's membership journal and key heritage sector resource offers contents that span the full spectrum of practices and principles, as well as sector updates: reports, reviews, events, briefings and more.
The May 2016 edition is available to read online.
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: ‘We’ll put this issue online immediately, to help extend conservation awareness as far as possible. That said, the most accessible way learn to about conservation principles, practice and thinking is to explore this issue in hard copy, as an IHBC member.’
‘From now on we’ll also be using social media posts to help people focus on CPD and accreditation issues too, so there’s an easier route to the skills covering our Areas of Competence. Already we give pointers like these in our events postings, but now we are extending this service to Context.’
Context144 includes:
- More about local listing, with PlaceCheck, or WHS fires… or pub values.
- Periodically: Distilled heritage periodicals from Bob Kindred IHBC and 2013 Student Awardee Lisa McIntyre on medieval bishops’ palaces in the JAC.
- Aimée Felton, IHBC’s first Associate Member, on Restoring Kew’s Temperate House.
- Scaffolding – ups and downs: Interventions, covering technology competences and more
- HGV vibrations – time for re-assessment, says Champion.
- Conservation in the round with high points of high Streets: ‘Putting shops to viable uses consistent with their conservation should seek to encourage maximum use of the building for modern purposes, while also maximising the heritage value.’
- Richard Bate on conservation services and officers: ‘The paltry savings on modest salaries seems wholly misplaced in relation to the potential benefits of retaining and augmenting conservation staff.
IHBC NewsBlog
IHBC hosts stand at 50th Anniversary conservation area celebration in Cambridge
Free CPD and more on 27 February at Cambridge’s Guildhall: all welcome though with the evening event by prior booking only…
IHBC welcomes top lawyer double-up to the 2019 Annual School
Charles Mynors and Nigel Hewitson: ‘… on legal issues around conservation calamities’!
More speakers announced for IHBC 2019 Day School
‘Structures and structural failure’ at IHBC’s Nottingham School, with Ed Morton (ex Canterbury, York and Westminster to St Paul’s) and John Ruddy.
IHBC HESPR top pick from £10.2M+ costed work
RSPB Scotland, seeks developer of ‘micro-adventure with heritage interpretation’ (‘Wanderings and Windings’), closing 11/03, value £9000.
An ethnographic approach to conservation from Tom Yarrow in Context – with an ‘energy twist’, from the Trobriand Islands to Scotland.
Ageing gracefully - restorations which retain historical decay.
Survey on the importance of high quality design in building - Civic Voice
Following the government’s launch of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission in Dec 2018 Civic Voice has launched a survey to assist in its submission.
Funding deal agreed to build homes on London rooftops
Government backa a project to build rooftop properties in London on the top of existing buildings - part of a £500m project for 11K+ affordable properties across the country…
RIBA publishes latest future trends survey results
The latest RIBA survey of architects indicates a considerable fall in optimism about their future workload.
£38 million T Level Capital Fund launched for England
From 2020 young people taking T Levels – the technical equivalent of A levels - will benefit from a £38 million funding boost.
MHCLG on Construction Products Regulation in the event of no Brexit deal
MHCLG has provided guidance with practical information on the legal requirements that would be required in a no deal scenario in relation to construction products.
Centre for Cities think tank reveals that British cities bear the brunt of austerity
The Centre for Cities think tank has called for an end to local government austerity as it reveals that Whitehall cuts have hit cities twice as hard as the rest of Britain.