Friday 21 November 2008 – EARTHA AGM, with guest speaker and optional dinner, at the Pickerell Inn, Ixworth, commencing at 7.00 pm.

EARTHA is a long-established regional group of professionals and interested laymen, formed to promote understanding and good practice in earth construction, both old and new.

At this interesting time of ‘eco’ developments, as well as traditional conservation, EARTHA is looking for new active members

For further information on EARTHA and these events, contact Sarah Roberts on 01379 646812 or brader@sky.com


 

International Symposium for the Preservation of Historic Windows

17–18 November
Budapest

The Symposium is aiming at discussing and showing different aspects and solutions for the possibility of preservation and upgrading the  traditional windows.

Simultaneous English-Hungarian interpretation will be provided.
 

AUTUMN WORKSHOP 
AMENDMENTS TO THE PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT REGIME FOR HOUSEHOLDERS

Winchester Guildhall, The Broadway, Winchester Tuesday 18th November at 3.00pm to 5.00pm
Speakers: Robert Jackson, Head of Development Control at Hart District Council and Alison Davidson, Historic Environment Manager at Winchester City Council

Aylesbury Vale District Council, Gateway Offices, Aylesbury
Monday 24th November at 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Speakers: Phillip Dales, Head of Enforcement at AVDC and Geoff Huntingford, IHBC Member from West Waddy ADP

Most of you will be aware that there have been changes made to the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (the GPDO) which became live on 1st October 2008.  These changes affect householder applications only but will affect houses within conservation areas as well as outside conservation areas.  A quick scan of the Statutory Instrument (no. 2362) is likely to confuse the best of us, so the South Branch of the IHBC has decided to put on some short workshops to assist in clarifying the minefield that is “permitted development”.
 
Two 2-hour workshops offer opportunities to get clarification of the new rules.

Full details and booking form

On the Waterfront Conference
Culture, Heritage and Regeneration of Port Cities
 

19-21 November 2008
BT Convention Centre, Kings Dock, Liverpool,
 

On the Waterfront is an exceptional conference with an international focus, hosted in Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008. Speakers including Sir Bob Scott, International Director Liverpool Culture Company, Olivier Lemaire, General Manager, International Association of Cities and Ports, Professor Eddie Friel OBE, Professor Franco Bianchini, Cultural Policy and Planning, Leeds University, Dr René Borruey, Research fellow, Marseille École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture who will explore the future of port cities - from Liverpool to New York, Shanghai to Lagos.

There is a strong emphasis on the role regeneration can play, the importance of tourism and culture can play and how projects in cities such Mumbai and Gdansk have utilized previously redundant areas to fashion vibrant and diverse places where creativity has flourished alongside economic resurgence.

The Annual Lecture - Frank Kelsall
Not As Ugly As Stonehenge: Architecture and History in the First Lists of Historic Buildings

The Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, The Strand, London
Monday 24 November 2008, at 6.30pm

The Lecture will be preceded by a reception from 5.30pm and the presentation of the Society's awards at 6pm.

Admission is by ticket, price £8 (£3 for registered students). Please use the booking form below, or contact the Events Secretary, Dr Stewart Abbott, at stewart.abbott@ntlworld.com

ib2008: From Smart Homes to Connected Communities

 

24 November 2008 - The Building Centre, London

Smart home technologies have the potential to revolutionise the way in which we deliver and use our homes, going beyond the boundaries of homes into connected communities.

This one day event will consider two of the key applications for smart home technologies: Sustainability and Assistive Living. It will answer some of the key questions:
• What are the market drivers?
• What are the technologies?
• Who has already implemented these technologies?
• What technologies are just around the corner?
• What support is there out there to help implement these solutions?

BURA Awards for Best Practice in
Regeneration - Ceremony

 

25th November 2008
Leeds Town Hall

New offers combine place bookings with a free year of BURA membership as a welcome to the organisation.

Celebrating a fantastic years worth of regeneration, BURA invites you to mingle with regeneration’s movers and shakers at the iconic Leeds Town Hall for our flagship Awards Ceremony – the BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration.

Through these independent awards we seek to identify and promote innovative projects that are making a positive contribution to economic, social and environmental regeneration locally, as well as catalysing wider regeneration and creating a self-sustaining momentum with long-term benefits for local communities.

The awards embrace diversity, recognising projects across the UK on a variety of scales and celebrate the enormous range of people and organisations involved in regeneration.

We are delighted that the awards have once again been sponsored by English Partnerships, Scottish Enterprise, the Welsh Assembly Government, and the Department for Social Development - Northern Ireland . This support reflects the commitment of all four countries to identifying, sharing and learning from UK trans-national best practice.

For more information www.bura.org.uk
0207 539 4030, Viv Niblett
vivien@bura.org.uk  or 020 7539 4030.

Forthcoming SPABiS Events Programme2008

2nd Annual Building Maintenance Lectures -

Tuesday 25 November 2008.
Heriot-Watt University

As a part of our ongoing commitment to historic building maintenance, the SPAB in
Scotland, with funding support from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, is running a series of lectures on the evening of Tuesday, 25 November 2008, hosted by Heriot-Watt University, School of the Built Environment.

The talks will include a variety of topics relating to maintenance of traditional buildings, presented by an illustrious line-up of speakers.

The event will commence at 4:30 p.m. in Room 3.07 of the Edwin Chadwick building and is expected to finish at 8:00 p.m., sandwiches and refreshments will be provided at the interval.

This event is not to be passed up, for homeowners and professionals alike!

Any further event queries please call 0131 558 1854. General queries
0131 557 1551 or email info@spabscotland.freeserve.co.uk

YORK MINSTER’S GREAT EAST WINDOW
CREATION, CONTEXT & CONSERVATION

25 - 26 November 2008
Bedern Hall and the King’s Manor, York

This two day event will explore the context in which John Thornton’s great east window of
York Minster was conceived and created, and the circumstances in which it is soon to be
conserved as part of the ambitious York Minster Revealed programme.

It will be held in the historic Bedern Hall close by the Minster, and the King’s Manor, once the home of the medieval abbot of St Mary’s Abbey and now home of the University’s new MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management.

Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings

Wednesday 26th November 2008
The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE

A one day seminar looking at technical issues and current research.

This seminar will present the results of recent research
on energy performance and CO2 usage in traditionally built structures by research partners and others involved in the work.

Additional speakers will consider other aspects of the thermal performance of older buildings, and the factors that must be considered when assessing overall energy performance and carbon usage.

Historic Scotland Technical Conservation Group
 

CPT Events

Our Built Heritage - Conservation Matters

Society of Chemical Industry, London
Thursday 27 November 2008

11th Annual Harold Plenderleith
Memorial Lecture
Useful or beautiful: places and things
 

Adam Wilkinson,
Director of Edinburgh World Heritage
Thursday 27 November 2008
Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ

Useful or beautiful: places and things is the subject of the 2008 Plenderleith Memorial Lecture and the speaker is Adam Wilkinson, the new director of Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH).

Prior to joining EWH in April 2008, Adam was Secretary of the campaigning organisation SAVE Britain’s Heritage for seven years where he led campaigns to save a variety of threatened historic buildings.

As the new director of EWH, Adam’s primary objective will be the protection, enhancement and promotion of the city of Edinburgh.

Heritage Skills Initiative

November - various

The North East has a rich and diverse heritage and its future, along with regional tourism, employment and a sense of place for those who live here, is literally in the hands of those who care for it. ....

There has been long and growing concern at the loss of traditional skills and the impact of that loss on the cultural heritage sector. ...

Through further funding from English Heritage, National Heritage Training Group and European Social Fund we are able to increase the programme tenfold this year ...

Andie Harris, Heritage Skills Co-ordinator

NEW BUILD AND REFURBISHMENT IN THE
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLAN
RESEARCH LAUNCH
 

2 December 2008
BRE, Garston, Watford

This one day seminar is centred on the role of housing renewal in the sustainable regeneration of communities. It provides examples from both the public and private sector as well as an overview of new build and refurbishment in the Sustainable Communities Plan. This is the subject of a new report from the BRE Trust and the College of Estate Management, which will be launched at the seminar.

ICOMOS
Food Farming & Cultural Landscapes

11 December 2008
The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street,
London EC1M 6EJ

We would like to invite you to this year’s Christmas lecture on a subject which is now becoming a global issue:

How can sustainable farming feed the planet, be environmentally sensitive but also respect our cultural environment? There has been much debate on the links between farming and nature conservation, but rather less on links between farming and cultural heritage conservation. At a time when pastoralism as a way of life is only hanging on by a thread in all
Mediterranean countries, and the uplands are highly vulnerable in the UK, the lecture will consider how increased food supplies could be provided sustainably alongside habitat conservation and respect for the cultural values of farming communities and landscapes.

Courses for:

Contractors
Building Professionals and Homeowners
Masterclasses

2008-2009

Here at Charlestown Workshops, home of the Scottish Lime Centre
Trust, we have been providing specialist advice and training for the conservation and repair of Scotland’s built heritage for nearly 15 years.

A centre of excellence for traditional building skills, Charlestown Workshops offers a comprehensive training and education programme
ranging from 1 day hands-on workshops to longer courses that can lead to the attainment of National Vocational Qualifications in Masonry Conservation.

We also offer bespoke training solutions for the construction industry and have forged partnerships with local authorities and other organisations with historic building projects.

Scottish Stone Liaison Group

Deconstructing Stone
 

November 2008 - April 2009

This seminar series, designed for building professionals, addresses the sustainable use of stone in construction. Delivered in association with Historic Scotland and a number of professional bodies, the programme consists of 4 full-day seminars, plus a field study day.

The seminars will cover the main aspects of repair & maintenance, the use of stone in new build and changes to standards, including a review of the new Scottish Building Standards guidance – Natural Stone Masonry in Modern Scottish Construction: A Guide for Designers and Constructors.
Recognised by the IHBC for CPD (see www.ihbc.org.uk )

Inclusive Design within a Historic
Environment - Conference

13 January 2009 - 9.30am to 1.00pm
Hawksmoor Church of St Luke’s,
London EC1V 9NG

Islington Council invites you to attend this unique conference to debate questions of inclusion, conservation and sustainable development. Your first CPD opportunity of 2009!

This 1733 Grade 1 listed building was declared unsafe in 1959 but is now home to the London Symphony Orchestra’s education centre. It is a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable venue that celebrates its past, embraces the present and looks to the future with relish......

The keynote speech will be delivered by Richard Griffiths
(RIBA and Civic Trust Award winner); architect to Southwark Cathedral, St Albans Abbey, Sutton House and Lambeth Palace.

Booking essential – substantial discounts for early bird and group booking! Call 020 7527 2394 for more information.

Historic Buildings 2009

AJ Conferences

Wednesday 14th January 2009
The Royal Society of Medicine, London W1

in association with:

 

endorsed by:

Providing for the modern uses of historic buildings whilst limiting changes to the building fabric can pose substantial challenges for architects.  Add to this a mix of building regulations and new rules for applications to make changes to historic building projects, and the sector looks increasingly complex even for the most experiences practitioners.

....Gain the in-depth information needed for applications to make changes to building projects, improve how you work with Conservation Officers, and hear inspirational approaches to applying for building regulations on your historic building projects.

Forthcoming Courses, Seminars and Events

Lime plaster, run mouldings & pargetting
22nd – 23rd January 2009

Repair & conservation of historic windows
26th – 27th February 2009
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Since 1997 the Historic Buildings and Conservation team at Essex County Council have run a series of one, two or three day hands-on courses in traditional building skills. The courses aim to address the declining numbers of people trained in traditional craft skills and to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our historic buildings by using the appropriate methods and materials to repair and conserve them.

The courses are run from our workshop at Cressing Temple but where possible we use live sites throughout the county. Our tutors are all excellent craftsmen who run their own businesses using their skills every day, and have a wealth of experience and knowledge.


CPD certificates provided

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0904 Powerhouses of Provincial Architecture 1837-1914 Study Day 2

Saturday 24 January 2008 10am to 5pm
Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR.

Following the sell-out success of the first study day we’re back with a second selection of provincial architects who deserve to be better known. This time we look even further away from the Metropolitan centre, at family firms, county networks, seaside resorts and industrial cities. Speakers include Dr Geoff Brandwood on Goddards of Leicester; Keith Knight on Walter Brierley of York; Dr Colin Cunningham on FW Stevens in Bombay; Dr Kathryn Ferry on JW Cockrill of Great Yarmouth; Peter Howell on John Douglas in Cheshire; Nick Antram on the forgotten Victorian architects of East Sussex; Dr Julian Holder on the firms that shaped Sheffield; Paul Harron on Young & Mackenzie in Belfast; and Phil Thomas on Herbert North in North Wales.

£45. Including sandwich lunch and refreshments at morning and afternoon breaks. Doors open 9.30am.
Booking required.

ISWC2009
Two-day international small wind conference Organised by BRE and BWEA

22nd - 23rd April 2009
BRE Watford

Be part of the first truly international event for small wind systems!

In 2009 the UK will play host to BRE and BWEA's inaugural international conference, for a technology which is seeing unprecedented market growth the world over.

Small wind systems are taking off in a big way. Driven by government policy, planning, building regulations, climate change and increasing fossil fuel prices, microgeneration technologies are increasingly becoming an integral part of national, householder or business approaches to energy use and onsite generation.

Second International Conference on Whole Life Urban Sustainability and
its Assessment

 

22–24 April 2009, Loughborough, UK
 

This conference will bring together leading international researchers, professionals, tool developers, policy makers and other stakeholders who are involved in the field of urban sustainability assessment to exchange ideas and knowledge on how to meet the assessment needs of urban decision-makers.

The conference themes are:
• Urban planning and design for sustainability
• Sustainable buildings: design, performance and assessment
• Quality of life in the urban environment
• Stakeholder participation
• Urban sustainability and the move to low carbon developments
• Measures, assessment theory, complexity and uncertainty

   

SPAB

Faith in Maintenance Training Days
2007-2008

Braddan, Isle of Man
Saturday 25 April 2009
Kirk Braddan, Braddan (near Douglas)
Wellesbourne, West Midlands
Saturday 9 May 2009
Wellesbourne St Peter
Diocese of Ely
Saturday 16 May 2009
Venue to be announced