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The founders of The Arc, the online resource that helps clients find specialist historic environment professionals, have reaffirmed their shared commitment to collaboration and professional excellence by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding.

Significant changes to Scotland's planning regulations mean homeowners in conservation areas can now enjoy greater freedom to upgrade their properties with modern, energy-efficient windows, without compromising on historic character.

A 12-month project is in progress to get one of London's oldest thatched buildings removed from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register.

For those looking to specify rooflights for their next project, Stella Rooflight offers unmatched quality, reliability, and a bespoke service that ensures your vision is brought to life.

The first-ever Historic Environment Skills and Careers Action Plan for England (HESCAPE) has been officially published.

The Institute is a founding participant of The Arc, an historic built environment online resource.

A five-month restoration project has started on the "last surviving civilian bomb-damaged building" in Hull.

Conservation rooflights, also known as heritage rooflights, have been a crucial part of architectural design for centuries.

The Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral could be "severely harm[ed]" by the expansion of the Square Mile's office space and tall buildings, Historic England has warned.

A CIAT-Accredited Conservationist is a new member on the board of the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA).

Historic England has launched a new framework for projects on its estate.

Chatham, Derry/Londonderry and Glasgow are among places where social enterprises and charities are being empowered to take over and transform at-risk high street buildings.

Historic England has added 159 buildings and sites to its Heritage at Risk Register – an annual snapshot of the health of England's historic buildings and places.

Superbloom is a natural new landscape surrounding the Tower of London. For the first time, earlier this year, visitors were able to walk through the moat and admire the twenty million flowers that filled and transformed the Tower's moat.

The online workshop for the Institute's CIAT-Accredited Conservationist Specialist Register is available to watch on our YouTube channel.

It is the country's first online building stones database which will bring together information on over 4,000 types of building stone, their uses and sources, in a searchable online GIS map explorer.

The IHBC is calling for feedback on its Conservation Professional Practice Principles document.

Every generation tries to improve on what went before, often by denigrating the past as old fashioned and out-dated. In the construction sector, that axiom has led to some tragic destruction of our architectural heritage. Crafted features, such as joinery, fireplaces, architraves and tiling, have been covered over or ripped out, to be replaced with alternatives that have not stood the test of time well in terms of either quality or aesthetics.

The Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) has been awarded grant funding to initiate an online, interactive and engaging learning assessment for introductory historic environment conservation.