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The Cultural Protection Fund is continuing into 2021!

Building on from the success of the last four years, new funding means we can continue to support organisations to protect cultural heritage that is at risk of being lost forever.

Read more about the additional funding and the extension of the fund here. 

What is the Cultural Protection Fund? 

• The Cultural Protection Fund is a fund that supports efforts to protect cultural heritage at risk in in twelve target countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
• The fund aims to help to create sustainable opportunities for economic and social development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage affected by conflict.
• Grants are available to applicants working with local partners in one or more of the fund’s target countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen.  NB CPF is funded through ODA grant which limits the Fund to ODA countries.
• The Cultural Protection Fund accepts applications from organisations globally, but applicants must either be based in, or have a partner in one of the fund’s target countries (see above). 

As part of our wider work in culture and development, we manage the Cultural Protection Fund in partnership with DCMS . The fund is administered by a UK-based team (and not the British Council offices based with our target countries).

Glasgow City Heritage Trust presents:

Your Career in Conservation: The Purpose and Process of Accreditation

Thursday 26th March 2020 | 9:30-17:00 | Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art  

Scotland currently has a deficit of conservation accredited professionals, which presents a major hurdle for the delivery of appropriate repairs and maintenance to the historic environment. In order to help address this gap, Glasgow City Heritage Trust is hosting a one-day conference on conservation accreditation within the heritage and built environment sectors.

What you’ll learn: 

Attendees will be able to hear from leading accreditation bodies about the value of accreditation for conserving our historic environment, how the application process works and how being conservation accredited can open new career paths.

The conference will be split into two parts, with the first session focusing on individual and organisational experiences with the process of getting conservation accredited and the benefits of accreditation, as well as advice for potential applicants and a discussion amongst delegates about the current accreditation process. The second session will be split into parallel workshops for participants to get more information about the application process specific to their professional area and get guidance on applications.

Keynote Speaker: Liz Davidson, IHBC, Hon FRIAS OBE | Senior Project Manager at the Glasgow School of Art 

Chair: Alistair MacDonald, Former Head of Planning for Glasgow and past Convenor of the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland

Speakers: 

Rob Adams, Adams Napier Partnership, and Chair of the Scotland RICS Building Conservation Forum

Rebecca Cadie, Director of ARPL Architects and RIAS Conservation Accredited Architect

Sara Crofts, Chief Executive of Icon 

Dr Seán O’Reilly, Director of IHBC

Colin Tennant, Head of Technical Education and Training at Historic Environment Scotland 

Steve Wood, David Narro Associates, and Conservation Accredited Engineer  

Workshops will be lead by:

Conservation Accreditation Register for Engineers (CARE)

Institute of Conservation (Icon)

Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC)

Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Early bird individual ticket: £85 (until February 12th) | Standard price individual ticket: £95  | Two tickets: £160 

Thanks to the Glasgow School of Art for hosting this event 

If you have any questions, please email events@glasgowheritage.org.uk.

Wednesday, Oct. 7th, 2020 & Thursday, Oct 8th, 2020
Benediktbeuern, Germany

In order to achieve the ambitious governmental and societal goals in CO2 reduction which are needed to mitigate global climate change requires the contribution of all sectors including buildings and the construction industry. Historic and traditional buildings compose a considerable part of the worldwide building stock. Solutions are needed that respect the historic fabric of these buildings and yet contribute to energy efficiency improvements and CO2 reduction.

The 4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings EEHB2020 aims to present new research and best practices on a wide range of topics relating to energy efficiency in historic buildings. This year, the focus will be on the role digital technologies can play in improving the energy performance of historic buildings, whilst respecting the principles of conservation. In this context, the aim is to take a closer look at the interfaces between digital building models and the building simulation and the question of the necessary accuracy of both 3D digitisation and hygrothermal or building energy performance simulation tools. Both technologies – 3D scans and building simulation – have been available for a long time, but so far there are no automated processes for converting 3D scans into the energetic building simulation. In addition, more research is also needed on the degree of accuracy of the building survey using digital methods in order to represent a historical building accurately.

Abstracts will be selected based on their relevancy to the general theme of the conference, novelty, quality, advancement of the field and state of completion of the research or practice they are presenting. Selected abstracts will be invited for presentation at the workshop on “Recording historic buildings using digital workflows – Designing the intersection from 3D model to building simulation” on Monday, Oct. 5th, 2020, & Tuesday, Oct. 6th, 2020 before the main conference. Also, a poster session is planned. 

The following is meant to illustrate, but not limit, the scope of the conference: 

• State of the art and beyond approaches for the use of digital technologies to improve the energy performance of historic buildings 
• From 3D point clouds to building simulations – workflows and accuracy aspects within model creation 
• Approaches for digitisation of the energy refurbishment process 
• Tools and methods for analysis, planning, refurbishment to facility management
• Building and district level applications 
• Challenges in preservation of 20th-century historic buildings
• Development of new technical retrofit measures appropriate for different types of historic buildings
• Good practices presenting state of the art both in terms of achieved results and decision-making processes
• Investigations based in social sciences and humanities
• Need for training and education, knowledge sharing and critical analyses of the science-practice gap
• Laws, regulations and policies at international, national, regional and local level

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words long and must describe the research objectives, scope and method, as well as the main findings and implications of the work.  Abstracts are due on February 25th, 2020. 

– Extension of Deadline for Abstracts to March 10th, 2020 

Please submit your abstracts under the following email-address: submission@eehb2020.org

For further details, please see: www.eehb2020.org 

The conference is organised jointly by the Fraunhofer Centre for Conservation and Energy Performance of Historic Buildings and the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt and with the support of the Bezirk Oberbayern.

26-27 March 2020

Midland Hotel, Manchester

Organised by the Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society, this conference aims to provide a historical context for the use of terracotta and faïence in architectural structures and the latest information on the restoration and refurbishment of buildings bearing these materials. It will also, importantly, promote the use of terracotta and faïence in contemporary new-build projects. Leading practitioners in the field of architectural conservation, manufacture of terracotta and faïence, and designers of new-build construction featuring these materials will be among the panel of speakers. The conference will include a tour of some of the important buildings in central Manchester as well as a visit to a major manufacturer of both conservation and new-build architectural terracotta and faïence.

For more information, contact conference@tacsuk.org. TACS is the national society which promotes the study and conservation of tiles and architectural ceramics. Visit our website at www.tilesoc.org.uk

CALL FOR PAPERS

January 10, 2020 | Submission draft paper
February 10, 2020 | Submission of final paper

Florence Heri-Tech was launched in 2018 by the Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence (DIEF) and Florence Biennial Art and Restoration Fair. The idea was to create a synergy between Cultural Heritage and New Technologies. The Conference involves a large number of research projects and scholars from around the world and puts the industry’s current issues under the spotlight, specifically on issues related to innovative techniques and technologies for Cultural Heritage. The Conference is part of the Florence Biennial Art and Restoration Fair, an international event attracting prestigious institutions and companies and creating a unique opportunity to bring together the academic word with industry. The city of Florence will therefore be the international heart of Restoration and Cultural and Environmental assets as well as a forum for meeting and discussing for experts and enthusiasts from around the world. The Conference will be a significant opportunity for exchange between researchers and companies for the promotion of productive excellence, technological evolution, the greater use of culture for younger sections of the population and specialization in the educational field for graduates and PhD students.

The Historical and Masonry Structures (www.hms.civil.uminho.pt) at ISISE, University of Minho, Portugal, opened one PhD student position in Masonry Structures, Earthquake Engineering and Seismology to join an European Research Council Advanced Grant recently started.

Interested applicants with excellent academic / scientific qualifications, please respond to Prof. Paulo B. Lourenço (pbl@civil.uminho.pt) until the deadline, providing the documents requested in the enclosed file or in http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=121580.

The PhD subject will address numerical or experimental approaches for the out of plane behavior of masonry structures, including processing of the seismic signal, shaking table testing, analytical tools, numerical modeling or design concepts.

MDPI Books has published a new book, edited by Chiara Bertolin, titled Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Resources Threatened by Climate Change.

It is available on open access here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1486

 

We run a 2-day ‘Conservation of Architectural Ironwork’ CPD course at venues around the country. We can also deliver this bespoke to your team at a venue of your choice. Please contact the office for more information: info@nhig.org.uk

We also offer 1-day seminars on various subjects related to ironwork conservation at different venues around the country.  More information on upcoming courses can be found on our Events page.

NHIG two day CPD course

Subject:  Architectural Ironwork Conservation
Dates & Venue: See our events page
Cost: £250 including lunches
Sample pre-arrival pack:  Sample CPD Pre-Arrival Pack (.docx)
Booking form:  NHIG CPD Booking Form (.docx)
Contact Information: info@nhig.org.uk / 07503 764712

The IHBC (Institute of Historic Building Conservation) recognises that this programme counts towards the compulsory CPD requirements of a Full Member

For more information see the webpage here.

A note from Len Conway, Principal at the Building Crafts College, updating the progress in creating a table from a massive bog oak:

I just wanted to let you know what is happening over the summer break.

Many of you will be aware of the College’s involvement with a project to make a table out of a tree trunk of bog oak (also Fenland Black Oak) that was extracted from the Cambridgeshire fens in 2012.

To make a table out of bog oak is fairly remarkable in itself but the trunk found measured 45ft (13.71 metres) in length and is about 5000 years old. The trunk was planked in-situ and the 10 boards it produced were seasoned in a specially constructed kiln at Gibbins Road. After 10 months the moisture content of the boards was reduced to about 18% and 400 gallons of water had been extracted. As a trunk of this length and girth must be unique it was decided that the boards should be kept in length and from them a 13m long table should be made. The trustees have spent a considerable amount of time fundraising and finding a suitable venue (available to the public). With sufficient  funding (to make the table top only) now in place and a venue agreed, for 18 months, at Ely Cathedral the table top can now be made over this summer break at the BCC.

Chris Ward will manage the project on behalf of the College and will work with Hamish Low, Mouro, Steve Cooke and a number of BCC student volunteers.

You will find info about the project at – www.thefenlandblackoakproject.co.uk

Bookings are now open for the RIAS Autumn Conservation seminar. Topics will include: climate change and the historic environment, fungal decay of historic timber, stained glass (what to look for in a quinquennial inspection & protective glazing) and building maintenance in a changing climate.

 

For programme, speakers’ details and to book please visit

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-conservation-and-conservative-repairs-tickets-65102714973