Beirut – House of Arts and Culture architectural competition

GAIA Heritage, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture of Lebanon has announced the launch of the International Architecture Competition for the House of Arts and Culture of Lebanon to be built in Beirut. The project is funded by an important donation from the Sultanate of Oman. The competition was launched by the Minister of [...]

Action on Skills: Proceedings online

Action on Skills Training and Education for the Historic Environment was an ICOMOS-UK organised conference which took place at the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment in London on 29-30 April 2008. The conference was also the venue for launching the the NHTG (National Heritage Training Group) research reports into the ‘Built Heritage Sector Professionals’ [...]

School in Derbyshire World Heritage site saved

ICOMOS-UK Member and Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Co-ordinator, has recently been very successful with the outcome of an appeal against the redevelopment of an early 19th century school in Belper into 15 dwellings. The proposal to redevelop the former private school was been rejected after an inspector, Olivia Spencer, found that it makes [...]