Vacancy Notice: Head of the ICOMOS Documentation Centre

                       ICOMOS International Secretariat e-news                                         17 December 2009           Vacancy Notice: Head of the ICOMOS Documentation Centre   Announcement available as PDF download: http://international.icomos.org/pdf/DOC_Announce_Poste_EN_20091217.pdf ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites) is an association of over 9000 cultural heritage professionals present in over 100 countries throughout the world, working for the conservation and protection [...]

Study tour of the Republic of Ireland – Quality Place-making

7th-10th July 2009 This tour will explore four towns in the Republic sharing information and good practice on what makes a high quality place. From contemporary lighting schemes and public realm design in Cork to the colourful shop fronts in Youghal, embedded in the towns history, and Waterford’s vision “ to create a framework of [...]

People and Places: Sustaining the Value of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes

The Garden History Society Winter Lectures Series   Wednesday 11 March, 6.30 pm   Susan Denyer, FSA, World Heritage Adviser, ICOMOS, & Secretary, ICOMOS-UK Cultural landscapes reflect the interaction between people and their environment over time. Sustaining the distinctiveness of World Heritage cultural landscapes can mean sustaining not just the symptoms of interaction but the [...]