167 – March 2021
Urban Design

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URBAN DESIGN

MICHAEL TAYLOR – Kenneth Browne and townscape in Leicester

ROBERT HUXFORD – The march of the 24-foot carriageway

GEORGE WEEKS – Heritage and urban design in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland

SAMANTHA IRVINE – The revival of the public square

LAURA ALVAREZ – Understanding context

MICHAEL ROMERO – New neighbours in Hyattsville

CATHERINE MARLOW – Traditional straw thatching in times of shortage

ALICE YATES – Reflections on a resilient heritage project

AYAKA TAKAKI – Restoring Orleans House Octagon

HELEN MONGER and DAVID LAMBERT – Memorials and public parks

 

166 – November 2020
Oxford

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Obituary – David Lovie, conservation professional and IHBC founder

Conservation, people and places in Oxford and beyond – LAYLA MORAN MP

TOM BRIDGMAN – Oxford: adapt, change and grow

BOB COLENUTT – Oxford’s impending planning disaster

MALCOLM AIRS – The voluntary sector and the planning of Oxford

MICHAEL ASSELMEYER – Reconnecting Oxford Castle

HETTIE DIX – Conserving the Hilda Besse Building

HELEN ENSOR – The next phase in the life of the Mitre

GILL BUTTER – Intensifying development in Oxford

SAM CLARKE – Open spaces under threat

EMILIA McDONALD – Maintaining the buildings of Oxford University

KATHARINE OWEN – Notes from a city of colleges

JANE KENNEDY – Conserving Stowe

INGVAL MAXWELL – The new digital kids on the block

165 – August 2020
Food and drink

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FOOD AND DRINK

Editorial – Change on the menu

PETER DE FIGUEIREDO – The decline and revival of food markets

LOUISE PRIESTMAN – Buildings, food and festivities

KATI PRESTON – Cambridge Market’s living heritage

JOHN PRESTON – Significance and heritage protection at Cambridge Market

CEINWEN PAYNTON – Incredible Edible Todmorden

GEOFF BRANDWOOD – The changing face of the English pub

FIONA NEWTON – The Improved Public House

LYNN PEARSON – The Co-op: horse and cart to hypermarket

MADELEINE RIGBY – A new purpose for the Horlicks Factory

GRAHAM TITE – From Chaucer to Fawlty Towers

 

PHILIP DAVIES – Saving the Commonwealth’s heritage

 

164 – May 2020
The war on Damp

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Editorial – It started with a blocked gutter

SOKI RHEE-DUVERNE – Assessing moisture in porous building materials

ROBYN PENDER – Rethinking retrofit

MATTHEW SLOCOMBE – Curated decay

KINLAY LAIDLAW – Conserving Burns Monument

MICHAEL ASSELMEYER – The Victorian new town of Birkenhead

DOUGLAS CAMPBELL – Monumental fall from public consciousness

CHRISTINA SINCLAIR and REBECCA BURROWS – Manchester Town Hall: understanding significance

MATTHEW PRICE – The Scots reed thatching tradition

JANE KENNEDY – The Manor House, Bracondale: a labour of love

163 – March 2020
Ireland

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ARTHUR PARKINSON – The development of Irish building conservation

CHARLES DUGGAN – The making of the 14 Henrietta Street Museum

ALISTAIR ROWAN – The origins of the Buildings of Ireland

FREDERICK O’DWYER – To restore or to repair?

JOHN GRABY and ROBIN MANDAL – The RIAI’s role in conservation

IRENIE McLOUGHLIN – The evolving architectural conservation officer

JACQUI DONNELLY – Ireland’s climate change sectoral adaptation plan

 

CLAIRE BRADY – A heritage partnership agreement for King’s Cross Station

HELEN THOMAS – Walled kitchen gardens of the Isle of Wight

HARRIET BELL – Participation, heritage and a local plan