... URRA~ DESIGN GROUP Formed in 1978, the Urban Desion Group's principal objectives are to promote high standards of performance and interprofessional co-operation in planning,urban design, architecture, engineering and landscape design in Great Britain and to educate the relevant professions and the public in mcttters relating to urban design. It produces a newsletter and has begun to organise conferences and smaller events whilst establishi~ regional groups(sounds familiartEd) Membership is only £4.Information from John Peverley,Hon.Treasurer of the Urban Design Group{No.31, Onslow Gardens.London.NlO). FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE The Greeter London Council's Historic Buildings Division has printed {for some time now) a leaflet giving advice on the upgrading of existing original timber panell~d doord to meet modern fire protection standards. In association with the GLC's Scientific Branch and the District Surveyors, the Division is also assessing the capabilities and performance of cast iron in fire. ,/\CO H'lPROVER ACO IMPROVER ....... . Events diary for the next Quarter Contributions as follows: Date." Tit 1 e". Description. 1./Jho. lvher-e. Cost.Contact. !Vi.i\RCH 3 "Conservation of Structural & Decorative Cast-iron" Short Course. Ins ti tu te of Industrial A rchaeolog.y. I ronbridqe Gorqe Museum. :Vl. Srat ton. 09 5245. 352':! 3-4 /5 "Improving the Planning System 11 f<egional Conferences l~TPJ.. Pegions . .'\. Sa tchelL 01. 636.9107. 5 8 11 11 "Continental Neo-Classicism" Annual Symposium.Sac of Arch Historians.V & A Museum. London.Anne Riches.25,Drums- -heigh Gardens,Edinburgh. 11\Valki ng in the City" even lecture.on pedestrians in towns.Urban Design Group. London.F.Tibbalds.01.734 • .3933 c "British Stained Glass of 19 & 20thc".Lecture.W.Yorks Victorian Soc.Leeds.S.Powell 7, l1Joodbine Terrace. Leeds. L6. "Visit to Swakeleys House & Fawley Court" daylong visit. Georgian Group.NW London. R. Vv'hite .01. 734.8144. 16 "Craftsman's view of the conservation of woodwork" even lecture.Assoc for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings{ASCHB) Institute of Archaeology, London. A .Wright. The ,valled Garden.Kippington Rd. Sevenoaks.Kent,. 16 "Retailing,Shops & the High Street".Short course.TIA & Civic Trust.University of Birminaham.M.Stratton.095245 3522. 22-24 "Structural Faults:inspectxm & repair".Symposium.Dept of Civil Engineering,Univ of Edinburah.£165.Dr.M.Forde. 031.667.1081. 23-24 "Paint in Building Maintena- -nce".Symposium.Paint Researh Assoc.London.£157-186.S.Awan 01.977.4427. 25-27 "ListEid Buildings & Conserv- -ation Control".Short Course Oxford Polytechnic Dept of Town Planning with the Assoc of Conservation Officers. Oxford.£18-£58.C.Tidbury. 0865.64777. 28-31 Historic Monuments: their significance & their role" I.n terna tional Corrgre.s.s. IC0'10S. Basel, Switzer land. Institut des Festivals d'Art Internationaux.l,Place du Port.CH-1204.Geneva. 9
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