Regulations and codes A history of building regulations Design codes: do they work? Codes and pattern books Kyiv: a tour of the city No 172 June 2022 Institute of Historic Building Conservation C O N T E X T 1 7 2 : J U N E 2 0 2 2 1 www.ihbc.org.uk @IHBCtweet Registered as a charity in England and Wales number 1061593 and in Scotland number SC041945. Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England number 3333780. Registered Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Officers President Mike Brown, president@ihbc.org.uk Chair David McDonald, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Lone Le Vay, vchair@ihbc.org.uk Secretary Jo Evans, ihbcsecretary@ihbc.org.uk Treasurer Jill Kerry, treasurer@ihbc.org.uk National Office Director Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Operations Director Fiona Newton, operations@ihbc.org.uk Consultations Coordinator consultations@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk Professional Services Officer Michael Netter, services@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics Andrew Shepherd, membership@ihbc.org.uk Education ChrisWood, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Dave Chetwyn, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Contacts North north@ihbc.org.uk NorthWest northwest@ihbc.org.uk Yorkshire yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk West Midlands westmids@ihbc.org.uk East Midlands eastmids@ihbc.org.uk South south@ihbc.org.uk SouthWest southwest@ihbc.org.uk East Anglia eastanglia@ihbc.org.uk South East southeast@ihbc.org.uk London london@ihbc.org.uk Scotland scotland@ihbc.org.uk Wales wales@ihbc.org.uk Northern Ireland northernireland@ihbc.org.uk Republic of Ireland republicofireland@ihbc.org.uk Rest of theWorld overseas@ihbc.org.uk Cover: A pair of semidetached council houses illustrated in the UK’s Housing Manual of 1919, and extracts from current building regulation approved documents 2 Briefing 5 Out of Context 6 Letter 6 The writer’s voice 7 Periodically 13 Editorial 14 A brief history of building regulations and control Robert Huxford 21 Patterns of influence Liz Mayle 24 Design codes: intentions and reality Roy Lewis 27 Planning reform in England Dave Chetwyn 30 New building regulations Tony Gwynne 37 Kyiv: a tour of the city Louise Priestman 42 The history of a simple church Anthea Jones 45 Moulds in historic buildings Jagjit Singh 47 Professional standards and the IHBC 49 Notes from the chair 50 Director’s cut 52 Vox pop 54 New members 55 New member profile 56 Book reviews 60 Inter alia 61 Products and services 64 Specialist suppliers index
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