Branch Committee

Chairman:	David McDonald - 020 7361 3352
Secretary:	Sheila Stones - 020 7973 3785
Treasurer:	John Webb - 020 8871 6645
Membership:	Philip Ridley – 020 7364 5331
Events:	Kate Ainslie-Williams - 020 7735 6088
Day Conference:	Jacinta Fisher – 020 8313 4664
CPD:	Mike Brown - 020 8379 3865
Newsletter:	Marc Timlin - 020 7312 7404
Publicity:	Florence Salberter - 020 7985 7224

Next Committee meeting: Wednesday 1 October 2008

Please do not hesitate to contact any of us.

Membership

London’s membership is diversified with representatives from most 33 boroughs, national organisations and associations; and from architects, planners and other professionals of the buildings industry.

This diversity is very important to our membership. It gives us the opportunity to share and develop our knowledge by having meaningful debates, presentations and discussions. In addition to a regular newsletter, we have set-up a Yahoo group e-mail to communicate efficiently between members.

With our members continuous professional development in mind, we organise various events, visits, talks and a yearly conference. Your input to any of those is encouraged, so please do not hesitate to contact any of the committee members to discuss your suggestions.

Finally, if you are interested in becoming a member and would like to discuss the entry requirements informally, please contact us.

Events

The visits will offer you something different from the standard ones for the general public, as we get someone who is, or has been, closely involved with the building, collection or project to ensure our members get the full benefit of the visit.

In the pipeline:

- visits to Strawberry Hill, St Martin’s-in-the-field and given the popularity we are
looking at re-organising a second visit to St Paul’s cathedral.

If you wish to suggest a speaker or subject for a talk, or have worked on a site you could take a group on, please contact our events organiser, Kate Ainslie-Williams on 020 7735 6088.

Past events:

Visits to historic houses such as:
- St Paul’s Church, Deptford and Fulham where Brian Lofthouse of Thomas Ford Partnership lead the tour,
- St Paul’s Cathedral – talk and tour by Martin Stancliffe of Purcell Miller Tritton, resident architect,
- Chandos House, built by Robert and James Adam – talk by Philip Little of ESA Design Ltd

Days out to:
- Kew Gardens Marianne North Gallery and the Pagoda and Kew Palace with tour and talks by Donald Insall and Harvey Murray-Smith, house manager of the Palace,
- Danson House, visit with Richare Lee of English Heritage followed by a visit to the Red House, Bexley Heath.

Lectures:
- Conservation of Cinema Theatres by Richard Gray of Cinema Association
- Brunel’s newly discovered bridge at Paddington Station – visit and talk by Graham King of Westminster Council
- Funerary Monuments by Dr Roger Bowdler, English Heritage

Conservation Officers Group (COG)

Our next event will take place in Westminster on the 22nd May and has been developed in partnership with HLT and EH. It will include presentations on the heritage protection, HAP and subterranean developments. It will be followed by the IHBC London branch AGM.

For full programme please view this attachment.

Our previous COG event was on the ecclesiastical exemption with talks and workshops by Nick Chapple (English Heritage), Peter Aiers and Charles Smith (Diocese of London), Colin Kerr (Molyneux Kerr Architects) and Timothy Jones (London Diocese Advisory Committee and English Heritage).

We regularly organise a special seminar on a specific subject especially relevant to conservation officers. If you wish to help coordinating the next COG seminar, please contact the secretary or chairman.

 

Annual Conference

For the last few years, the branch has organised very successful one day conferences.

Tall Storeys
This year’s conference will be on the controversial subject of tall buildings and will take place on the 14th October 2008. Our annual conference is very well subscribed, so book the date in your diary and make sure to reserve your place as soon as you receive the invitation.

Online Booking Form



Past conferences:

In 2007 - Renewable energy and the historic environment. (link to flyer, PDF download)

In 2006 - Retail Therapy, Heritage and Urban Design in Town Centres. (link to flyer, PDF)

Newsletters

No. 10 Summer 2008 (view online)
No. 10 Summer 2008 (PDF download)

No. 9 February 2008 (View online)
No. 9 February 2008 (PDF download)

No.8 October 2007 (View online)
No.8 October 2007 (PDF download)

No.7 June 2007
No.6 November 2006
No.5 June 2006
No.4 January 2006
No. 3 February 2005
No. 2 September 2004
No. 1 May 2004
 

The above Newsletters are graphical representations which will open in a new window. If you are unable to read the graphics contact the Branch representative to request a hard copy

If you wish to contribute any information to the newsletter, please contact our editor, Marc Timlin on 020 7312 7404.