"This project restores a 15th-century tower house at Culmore Point...The restoration transforms it into a space supporting the health and wellbeing of young people..." > tad biased as @archhfund.org.uk was a funder, but tis a great little project!
Good news - we’re doubling down on clean energy
Why? Because it’s cheaper than natural gas
It's even cheaper to build now 👇
Very good piece by Polly. Some of these ideas complement the type of work we are trying to bring about @archhfund.org.uk in more places like Redruth ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i....
The government is missing out on economic growth by failing to properly incentivise retrofit and adaptive reuse, campaign group Don’t Waste Buildings has said.
Last few days to apply to be our new Investment Manager @archhfund.org.uk - take a look 👀👇.
I wonder if there are also a group of people who move to remote Scottish islands and write to the council complaining of a lack of vibrancy and nightlife which is ruining their hedonistic lifestyles.
An image of The Briggait, Glasgow. Credit: Andrew Lee. The text reads: AHF50 Glasgow Exhibition. Celebrating 50 Years of the Architectural Heritage Fund. 1st May - 16th May. The Briggait.
Catch the AHF 50th Anniversary Exhibition at the Briggait in Glasgow for its second stop of the tour.
#AHF50 #ArchitecturalHeritage #SustainableDevelopment #Scotland #UKHeritage
Unreal! What a win! #ParisRoubaix
France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry.
The reason?
The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore.
Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.
New homelessness village opens in South Lanarkshire featuring 15 Nest Houses made by Matt Stevenson’s Ecosystems Technologies.
Social Bite founder Josh Littlejohn said: “If you create an environment where people grow in confidence, build relationships it’s the first step in tackling homelessness.”
Nice to be able to be part of a rare counter example to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines!
Our upcoming exhibition celebrating 50 years of @archhfund.org.uk is opening for its Scottish focused leg in Glasgow at the Briggait soon!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599811...
Adaptive reuse of a 1935 parking garage in Paris to create 16 new social housing apartments, with a shared courtyard.
Total cost = €6.67m. Design by UR Architecture Urbanism
A short thread 🧵
Despite being down to 10 for half the game, a thumping 4-0 for @cambridgeunited.bsky.social against promotion rivals Notts County. No ChatGPT-ball and have to say League 1+2 been more entertaining than most other football I've seen this season.
Great to see work on Govan Old getting going. The Govan Stones really are something to see. @archhfund.org.uk #Glasgow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Discover 50 years of reimagined heritage as the AHF exhibition travels from Belfast to Glasgow, Cardiff and London.
'...Hubberholme, one of the smallest and pleasantest places in the world...' JB Priestly.
Oops - I mean Drax, don't I...Ferrybridge demolished in 2022!
Drax?!?
Ferrybridge power station from Brimham Rocks @nationaltrust.org.uk
Christ Carrying the Cross, c1510-16; thought to be by Bosch. Saw this last week in Ghent. Imagine Bosch wouldn't be complaining about a lack of material if still painting today.
Good piece. I'd also add the role of not- for-profits in terms of providing some of that local leadership, imagination and investment e.g. www.history.ac.uk/research/cen...
Sker House in Porthcawl, Wales, which is a project that we supported with loan investment back in the 1990s. Credit: Buildings at Risk Trust.
📣 Exciting news – in our 50th year of lending, we are thrilled to announce the first investment in a brand new fund!
Thanks to a £500,000 investment from Cadw, the 50th Anniversary Fund will enable more flexible terms to heritage projects in Wales. #AHF50
Read more: ⬇️
ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
The restored interior of Sheerness Dockyard Church, an AHF-supported project. Credit: Dirk Lindner.
📣 We are recruiting two new positions, an Operations Manager and Administration Assistant, to support the growth of the AHF’s team and work. For more details, please take a look below. ⬇️
Operations Manager: ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
Admin Assistant: ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
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Damme, Belgium. In the 13th century it was a busy port serving Bruges - which explains the architecture of a decent sized, wealthy city packed into a fairly small village. Not quite so bustling yesterday!
Two new vital roles at the @archhfund.org.uk, Operations Manager and Admin Assistant. Take a look below 👇 and please do pass onto anyone you think might be interested!
Many thanks to Rachel O'Grady for coming along to our AHF: 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage exhibition at Riddel’s Warehouse, Belfast, in February.
You can read a review of the exhibition in @news.architectsjournal.co.uk now:
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
#AHF50 #Heritage #Exhibition
Has your name all over it 😂
Maybe an idea for the Hobson Street cinema in Cambridge...https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz94xw84530o
