C O N T E X T 9 7 : N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 6 Context Briefing Copy deadlines Context is published five times a year, in March, May, July, September and November. Copy deadlines in 2007 are: Issue Deadline March, Issue 98 12 January May, Issue 99 16 March July, Issue 100 18 May September, Issue 101 13 July November, Issue 102 14 September Editor Robert Cowan Editorial Coordinator Fiona Newton 21 George Street, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 9JU Tel 01507 602567 email [email protected] Editorial Board Fiona Newton (chair) Susan Brook (treasurer) Nigel Crowe (main features) Peter de Figueiredo (book reviews) Michael Taylor (main features) Cartoons by Robert Cowan Context is distributed to all members of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. © Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2006 ISSN 0958-2746 Publisher Published for the Institute of Historic Building Conservation by Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury,Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Fax 01747 871718 email [email protected] www.buildingconservation.com Non-member subscriptions to Context Context is available to non-members of the IHBC at an annual subscription rate, including postage, of: United Kingdom £50.00 Elsewhere £75.00 Subscription orders, together with remittances payable to Institute of Historic Building Conservation, should be sent to the IHBC Business Office at Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA. The views expressed in Context are not necessarily held by the IHBC or the publisher. Neither the publisher nor the IHBC shall be under any liability whatsoever in respect of contributed articles. We gratefully acknowledge the support of firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication.While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this issue of Context is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. Cathedral crafts A Fellowship of Cathedral Workshops is being planned to offer cathedrals a range of benefits. These might include standardising training of workshop apprentices and craftsmen; influencing the training provided by educational/examining boards to meet the particular needs of cathedrals; encouraging sponsorship from government departments and other interested agencies to preserve the very specialised skills of the craftsmen working on such buildings; and arranging exchange schemes between workshops. The fellowship’s roles might also include bringing a greater understanding of the problems encountered in the conservation, repair and maintenance of cathedrals to the attention of government agencies and others; lobbying and bringing influence to bear on funding and government agencies to recognise the work undertaken by works departments; establishing a system of self-help and cooperation between cathedrals where skills of participating members can be called upon to advise or undertake work for other cathedrals; and arranging festivals where the skills of all cathedral craftsmen can be displayed and appreciated. The sincerest form The IHBC London Branch has been flattered to see the Architectural Review organising a conference on ‘Mending Modernism’, which seems to mirror the London Branch’s own 2005 conference on ‘Twentieth Century Buildings: conservation solutions’. The same venue, the same topic and even some of the same speakers. All that is different was the AR’s wildly inflated price of £400. Gillespie, Kidd and Coia The contribution to modernism of the Scottish architects Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein is to be celebrated in a project led by the Lighthouse, Scotland’s national architecture and design centre. A £342,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund has been awarded to the initiative, which will see an exhibition, ‘Gillespie, Kidd and Coia: Architecture 1956–1987’ open at the Lighthouse in the autumn of 2007. This will be complemented by an authoritative publication, a web-based resource, a documentary film and an education and outreach programme. The award will also enable the Gillespie, Kidd and Coia archive, held at the Glasgow School of Art, to be catalogued, conserved and made more widely accessible. The firm of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia was created in 1927 when Jack Coia (1898–1981) joined the architectural practice set up in 1911 by John Gaff Gillespie (1870–1926) andWilliam Kidd (1879–1928). Although known for some notable pre-war churches, it is the distinctive character of its post-secondworld-war buildings for which it has become renowned. The reputation of the practice is due largely to the contribution of Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan (both born 1928), who assumed design control of the practice in 1956. Vanishing Britain New research reveals the extent to which people in the UK fear losing countryside, heritage and local shops. ‘Vanishing Britain’, conducted by ICM, tracks British concerns for both people and places, and urges people to take action through volunteering. The survey reveals which places they were most concerned about losing. Nearly half (46 per cent) of the population is concerned about losing countryside and green spaces. Forty‑one per cent say they are worried about losing local amenities, including shops and post offices. Eleven per cent are concerned about losing historical buildings. People aged 18 to 24 seem to treasure the heritage most. Nearly one in five is concerned about losing historical buildings. Glass scholar Tracy Holmes, a stained glass conservator fromYork, has won an £8,000 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship to study for an MA in conservation studies at York University. Holmes, who became a trainee Andy MacMillan outside Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Dennistoun, a Gillespie, Kidd and Coia building (Photo: Epic)
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