News

Architecture student wins national design competition for a scheme that breathes new life into the abandoned Italian hill town of Craco.

By Lilian Tuohy Main

As we enter the third month of our conservation tour, a theme that continues to arise is the importance of observing before acting. A unifying trait of historic buildings is their numerous ‘unknowns’. It is this intangible mystery that often makes a place compelling.

The SPAB and a number of leading heritage organisations, including the National Trust and the STBA, sent a letter to Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and the Industrial Strategy, highlighting their concerns about new energy efficiency policy.

The Romping Donkey, Cheshire is one of a number of buildings at risk with which we have been involved over a period of several years.

Proposals for the rebuilding of the Royal Clarence Hotel, Exeter after a devastating fire.

By Aoife Murphy.

The Scholarship is giving us wonderful access to beautiful buildings and crafts all over the UK. It’s difficult to choose a blog topic.

National Maintenance Week is a reminder to anyone caring for a property to identify minor problems that might need attention before winter.

Cecily Greenhill was the SPAB's archivist for many years and left a generous legacy to the Society when she died in 2012.

John Sell joined the SPAB in 1974. He has been a Trustee for many years and served as the Chairman during the 1990s.

Roger Mears, architect and former SPAB Guardian on his enduring involvement with SPAB.