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By Romain Bardin CMLI CHort CEnv Associate Director | Chartered Landscape Architect & Horticulturist Context and Brief When asked to...

Considered very basically a house might be thought of as a series of boxes, each a room, stacked up with a roof to keep the elements with a way to get in and out. But, in these boxes much of our human life takes place and reciprocally our lives shape and influence the boxes in which we shelter.

An interesting application has recently been made for the erection of a statue in honour of the lives of two notorious and intrepid women...

The management of this increasing body of heritage assets is an important subject that merits further investigate. Read Jonathan's latest...

Historic Landscape Study of East Bergholt and the Cultural Legacy of John Constable. By Claire Browne and Anne Johnson HCUK Group has...

By Lucy Jarvis BA(Hons), PGCert, MSc., IHBC, FRSA What is a tall building? Well, there's a question! Historic England's guidance on tall...

By Charlotte Vallance BA MA ACIfA When Stonebond Properties were required to discharge and archaeological condition on their planning...

Few subjects excite so much controversy amongst heritage specialists as replacement windows. 

Stuart Hocking describes the wildlife habitat benefits of trees within the landscape...

Heraldry is perhaps too often thought of as a dry, archaic subject with little reference to the present day.

A short article on the outcome of a major application in Brentford (Hounslow LBC) supported by the Mayor of London.

One definition of archaeology is the study of human history and prehistory, our heritage.

Catching up with policy amendments, new legislation and updates from the courts has never been easy...

As so often happens when you take a break from the fast pace of your day to day life, you have a chance to let your mind wander.

HCUK Group is excited to be supporting the Modulor Studio bid for the Trinity College development competition.

Dr Jonathan Edis, Director, HCUK Group A short article on the importance of taking heritage-related public benefit into account in the...

Sense of place is often a topic of discussion in heritage consultancy, especially when dealing setting.

Significance is, in terms of our common heritage, central to the way in which we make decisions about change.

This essay has been written by Dr Jonathan Edis. It does not seek to challenge the role of harm as a central component of national policy...