Place: designed for sharing? Think piece #1

By Becca Thomas A place for everyone: socially engaged design and spaces “The true purpose of architecture is to help […]

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Posted on Oct 7, 2015

Reflections from the Fifth Desk

By Martha Isaacs Today is my last day of work with The Glass-House Community Led Design. During my time with […]

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Posted on Aug 5, 2015

Power in Dirt: Two Urban Farms and their Strategies for Neighbourhood Cultivation

By Martha Isaacs Growing up in a rural area in northern Maryland, USA, I formed my sense of self with […]

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Posted on Jul 22, 2015

Private or Public? Searching for Accessible and Inclusive Spaces in London

By Martha Isaacs One bright Saturday afternoon, I visited the famous Borough Market in Southwark. The swarms of people diving […]

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Posted on Jul 15, 2015

Extracting Placemaking Tools from Minamisanriku

By Martha Isaacs After The Glass-House Chief Executive Sophia de Sousa returned from her research trip to the seaside town […]

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Posted on Jul 2, 2015

Bollards and Breweries: Learning with the Shad Thames Area Management Partnership

By Martha Isaacs Since my arrival as an Intern at The Glass-House Community Led Design, I have heard the term […]

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Posted on Jun 24, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #3

By Alexei Schwab The pressure is on for London to build more homes, and we are seeing a raft of […]

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Posted on Mar 16, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #2

By Sir Tom Shebbeare An amateur planner: asset or a hazard? Challenging the status quo by using the tool of […]

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Posted on Mar 16, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #1

By Samar Héchaimé The question put forth is ‘Do we accept the status quo in place?’ My question is what […]

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Posted on Mar 13, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Is our view of place too short-sighted? Think piece #1

By Katy Hawkins Today we continue to see a trend of one mega structure replaced by another; we go from […]

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Posted on Feb 6, 2015