A Letter to Future Placemakers from Melissa Lacide
For our new blog series ‘A Letter to Future Placemakers’, we’re showcasing letters that thoughtfully share learning points from your […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Oct 18, 2021
INSPIRED Blog Series: Elmbridge Eco Hub with Melissa Lacide
Our new blog series is a space to celebrate what you see as the ideas, processes and projects that are […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Mar 4, 2021
Reconfiguring Place think piece: empowering communities to shape housing
by Melissa Lacide How do we give communities a proactive role in shaping and delivering better quality and more sustainable […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Feb 14, 2020
How can American Pragmatism support community led design?
Recently, as part of the AHRC Connected Communities Bridging the Gap research project, we participated in workshops at Keele University […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Jun 24, 2013
Gateshead community building is our first Hosted Study Tour
Two weeks ago, on Friday 10 May we visited sustainable building project The Davidson Building, home of Gateshead Citizens Advice […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on May 24, 2013
Visioning Sustainable Places during Green Sky Thinking week
As part of Open City’s ‘Green Sky Thinking’ week (15-19 April), we ran a breakfast workshop ‘People, Place and Value: Visioning Sustainable […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Apr 26, 2013
Exploring the role of churches in communities in East Yorkshire
Last Friday we met with ten clergy members at their retreat house near Skipton in the snowy picturesque Yorkshire Dales […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Feb 4, 2013
Enabler dialogues: ‘How can design create/enable places of value?’
Glass-House Enablers Vera Hale and Liz Kessler attended our first Enabler Dialogue session at our office in November to discuss […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Jan 2, 2013
“People have a lot of assets that they don’t realise they have”
“People have a lot of assets that they don’t realise they have.” – Sophia de Sousa Last week we took […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Dec 3, 2012
Cathays & Central Youth and Community Project
Last week we travelled to Cardiff to provide project support to Cathays & Central Youth & Community Project, a group […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Nov 1, 2012