Designing for Dignity 2: Accessible Homes
When we study design, we are taught the importance of the balance between form, function and feeling. Successful design achieves […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jun 20, 2025
Learning from Community Anchor Organisations
Working with the Open University, we recently carried out a series of conversations with a group of place-based partners representing […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jun 10, 2025
Exploring the Challenge of Sharing Learning & Resources
On 8 May we co-hosted an event with The Open University and Historic England for national bodies working with communities […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 21, 2025
Sharing Leadership in Place
The date of 1 May carries with it a number of rich traditions and celebrations across cultures and centuries. Around […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 1, 2025
Glass-House Chats: Does Practice Make Perfect in Place?
Our April Chat asked, Does practice make perfect in place? We were keen to look back over the past decade […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Apr 22, 2025
Sharing Place: The Healthy City Event Blog
On 17 March, we were in London, for The Healthy City, the third in-person WEdesign event in this year’s series, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 24, 2025
Sharing Place: Common Ground Event Blog
On 27 February, we were at Live Works in Sheffield, for Common Ground, the first in-person WEdesign event in this […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 4, 2025
Making the Case for Caretakers
One of the roles that seems to have become increasingly rare over recent years, particularly in the context of housing, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 12, 2025
Planting Seeds for Sharing Place
Our upcoming in-person events that form part of our 2024/25 WEdesign series, Sharing Place, are spaces for people to get […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 5, 2025
Sharing Place: Think Piece by Sophia de Sousa
This is the first in our series of Sharing Place Think Pieces, part of The Glass-House 2024/25 WEdesign event series […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jan 31, 2025