A citizen’s perspective on enabling public power
Over the last year and a half of lockdown, with varying restrictions and changes to how we work and travel, […]
Deborah Ajia
Posted on Jul 29, 2021
Union Chapel’s Sunday School Stories: shaping the beginnings of an interpretation piece with the local community
On Thursday 15 July, The Glass-House worked alongside members of Union Chapel’s team to plan and deliver a full-day, in-person […]
Elly Mead
Posted on Jul 22, 2021
Urban Activation in Ilford Town Centre
Sometimes, our action research creates wonderful spaces for experimentation, and our Incubating Civic Leadership* project has done just that, sowing […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jul 21, 2021
UCL Student Research: “Best practice recommendations for participatory planning post-Covid-19”
As a group of planning students from UCL, we worked alongside The Glass-House in our module, Participatory Urban Planning, to consider how […]
Guest Author
Posted on Jul 14, 2021
GLASS-HOUSE CHATS: Community design review panels: how could they work? – Key Takeaways
(9 July 2021) Our chat on Community design review panels: how could they work? brought together a mix of designers, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jul 13, 2021
Enabling Community Urban Design Champions
On 24 June, The Glass-House ran a workshop on the principles and vocabulary of urban design for the London Forum […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jul 7, 2021
Gaming with The Willow on Broadwaters: using play and technology to talk about design
On Tuesday 29 June, The Glass-House was invited to deliver our first in-person workshop this year to a group of […]
Elly Mead
Posted on Jul 5, 2021
Play streets for covid recovery: Placing children and playing streets at the heart of recovery
In March, I attended Playing Out’s event – Play Streets for Covid Recovery. The insightful event focused on how we […]
Deborah Ajia
Posted on Jun 18, 2021
GLASS-HOUSE CHATS: Building Design Engagement Capacity in Local Authorities – Key Takeaways
(11 June 2021) This month’s chat, Building Design Engagement Capacity in Local Authorities, explored how to build confidence and capacity […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jun 15, 2021
INSPIRED Blog Series: Community Savers
So far through our INSPIRED blog series we have explored heritage buildings and the communities bringing them back to life, […]
Elly Mead
Posted on Jun 10, 2021