WE design in Manchester: the power to belong to a place

By Grace Crannis Last week, the Glass-House was in Manchester for the penultimate event in our WE design 2019/20 event […]

Grace Crannis

Posted on Mar 3, 2020

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

Mobilising change: a space for reflection and sharing

By Sophia de Sousa Mobilising change: towards collaborative placemaking, the final event in our 2018/19 WE design series, took place […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Apr 5, 2019

Layers of Community: Design Training Sheffield 2018

By Myra Stuart Examples of how local communities are the experts abounded at our latest Design Training workshop, while a […]

Myra Stuart

Posted on Sep 20, 2018

Guest post: The right to great design (Sheffield)

By Leo Care Democratising Design With its socialist political roots, it is perhaps no surprise that a conversation about great […]

Guest Author

Posted on Oct 10, 2017

Driving change through collaboration: celebrating International Women’s Day 2017

Today, Wednesday 8 March, people, organisations and networks around the world are celebrating International Women’s Day 2017 and its theme ‘Be […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Mar 8, 2017

In my dream of utopia: creative spaces for utopian thinking

“.. there are many things in the commonwealth of Utopia that I rather wish…to see followed in our governments.”  – […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Aug 3, 2016

New film captures community dreams for the future of Bow

How can utopian thinking support the creation of better places? Prototyping Utopias from Glass-House Community Led Design on Vimeo. This […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Aug 2, 2016

Dreaming about Bow’s future by ‘Prototyping Utopias’

Community invited to dream about Bow’s future What would your ideal Bow look like? The Glass-House, the Open University and […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Apr 14, 2016

Podcast / Place: who belongs here?

On 9 March, we held the final debate in our 2015/16 Debate Series in London, exploring the question – Place: […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Mar 15, 2016