How can we learn something from every experience with place?
The irony of it. The day after returning from our debate in Edinburgh exploring the relationship between place and health […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 4, 2013
£1 Homes – an initiative to applaud
It’s about time that we looked at more creative, small-scale interventions to improve neighbourhoods and bring our failing streets, towns […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 27, 2013
Love and placemaking..
Intrinsic to everything we do at The Glass-House is the idea that people are at the heart of places, and […]
Maja Luna Jorgensen
Posted on Feb 14, 2013
The show’s over… let the legacy begin
Monday’s London parade marked the end of our Olympic summer. I think that all said, we Brits are pretty pleased […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 13, 2012
Scotland reveals inspired attitudes to community led action
This year’s DTAS conference ‘Development Trusts – Doing the Business’ brought together over 200 people from the Development Trust movement […]
Hannah Gibbs
Posted on Sep 5, 2012
A crisis in housing and transport: what about placemaking?
Two news items caught my eye yesterday. One was the much commented on statement of Housing Minister Grant Shapps, that […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Aug 21, 2012
The Secret History of Our Streets
Over June and July the BBC aired ‘The Secret History of Our Streets’ series that was co-produced with the Open […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Jul 26, 2012
The National Planning Policy Framework and Community Led Design
Yesterday, the final version of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was released. I would like to draw attention […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 28, 2012
Community Rights Made Real: What will the Localism Act mean for communities?
With the Localism Act (the government’s new policy giving increased decision-making powers to communities) soon to become part of our […]
Hannah Gibbs
Posted on Jan 26, 2012
Big Insights: What next for community spaces?
Last week I attended an event organised by Big Lottery Fund to help them consider the future of their funding […]
Hannah Gibbs
Posted on Jan 17, 2012