Celebrating a Decade of Strategic Partnership with The Open University

Last month, I had the immense pleasure of watching my long-time collaborator and now dear friend, Professor Theodore Zamenopoulous, give […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on May 10, 2023

Glass-House Chats: How Can We Relearn Our Places?

This month’s Chat, How Can We Relearn Our Places, was a special edition that formed part of this year’s WEdesign […]

Elly Mead

Posted on Feb 20, 2023

Glass-House Chats: Co-design Legacies: What Happens Next?

Our last Chat of 2022, Co-design Legacies: What Happens Next?, sought to explore how co-design can bring together diverse people […]

Elly Mead

Posted on Dec 21, 2022

Exploring Community Design Groups & Review Panels

In the fourth blog of this series, we explore the differences between scheme-based vs place-based conversations.

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Dec 15, 2022

Scheme-based vs Place-based Conversations

In the fourth blog of this series, we explore the differences between scheme-based vs place-based conversations.

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

Glass-House Chats: How Can We Use Stories to Change Places?

Our November Chat explored how we can use stories to change places. We are all storytellers in our own right. […]

Jake Stephenson-Bartley

Posted on Dec 2, 2022

Building an Infrastructure for Collaboration

The notion of an ‘infrastructure for collaboration’ is not a new idea, and came into the ethos of The Glass-House […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Dec 1, 2022

The Role of Effective Community Design Engagement Strategies

Setting a design engagement strategy starts with a commitment to investing sufficient time, research, conversations and planning to explore and […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 24, 2022

Unpicking Design Engagement

What The Glass-House refers to as “design engagement” is often quite different from the standard consultation we see on most […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 17, 2022

Engaging Communities in Design Decision Making

In the past few months, we’ve had some interesting conversations within communities, with local authorities, with designers and a range […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 10, 2022