Lessons from Minamisanriku: What does place mean to us?

Negotiating different personal and community associations with a building or place Minamisanriku is in many ways an idyllic setting, a […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on May 7, 2015

Lessons from Minamisanriku: Introduction

When I asked a survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Minamisanriku, Japan in June 2011 what we could […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on May 6, 2015

New partnership between The Glass-House and The Open University’s Design Group

We’re delighted to announce that The Glass-House and The Design Group at The Open University have embarked on a strategic […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on May 21, 2014

Building community through theatre making at the New Vic Theatre

How would you start to rebuild your community when almost everything and everyone has been lost? On 4 June, three […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Jun 19, 2013

New online network Community Design Exchange launches

By Katerina Alexiou & Theodore Zamenopoulos (Open University research partners) The Open University in collaboration with The Glass-House Community Led […]

Guest Author

Posted on Feb 19, 2013

“People have a lot of assets that they don’t realise they have”

“People have a lot of assets that they don’t realise they have.” – Sophia de Sousa Last week we took […]

Melissa Lacide

Posted on Dec 3, 2012

Guest Blog: Building Consensus in Oxford on Leap Day!

By Stephen Smith The Glass-House marked Leap Day with a workshop at Cutteslowe Community Centre in Oxford. Chief Executive Sophia […]

Guest Author

Posted on Mar 5, 2012

The Value of Community Led Design – another success!

Great news! The Glass-House and partners – the Open University and Architecture Centre Network – have been successful in gaining […]

Rebecca Maguire

Posted on Feb 14, 2012