Celebrating and supporting collaboration in housing in 2015
Over the past fifteen years, The Glass-House has worked with many social housing providers to support communities and staff to […]
Maja Luna Jorgensen
Posted on Nov 18, 2015
Learning from community open spaces: Spaces by Design with Wandle Housing Association tenants and staff
Designing and managing public space is complex work, and often spaces are established or improved, only to find that after […]
Maja Luna Jorgensen
Posted on Nov 17, 2015
Communities shaping places: Castlefield Forum
By Carole Middleton Castlefield Forum is a great example of a community shaping a place in a city-centre conservation area. […]
Guest Author
Posted on Nov 9, 2015
Place: the sum of parts? Think piece #2
By Jez Hall A little story about Levenshulme’s secret lake (this piece leads on from Jez Hall’s first think piece […]
Guest Author
Posted on Nov 3, 2015
Place: the sum of parts? Think piece #1
By Jez Hall Place for a community to live The upcoming Glass-House Manchester debate on ‘Place, a sum of parts?’ […]
Guest Author
Posted on Nov 2, 2015
Power in Dirt: Two Urban Farms and their Strategies for Neighbourhood Cultivation
By Martha Isaacs Growing up in a rural area in northern Maryland, USA, I formed my sense of self with […]
Guest Author
Posted on Jul 22, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Iryado
Places that support, teach and empower Following the tsunami, there was an outpouring of support with volunteers arriving from other […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 20, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Community Gardening
Displacement and personal investment in temporary spaces One of the initiatives led by the local government following the displacement and […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 15, 2015
An inspiring, holistic approach to urban living in London
I recently attended an uplifting, celebratory community event in north west London, organised by a community initiative that The Glass-House […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Jul 29, 2014
Enabler Voices: Inspiration at the end of a roller-coaster journey
By Tina Gough What a delight it was for me to see Gateshead Citizens Advice Bureau settled in their brand […]
Guest Author
Posted on Jun 13, 2013