Glass-House Chats: Designing Sustainable Heritage
The first of our sixth series of Glass-House Chats, co-hosted with Stephen Smith of Wright & Wright Architects, explored Designing […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 23, 2025
Collaboration is the Key to Community Building
Claire Robinson, Partnerships Director at Chichester Community Development Trust, writes about CCDT’s experience and learning.
Guest Author
Posted on Aug 25, 2023
Working with Young People from the Ebbsfleet Design Group
Read about The Glass-House’s workshop exploring design engagement with young people in Ebbsfleet.
Elly Mead
Posted on Jun 20, 2023
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
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
ExploreStation: Creative conversations about the future of British railway stations and local places
Rail travel is as British as crumpets and tea, an iconic feature of the landscape which connects our cities, towns […]
Elly Mead
Posted on Jun 10, 2022