Looking Back on Portobello Connects

Read our blog which looks back our 2019 event, Portobello Connects, and explores refections and key takeaways on cross-pollination with event participants.

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Apr 3, 2023

Relearning Place: The Debate

The WEdesign programme for 2022/23 started last week, with our inaugural event Relearning Place: The Debate, which took place online. […]

Louise Dennison

Posted on Feb 13, 2023

WE design in Blackpool: seeking places to connect

By Myra Stuart On 27th November 2019 we partnered with Historic England and The Open University for Reconfiguring Place: High Streets, […]

Myra Stuart

Posted on Dec 4, 2019

WE design in Glasgow: connections are key

As part of our WE design event series, The Glass-House invited participants who attended our first event in Glasgow on […]

Guest Author

Posted on Nov 21, 2019

WE design in Glasgow: bringing intergenerational living to the boil

As part of our WE design event series, The Glass-House invited participants who attended our first event in Glasgow on […]

Guest Author

Posted on Nov 21, 2019

WE design in Glasgow: ‘I’ll talk to my neighbours more!’

By Grace Crannis On 17 October 2019, we partnered with Civic House for Reconfiguring Place: Intergenerational Cities, the first in our 2019/20 […]

Grace Crannis

Posted on Oct 23, 2019

Reconfiguring Place: The Glass-House event series 2019/20

About the  Reconfiguring Place series Using the themes of intergenerational cities, housing, high streets and town centres, we’ll be exploring […]

Grace Crannis

Posted on Sep 3, 2019

Mobilising change: a space for reflection and sharing

By Sophia de Sousa Mobilising change: towards collaborative placemaking, the final event in our 2018/19 WE design series, took place […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Apr 5, 2019

Portobello Connects: mapping magic on the Edinburgh shoreline

By Grace Crannis For Portobello Connects, the penultimate event in our Glass-House national WE design event series, we partnered with […]

Grace Crannis

Posted on Mar 5, 2019

WE design: The Glass-House event series 2018/19

Community-led and community-engaged design are increasingly part of the narrative of development and regeneration, but what does this really mean […]

Grace Crannis

Posted on Sep 16, 2018