New Online Course: Enabling Community-Based Leadership in Design
We are delighted to announce that we have now launched Enabling Community-Based Leadership in Design: Sustainable Development of Historic Faith […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Dec 6, 2021
Union Chapel’s Sunday School Stories: shaping the beginnings of an interpretation piece with the local community
On Thursday 15 July, The Glass-House worked alongside members of Union Chapel’s team to plan and deliver a full-day, in-person […]
Elly Mead
Posted on Jul 22, 2021
EDP Live: celebrating community-led design in historic places of worship
By Sophia de Sousa and Katerina Alexiou On 12 February, 2020, The Empowering Design Practices research team gathered with partners […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 10, 2020
Bow moves: what would you do with this space?
By Emma Newman On Saturday May 12th, EDP supported Bow Church to host ‘Bow Moves’ – a community event exploring […]
Guest Author
Posted on May 22, 2019
Layers of Community: Design Training Sheffield 2018
By Myra Stuart Examples of how local communities are the experts abounded at our latest Design Training workshop, while a […]
Myra Stuart
Posted on Sep 20, 2018
Bow Study Tour: Reinventing Places of Worship
By Grace Crannis Unlocking community gems in the heart of London. The latest Study Tour event organised by the Empowering […]
Grace Crannis
Posted on Sep 18, 2018
Learning about and exploring the potential of design – EDP Design Training in Manchester
On 20th and 21st June, our Empowering Design Practices project ran a two-day Design Training course (based on Buildings by Design, […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Aug 3, 2017
Watch or listen back to ‘Architecture, Faith and Community’ talk featuring our Chief Executive
Glass-House Chief Executive Sophia de Sousa was a speaker at the RSA’s Architecture, Faith and Community event on 28th February, […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Mar 13, 2017
Helping groups to rediscover their buildings through design training
Sometimes, when a community-based organisation is looking after a building, the challenges of the everyday can be overwhelming. This is […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 13, 2016
A clear vision and great design at St Michael and All Angels
One of the elements of our Empowering Design Practices project is to visit places of worship that have made physical […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Aug 2, 2016