Glass-House Chats: Do we accept the status quo in place?

Do we accept the status quo in place? was the last in the fifth series of Glass-House Chats. In it, […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Jul 19, 2025

Glass-House Chats: Is our View of Places too Short-sighted?

In this month’s Chat, Is Our View of Places Too Short-sighted?, we explored the tensions between long-term vision and short-term […]

Louise Dennison

Posted on Jun 23, 2025

Glass-House Chats: Do the right people have power in place?

In our May Chat, we explored the question; Do the right people have power in place?  The aim was to […]

Louise Dennison

Posted on May 21, 2025

Glass-House Chats: Does Practice Make Perfect in Place?

Our April Chat asked, Does practice make perfect in place?  We were keen to look back over the past decade […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Apr 22, 2025

Glass-House Chats: Sharing Place

This month’s Chat was a special edition of our WEdesign 2024/25 series, Sharing Place. Different from our other WEdesign events, […]

Louise Dennison

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

Glass-House Chats: Can We Improve Health Through Placemaking?

This month’s Chat, Can we improve health through placemaking? focused on how the design of our places can help shape […]

Louise Dennison

Posted on Jan 21, 2025

Glass-House Chats: Can young people be placemakers?

Too often, young people’s voices are excluded from conversations about placemaking, often labelled as hard to reach or stereotyped as […]

Louise Dennison

Posted on Dec 17, 2024

Glass-House Chats: Should we build less and reuse more in placemaking?

In this month’s chat we explored the delicate balance between reuse, refurbishment and new build.

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 18, 2024

Glass-House Chats: Can housing be a catalyst for great places?

In the first of our new series, this chat explored the role of housing in shaping and supporting communities.

Louise Dennison

Posted on Oct 21, 2024