Love and placemaking..

Intrinsic to everything we do at The Glass-House is the idea that people are at the heart of places, and […]

Maja Luna Jorgensen

Posted on Feb 14, 2013

Does involving local people in placemaking make business sense?

“We’ve got to stop talking and start listening’, declared Guy Butler, Projects Director, Grosvenor as he opened the third debate […]

Lucia das Neves

Posted on Feb 6, 2013

Exploring the role of churches in communities in East Yorkshire

Last Friday we met with ten clergy members at their retreat house near Skipton in the snowy picturesque Yorkshire Dales […]

Melissa Lacide

Posted on Feb 4, 2013

What value do local people bring to placemaking?

The Glass-House Debate Series held annually, encourages all those with an interest in great placemaking and community led initiatives to […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Nov 22, 2012

If crap places kill people, what can great places do?

“Crap places kill people.” Christopher Rowe, a Church of Scotland Minister and resident of one of Glasgow’s most impoverished areas […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Oct 12, 2012

Debate round-up: How can great places create value for local people?

‘How can great places create value for local people?’ was the question posed at the first debate in our national […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Sep 18, 2012

Green Sky Thinking with The Glass-House

Are you an architect, planner, developer, local authority officer, councillor or other professional working in the development, property or public […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Sep 3, 2012

In Bruges: Belgian students present their plans for East London site

This week I paid a swift visit to Bruges, where I sat on a jury to assess 3rd year Applied […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Nov 11, 2011