Why Places Matter – new booklet for local councils and communities
We’re delighted to share with you a new booklet we have contributed to – Why Places Matter – which makes the case […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on May 9, 2013
People, place and value: the golden triangle?
The day after our debate ‘People, place and value: the golden triangle?’ I spent the afternoon at Goldsmiths Community Centre […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Mar 22, 2013
£1 Homes – an initiative to applaud
It’s about time that we looked at more creative, small-scale interventions to improve neighbourhoods and bring our failing streets, towns […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 27, 2013
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