Design Training Workshop: Homes & Neighbourhoods by Design

On Saturday 19 November, The Glass-House delivered a full-day, in-person Design Training workshop, which was an introductory session from our […]

Jake Stephenson-Bartley

Posted on Nov 29, 2022

INSPIRED Blog Series: Citizens Committee for New York City

Not long ago, my mother handed me a book and some promotional material designed by an old family friend, British […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Mar 22, 2021

What if… ‘Place’ is the best vehicle for delivering economic recovery? with Frederik Weissenborn

With several new Coronavirus vaccines scheduled to be rolled out over the coming months, a cautious optimism is beginning to […]

Guest Author

Posted on Dec 4, 2020

Extracting Placemaking Tools from Minamisanriku

By Martha Isaacs After The Glass-House Chief Executive Sophia de Sousa returned from her research trip to the seaside town […]

Guest Author

Posted on Jul 2, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Is our view of place too short-sighted? Think piece #1

By Katy Hawkins Today we continue to see a trend of one mega structure replaced by another; we go from […]

Guest Author

Posted on Feb 6, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Is our view of place too short-sighted? Think piece #2

By Cleo Newcombe-Jones If places are designed to be both people-centric and environmentally resilient it’s difficult to be too short-sighted. […]

Guest Author

Posted on Feb 6, 2015

The show’s over… let the legacy begin

Monday’s London parade marked the end of our Olympic summer.  I think that all said, we Brits are pretty pleased […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Sep 13, 2012