Multigenerational Places: Think Piece by Sarah Sweeney
In this piece, Sarah Sweeney, PhD student at Heriot-Watt University, shares reflections from her experience, and personal journey, carrying out […]
Guest Author
Posted on Jan 16, 2026
Glass-House Chats: Regenerative Co-design
Our November Chat, Regenerative Co-design was co-hosted with Holly Doron of CoLab Dudley. It brought together a group of people […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 17, 2025
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
A Letter to Future Placemakers “…before you start planning, ask yourself these questions first.”
by Olivia Hanson Olivia taught secondary school English and ran a street kitchen in Hackney until 2021, when she started […]
Guest Author
Posted on Nov 23, 2023
Celebrating a Decade of Strategic Partnership with The Open University
Last month, I had the immense pleasure of watching my long-time collaborator and now dear friend, Professor Theodore Zamenopoulous, give […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 10, 2023
Co-designing shared community space: Play as a Design Tool with Dr Kate Langham
Community engagement in the urban design process requires collaborative approaches that can build effective dialogue to develop a shared understanding of places, […]
Guest Author
Posted on May 18, 2021
RSA Student Design Awards Workshop: exploring participatory design as part of the design process
Introduction to the event In collaboration with RSA, The Glass-House ran an interactive workshop to introduce students to elements of […]
Deborah Ajia
Posted on Dec 10, 2020
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
Learning from makerspaces
By Grace Crannis As part of the Fostering Creative Citizens through co-design and public makerspaces* research project, The Glass-House team along […]
Grace Crannis
Posted on Jun 28, 2019
The Glass-House is featured in a new book on the value of collaborative research
The Glass-House is delighted to have contributed to a new book published by Policy Press and edited by academics Keri […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Aug 2, 2017