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
Wider Issues in the Built Environment: The Ecological Crisis
This is the third of three think pieces drawing on my own experience of architecture and the built environment, educationally […]
Jake Stephenson-Bartley
Posted on Aug 19, 2024
A Letter to Future Placemakers … About Social Sustainability
by Eva Voulgaridou Dear future placemakers, You are probably familiar with the sustainability diagram, and its three conditionaldimensions; ecological, economic, […]
Guest Author
Posted on Apr 2, 2024
Inspired: Quaggy Waterways Action Group
In December 2023, The Glass-House facilitated a workshop for the Scottish Wildlife Trust, as part of their Pioneers Programme training […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 8, 2024
Glass-House Chats: Careful Construction
Our third Chat of this season, Careful Construction, brought together a diverse group of participants to look at construction through […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Dec 18, 2023
Glass-House Chats: Growing Places
Introduction Our second Chat of Season 4, Growing Places, set out to explore the potential for growing to play a […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 20, 2023
Co-design as an Ecological Champion
What is Co-design? From my experience working at The Glass-House, I understand co-design as a method and tool whereby groups […]
Jake Stephenson-Bartley
Posted on Nov 10, 2023
Co-designing Place Quality and Place Equity
Back in 2007, The Glass-House produced a series of postcards aimed at stimulating discussion around what we saw as inequities […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 26, 2023
Glass-House Chats: How Do We Co-design With Nature?
Our first Chat of 2023 was How Can We Co-design with Nature? With the ongoing climate crisis, the relationship between […]
Jake Stephenson-Bartley
Posted on Feb 9, 2023
INSPIRED Blog Series: Greener & Cleaner Bromley
This week on the blog, Design Champion Elly is writing about her visit to Greener & Cleaner Bromley. Read more here.
Elly Mead
Posted on Jan 9, 2023