Glass-House Chats: Designing for Transformation
Our October Chat, Designing for Transformation, was co-hosted with Richard Couldrey of Transition Together. Since 2005, the Transition Network and […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 21, 2025
Glass-House Chats: Designing Sustainable Heritage
The first of our sixth series of Glass-House Chats, co-hosted with Stephen Smith of Wright & Wright Architects, explored Designing […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 23, 2025
Let’s Stand Up for Nature
Despite my London address, I’m fortunate to live near a park full of apple, plum, cherry and pear trees as […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Aug 19, 2025
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