Portobello Connects: mapping magic on the Edinburgh shoreline
By Grace Crannis For Portobello Connects, the penultimate event in our Glass-House national WE design event series, we partnered with […]
Grace Crannis
Posted on Mar 5, 2019
Lessons from Minamisanriku: The sea as a resource
Can preventative infrastructure compromise the quality and livelihood of a place? Minamisanriku has an economy that is based primarily on […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 11, 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 […]
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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. […]
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Posted on Feb 6, 2015
Should we build less and reuse more? A round-up of the Bristol debate
Should we build less and reuse more? The answer to this question might seem obvious in an age when the […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Feb 6, 2014
Place Potential Think Piece Series: Should we build less and reuse more? #3
By Liz Crisp It seems crazy to be writing a blog about whether or not it’s better to build or […]
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Posted on Jan 3, 2014
Volunteer Voices: How collaboration can help a community transform derelict land into a thriving green space
By Orsola de Marco One of the most exciting aspects of community-led design projects is being able to witness the […]
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Posted on Aug 27, 2013
What makes for a successful community led project?
Earlier in May we revisited the Gamlingay Eco Hub in Bedfordshire for the second of our new Hosted Tours. Supported by The […]
Lucia das Neves
Posted on Jul 29, 2013
Enabler Voices: A journey of design and community at Gamlingay Eco Hub
By Stephen Smith The Glass-House recently re-visited an ‘old friend’ for a very special hosted study tour: the Gamlingay Eco-Hub. This […]
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Posted on Jun 5, 2013
Visioning Sustainable Places during Green Sky Thinking week
As part of Open City’s ‘Green Sky Thinking’ week (15-19 April), we ran a breakfast workshop ‘People, Place and Value: Visioning Sustainable […]
Melissa Lacide
Posted on Apr 26, 2013