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 […]

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Posted on May 10, 2023

Looking Back on Portobello Connects

Read our blog which looks back our 2019 event, Portobello Connects, and explores refections and key takeaways on cross-pollination with event participants.

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Posted on Apr 3, 2023

Relearning Place: REpurpose Event Blog

On Tuesday 28 March, we concluded our 2022/23 WEdesign series of public events in London with REpurpose, in partnership with […]

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Posted on Mar 31, 2023

WEdesign 2022/23: A 15-Year Evolution of Our National Event Series

Looking back on 15 years of The Glass-House national events series and how it has evolved, and looking ahead to our WEdesign 2022/23 series, Relearning Place.

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Posted on Jan 26, 2023

Exploring Community Design Groups & Review Panels

In the fourth blog of this series, we explore the differences between scheme-based vs place-based conversations.

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Posted on Dec 15, 2022

Scheme-based vs Place-based Conversations

In the fourth blog of this series, we explore the differences between scheme-based vs place-based conversations.

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Posted on Dec 8, 2022

Building an Infrastructure for Collaboration

The notion of an ‘infrastructure for collaboration’ is not a new idea, and came into the ethos of The Glass-House […]

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Posted on Dec 1, 2022

The Role of Effective Community Design Engagement Strategies

Setting a design engagement strategy starts with a commitment to investing sufficient time, research, conversations and planning to explore and […]

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Posted on Nov 24, 2022

Unpicking Design Engagement

What The Glass-House refers to as “design engagement” is often quite different from the standard consultation we see on most […]

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Posted on Nov 17, 2022

Engaging Communities in Design Decision Making

In the past few months, we’ve had some interesting conversations within communities, with local authorities, with designers and a range […]

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Posted on Nov 10, 2022