Open House Festival

Collections

Layers: Making The Invisible Visible

11 listings

A City Curators collection exploring narratives on how we can deconstruct both the visible and invisible aspects of the city.

Echoes of Transformation: London Through Time…

8 listings

A City Curators collection exploring how time impacts the relationship between old and new architecture.

Remarkable Homes

8 listings

Explore these remarkable homes from the festival programme

Weekday Openings

26 listings

Making and Manufacturing in the City curated by Riya Patel

9 listings

Explore Riya Patel's collection on spaces of making and manufacturing in the city.

Preview Highlights

11 listings

Browse these highlights from our programme preview

Don’t Move, Improve!

5 listings

Explore award-winning home renovations in collaboration with this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! Awards

The Best of Drop-Ins

49 listings

Places and buildings that are open and you don't need to book

Community and Belonging curated by Christopher Laing

7 listings

Explore Christopher Laing's collection on community hubs and spaces of belonging.

Aucoot's Favourites

12 listings

Explore the Art of Living

Animate

3 listings

Experimenting with the ways in which architecture is experienced by people, whether through dance, scent or performance

Connect. Create. Speak Your Truth

10 listings

A City Curators collection exploring young people's contributions to the city.

Prosocial space

7 listings

Social housing and hubs of social change

London Grows

10 listings

Growing food, growing communities

African and SWANA Third Spaces curated by Space Black

7 listings

Explore Space Black's collection on Afro-Arab third spaces and sanctuaries in the city.

Golden Key Academy tours

28 listings

These tours are led by participants of Open City’s Golden Key Academy

Saved by local people

6 listings

Caro Communications highlights spaces that exist at the intersections of London's social and political life

Golden Key Academy alumni guides

16 listings

These tours are led by Open City's Golden Key Academy alumni

Balloted Buildings

6 listings

Enter the ballot for your chance to visit one of these coveted sites

EMBRACED OR TOLERATED?

10 listings

A City Curators collection exploring the evolution and representation of cultural and religious architecture in London.

Alternative Housing curated by Oliver Wainwright

9 listings

Explore Oliver Wainwright's collection on alternative ways of living in the city.