A walking tour, enlivened by unique illustrations, along the northern edge of Royal Albert Dock. Historically a frontier of trade into and out of London, it has had a fascinating journey from busy port to a place for people to call home.

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The walk examines the homes created by architects and designers for themselves through six remarkable case studies, spanning from the 1930s to the 1970s, from the Modernist International style to the ground-breaking Hi-tech movement.

Wells Coates, 1934

This walking tour maps out North Kensington's evolution from 1800s Victorian middle-class suburbia, to the vibrant and diverse inner London neighbourhood it is today, revealing a multi-faceted, contradictory and oft misunderstood area .

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Colindale played a pivotal role in early aviation in England with the establishment of the London Aerodrome. Later, the area was developed with manufacturing, scientific, and cultural repositories and became home to emerging suburbs.

Claude Graham-White, 1908

A walk around historic Walthamstow showing how this unique area grew from a village into a thriving suburb, its social history and the variety of buildings that can be found where Epping Forest meets William Morris.

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The walk will explore four different types of housing north and south of the A40, which reveal much about the history of social housing in London. It will also include a rare chance to visit an award-winning community garden.

London County Council, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Noel and Alina Moffett and Darbourne and Darke, 1900

This year marks the 50th anniversary when the wholesale market ceased trading and moved to Battersea/Vauxhall area . The tour charts the evolution of Covent Garden, incorporating the piazza, the wholesale produce market, social residential areas and supporting neighbourhoods, and highlighting the social and commercial highs, lows and challenges.

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Tour through White City regeneration projects, the scale of which not seen since 1908, when it hosted the Olympics and a Great Exhibition. See what remains at both sites taking in Television Centre, arising from the site’s ashes in 1960.

For hundreds of years, Spitalfields has been a place where those seeking safety, work, and community have settled. They all leave their mark in streets buildings in an area rich in history and architectural interest.

A 3 hour walking tour based around Royal Albert Dock that takes in architecture including London City Airport, The Tate & Lyle Sugar Refinery and the much politicised Royal Albert Dock development with some unexpected stop offs along the way.

Royal Albert Dock development, 2019

Ever since the United States gained independence, Americans have been showing up again and again. This tour is about their influence on the UK from before the Revolutionary War to American heiresses marrying for titles to WWII to today.

Former US Embassy - Eero Saarinen, 1960

This walking tour follows an ancient route taken by drovers from London’s agricultural hinterland to the city markets, exploring historic and contemporary stories about Hackney, its food culture, and its relationship to the city.

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A walk along and around a stretch of London's most famous hidden river. The River Fleet is underground these days, but it's left its mark on the landscape. Discover the layers of history in this less explored corner of central London.

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The Royal Arsenal was pivotal in every major conflict for over 400 years. After years of being off-limits, many buildings have been re-purposed as performing arts spaces, restaurants, bars and most recently a huge residential complex.

This fun and engaging walking tour — led by architect and Golden Key Academy graduate and architect Áine Grace — uses archive film to demonstrate the futuristic ideas and shifting identities at the heart of Thamesmead, an architecturally bold New Town built on former marshland by the Greater London Council between 1964 and 1986.

GLC Architects' Department, 1960

How can architecture help us to understand a world in flux? We can use buildings as markers of change, seeing the impact of global economic shifts on local streets, the rise and fall of public housing, and the march of 'gentrification'.

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