Unit 13 is a space of many parts - office, workshop, venue, exhibition space, and screening room. It is concieved as a social space in which to collaborate. A place of exchange - both ideas, skills, knowledge, and energy. During the working week we have three architecture practices working from the space - AH A, LSD, and TJA - alongside a revolving exhibition. During the weekend, we have talks.

Alexander Hills Architects, 2022

Morris+Company is an award-winning architecture practice based in Hackney, east London. We have applied circular economy principles to the retrofit of our own studio, gallery and café space on Mare Street, reducing waste, reusing materials, and designing for longevity. We place the creative ‘act’ of architecture onto the high street, reveal our practice to the public and engage local communities.

Morris+Company, 2022

The Arches invites you to explore its artists' work in a newly designed framework by A347, focused on fostering community-minded practices. With spaces centered around a communal core, the open layout encourages collaboration and interaction. Meet the artists, experience their work firsthand, and purchase directly from them, making artistic creation a tool for community building.

A347, 2024

Visit Beck Road Studios for an artist open studios event and a chance to explore 10 hidden studios in a railway arch. Meet the artists in person and discover their work, including painters, sculptors, photographer, fashion designer, furniture restorers, as well as an ethical vintage clothing label.

Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. It is now a variety theatre for the 21st century, serving the local community and beyond.

Frank Matcham, 1901

Visit Vyner Studios, the new home of Studio Bark and U-Build. This light-touch retrofit turns a stranded warehouse into a circular 'Material Bank.' Modular U-Build partitions can be endlessly unbolted, proving interiors are adaptable assets, not sunk costs. Finished with plywood, acoustic Hemspan, cork and clay paints, it offers a radical, healthy blueprint for future creative workspaces.

Studio Bark, 2026

Grade I listed, remaining tower of medieval parish church, with working late 16C clock. New exhibition of Hackney's history. Extensive views from roof. (Organised by Hackney Historic Buildings Trust).

Unknown, 1275

Calling all canal enthusiasts - known as gongoozlers - to walk through the social and industrial history of Victoria Park, Haggerston, and Islington along Regent's Canal. Discover how a purpose-built canal shaped the lives of East Enders, Londoners, and the United Kingdom.

John Nash, 1820

An interactive print making workshop exploring the threshold between public and gallery space through exchange and collection. Using the gallery hatch, visitors are invited to transform found ephemera into printed artworks. Inspired by the exhibiting artists' practices, the workshop playfully turns the gallery into a machine for making art, reimagining the traces of everyday life in Hackney.

Modernist extension to Hackney's German Hospital, closed 1987 and converted into flats in 1999.

Burnet, Tait and Lorne, 1935