Open House Festival

The London Centre

gallery

Giles Gilbert Scott, 1974

3 Aldermanbury, EC2V 7HH

Home of NLA, London’s built environment community, and located in the West Wing of the Guildhall complex, the Centre highlights 3 scale architectural models of London: the New London Model, the City Model and the Royal Docks Model.

Getting there

Tube

Bank, Liverpool Street, Mansion House, Moorgate, St. Paul's

Train

Cannon Street, Liverpool Street, Moorgate

Bus

141, 21, 43, 76

Access

Facilities

Accessibility notes

Main entrance includes three steps, with a step-free entrance located through the West Wing reception of Guildhall.

What you can expect

Open exhibition space, including three scale models of London, surrounding with occasional seating, work spaces, and a reception.

About

London: Change, Opportunity, Vision

The permanent exhibition at The London Centre invites visitors to explore the transformation of London in the last 20 years, the opportunities that come with change, and the vision needed to deliver the city all Londoners deserve.

Centred around our world class scale models of the city, London: Change, Opportunity, Vision covers key areas across the capital where change has been successful and sustainable. The exhibition reveals how planning in London works today and the vast array of opportunities on offer, inviting everyone across the capital to envision and shape a better.

This free display will feature a broad range of projects, products and materials that make attractive places for people to work, live and play.

The City Model

The City of London, also known as the Square Mile, is the primary business district and historic centre of London. The 1:500 City Model is the best place for people to come to experience the future of the City of London’s skyline and engage with new developments. The model is used by a range of built environment professionals involved in the shaping of the City and includes exact scale replicas of the buildings in and around the Square Mile, with added detail on illuminated buildings built since the year 2000.

The New London Model

At 12.5 metres long, the 1:2000 scale London model covers more than 85 square kilometres of London, 19 Boroughs and approximately 170,000 buildings, including 34km of the Thames, stretching from King’s Cross in the north to Peckham in the south and the Royal Docks in the east to White City in the west.

Online presence

thelondoncentre.org

twitter.com/theldncentre

twitter.com/nlalondon

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