The tour traces changing ideas about housing, community and urban life. Highlights include the Keeling House, Lennox House, Nisbet House and the Chowdhury Walk. Along the way, we will discuss the architects, planners and communities that shaped these buildings, and consider how their social ambitions continue to influence Hackney today.

Join Ballymore, Hammerson & landscape architects Spacehub for a guided walk behind the hoarding at Bishopsgate Goodsyard. Discover how a former goods depot, largely unused since 1964, is being transformed into a new neighbourhood with a major public park, around 500 new homes, affordable workspace and offices.

Chris Dyson, 2020

Join a Guided Tour and explore Shoreditch Town Hall. Opened in 1866 the Town Hall is a Grade II listed, landmark building, and was for over 100 years one of the grandest Vestry Halls in London. Today, we are a leading cultural, community and live events space made up of 70 individual rooms - from the Victorian grandeur of the Assembly Hall to the intimate warren of the untouched basement space

Caesar Augustus Long, 1866

Hoxton Hall was originally built in 1863 by James Mortimer, in the traditional music hall architecture style, with the intention to combine instruction with amusement. It is a Grade 2 Listed Plus building and one of 5 Music Hall's left.

James Mortimer, 1863

6-storey building featuring a Western exterior and traditional Islamic interior, modelled on the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Has dome and minaret tower.

Networld Project Management, 1996

While cafes, markets, and restaurants come and go, the high street once felt immutable until online shopping and same-day delivery eroded its vitality. Our office at 493 Hackney Rd, once London’s oldest ironmongers, then a plant shop, was renovated to preserve character and serve as our long term base. We look forward to continuing the journey of opening our shop to new visitors and collaborators.

A IS FOR ARCHITECTURE, 2024

Mother has been in the Biscuit Building since 2006, it was designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects. It is a four-story creative workspace, with the design centred around a 14-foot wide staircase through the building from ground to loading level to first floor and then second floor. A table, which accommodates Mother staff, is shaped as a continuous ribbon with this staircase.

Clive Wilkinson Architects & Holloway Li, 2005

Established 1984, Strongroom has produced some of the biggest records in British music and remains the largest independent recording studio in East London. Featuring unique visual design by legendary artist Jamie Reid (Sex Pistols), these spaces are unlike any other. Reid's work draws from druidic culture and sacred geometry to convey vital messages of hope, environmentalism and anti-fascism.

A refurbished factory warehouse, the repurposed space now hosts educational programmes and activities of the School of Traditional Arts and the architectural team of the King’s Foundation. Live demonstrations of traditional arts skills by students and alumni, scheduled talks on KF's architectural projects, and guided tours all await the visitor.

Matthew Lloyd Architects, 1998