One of four Commissioners’ Churches by W and HW Inwood in Camden, St Mary’s is currently hidden by a scaffolding crash deck that is protecting the public from the risk of falling stonework. Threatened with closer and demolition in 2024, the Grade II listed church has been championed by conservation groups and community alike, for the importance of its social history as well as its architecture.

W and HW Inwood, 1826

A rare chance to see inside a Grade II listed brick-arched studio on Pancras Road. Now home to Brick Sixty, who design and make products in the form of the much-loved London brick. Built from 1895-1898, this pointed-arch arcade is one of the last surviving structures of the former Midland Railway Company coal depot, originally erected as offices and coal trading stores.

John Underwood - Engineer to the Midland Railway Company, 1898

The church (1822 - Grade I listed) is an early and important example of Greek Revival architecture in London. Significant features include the caryatids and tower copied from the Acropolis and the atmospheric crypt.

William Inwood and Henry Inwood, 1822

Join this walking tour to explore London's energy history and its impact on sustainability. Visit the King's Cross canals to see old and new infrastructure. Topics include London's carbon footprint, quantifying health benefits from green infrastructure, and the role of the built environment in meeting the net zero targets. Discover how London’s past has shaped its sustainable future.

At around 9m x 6m and 3-storeys high, the top floor originally contained a vast 70 cubic metre capacity cast iron water tank. This tank now forms an impressive viewing gallery; the exterior has ornate brickwork and elaborate detailing.

Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1872

Outstanding Edwardian building (1905 grade II; many original features). The oldest UK adult college, founded 1854 by FD Maurice, John Ruskin & Christian Socialists. Purpose-designed by WD Caröe; updated for modern educational aspirations.

WD Caroe, 1904

How does a knowledge quarter start? What leads it to establish and grow? We will explore how the different communities involved in learning, research, healthcare and bio-science industries, use the buildings, streets and squares of London’s health and life sciences knowledge quarter in Bloomsbury. We will consider what drew institutions to co-locate and what drives the knowledge quarter today.

A meanwhile use building to support the main works at Euston Station to provide a new main terminal for the HS2 train link. The new facilities comprise a new off-site manufactured building providing high quality space for HS2 personnel working at the site together with a new Construction Skills Learning Centre, public park, allotments and community facilities.

Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects (FBM Architects), 2022

Grade ll listed Oxford Movement Anglican church built 1887-88. Historic England describe the exterior as ‘quirky and aggressive’ but the interior is ‘very spare and elegant'. The building is interesting for its 2019 conversion of a crypt area, partly rented commercially to a drama school but also used for community groups. On Historic England's Heritage at risk register with serious cracks.

Joseph Peacock, 1887

Queer Britain is the UK’s permanent museum of LGBT History. Housed in a converted Victorian office building in the heart of the regenerated King’s Cross area, the galleries are a riot of voices and objects from over 100 years of queer history. At Open House 2025, Queer Britain’s volunteer guides will give talks demonstrating the museum’s mission to reclaim, preserve and inspire LGBTQ+ history.

, 1852

The Stirling-prize shortlisted King’s Cross Masterplan established a framework for the incremental redevelopment of this industrial heritage site through a mix of uses and a network of public spaces structuring new urban blocks and knitting the site into its context.

Allies and Morrison, Porphyrios Associates, 2007