Backstage at The Old Vic is a new build six-storey extension to the Grade II* listed Old Vic Theatre and marks a bold new chapter in the theatre’s remarkable 200-year story. Spaces include a triple-height Cafe/Bar, Script Library, Writers’ Room, Clore Learning Centre, flexible 90-seat Studio, Event Space with a roof terrace with views across the London skyline.

Haworth Tompkins, 2025

Housed in the Old Vic Theatre’s grade II former annex (built 1958) in the Brutalist style, the Studio exists to develop new work for the National Theatre. The Studio is also home to the National Theatre Archive. Tours will include the rehearsal spaces, writers’ rooms and script library alongside the Archive strongroom where the National Theatre’s collections are housed.

Lyons Israel Ellis Partnership, 1958

Bankside was once a secluded powerhouse of Victorian London, a place that kept industry in and casual visitors out. Today, it boasts a network of arches and alleyways repurposed for public use. Led by a Bankside insider, this tour explores the history and reclamation of the arch as a usable space through an emerging urban trail – including the brand-new America Street redevelopment.

A walking tour exploring how movement of people – both daily and generational – has shaped the built environment of the South Bank. From the arrival of the railways to the housing activism of the 1970s and 80s, the tour will look at how the development of new communities has been instrumental in the creation of London’s most vibrant cultural hub

Resonance FM is a pioneering, non-profit community radio station, with a studio at 7 Risborough Street, Southwark, London. Broadcasting 24/7 on 104.4 FM, DAB, and online, it offers over 100 weekly shows created by volunteer engineers and programme-makers. The station champions free expression and artistic diversity, providing a platform for local and international voices across arts & culture.

James Pooley Architecture, 2025

A stunning cathedral in the heart of London. Discover the story of a forgotten masterpiece. Designed by Augustus Pugin and opened in 1848, the original cathedral was hailed as England's foremost Catholic church before an incendiary bomb devastated the building in 1941. Explore the history, architecture and legacy that shaped the Cathedral you see today—and discover its remarkable story.

Augustus Welby Pugin , 1848

Step inside the Print Building at Timber Square, a former 1950s printworks reimagined as a modern, low-carbon workplace. Discover how industrial heritage, innovative timber construction and sustainable design have come together to create one of Bankside's most distinctive new workplace destinations.

Bennetts Associates, 2026

Proudly carved over the door are the words ‘Facts not Opinions’. Inside, the authentic sight - and smell - of Kirkaldy’s Testing and Experimenting Works is a unique and direct link with an ingenious age of engineering.

Thomas Roger Smith, 1873

An architectural talk exploring the story of the historic Bankside Yards railway arches and their transformation into a new cultural destination on London’s Bankside. Now reopening after 150 years hidden from the public, the talk will offer an opportunity to discover how historic infrastructure can be reimagined to create vibrant new spaces while preserving the character and stories of the past.

PLP Architecture, 1864

Allies and Morrison opens its studios, offering a chance to see inside of one of the UK's largest architecture and urbanism practices. Two buildings - one concrete, one timber - have been designed and adapted by Allies and Morrison to create the compact, integrated campus of studio space that the practice calls home. Guided tours will include the workplaces, terraces and modelshop.

Allies and Morrison, 2003

Carreducker bespoke shoemakers and Shoe & Leather School is located at Unit 1.20, one of 25 workshop and retail units in Oxo Tower Wharf. It overlooks the courtyard towards the Bargehouse building from the first floor walkway and is a multi-purpose space used as a workshop, showroom and teaching space.

Albert W Moore, 1930