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

After decades of architecture contributing to environmental damage, a rigorous reset is needed. Feilden Fowles do this through a model that they have developed that is ‘low tech’ in approach. Drop by to meet the team, learn more about their projects and low tech ethos, and to experience their demountable timber studio and their new retrofitted event space, set within a walled garden in Waterloo.

Feilden Fowles, 2016

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

The International Maritime Organization is a specialized agency of the UN, responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. It is the only UN organization with headquarters in London.

Douglass Marriott Worby & Robinson, 1983

Join my walking tour of post-war north Lambeth. Born in an era of optimism for health, housing, learning, and play, these modernist places tell a deeper story. We will reflect on representation, design influences, and cultural challenge. By considering people, place and context we shall revisit what matters in making a city for all.

Tour of home & garden designed in 2018 by Nagan Johnson Architects

Nagan Johnson Architects, 2018

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

Open Day: LFB's grade II listed Memorial Hall, part of the LFB's Art Deco Headquarters, opened in 1937. The hall is rarely seen by the public and contains stunning large memorials by Gilbert Bayes depicting episodes in the Fire Brigade's history and post-war memorials commemorating firefighters lost protecting London in the Second World War.

, 1937

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

This tour explores the architectural and social histories of Elephant & Castle, Walworth and Peckham through successive waves of regeneration. The tour draws on research into South London gentrification – examining Victorian and Brutalist housing, town planning, transport, heritage and community change, and tracing the area's evolution from rural Surrey settlements to contemporary redevelopment.

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Join award-winning guide Katie Wignall on a riverside walk along the route of Illuminated River, the world's longest public art commission illuminating 9 bridges of the Thames. Journey from Westminster to Bankside in search of the hidden details and surprising stories along the Thames, and learn about how the bridges shaped this area through time and how they continue to influence London today.