London’s Cultural Engine curated by Justine Simons
Explore Justine Simons' collection on the pockets of cultural and creative spaces across the city.
Print, Publishing and Archives curated by Sahra Hersi
Explore Sahra Hersi's collection on a range of community and independent print, publishing and archival spaces in the city.
Enter our photography competition in partnership with V&CO
What colour best encapsulates the city of London?
Join Open City as the next Chair of our Board of Trustees
Open City is recruiting a new Chair of our Board of Trustees to provide collective leadership and oversight of the charity.
Moments of Resistance and Renewal curated by Jos Boys
Explore Jos' collection on re-imagining more equitable spaces in the city.
Homecoming curated by Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire
Explore this collection of London Homes by joint incoming CEO's of Historic England.
Ballots for London Open House Festival 2025 announced
Enter the public ballot to explore London’s hidden icons
London Open House Festival 2025 Programme Announced
Find out which of London’s doors are opening up from 13 to 21 September
Open City celebrates Young City Makers in Westminster, Brent, Earl’s Court and Birmingham
Open City has been celebrating the conclusion of this year’s Young City Makers programme for primary schools
Introducing the Guest Curators for Open House Festival 2025…
Learn more about this year’s Open House Festival Guest Curators
Complete our 2025 tours, printed and podcast survey
Help Open City improve the quality of its year-round tours, printed tours and podcast by completing our latest survey
Job: Accelerate 2025/26 teaching assistant
Open City is seeking two teaching assistants for Accelerate, our built environment education programme for 16-18 year olds.
Accelerate tutors shortlisted for AJ Awards
Jeevan Chahal, Sean Galvin, and Pui Quan (PQ) Choi, have been shortlisted for AJ awards.
Deadline extended for Open House Festival expressions of interest
We are now accepting expressions of interest until Sunday 15 June.
New partnerships for Open House Worldwide
Celebrating the launch of two exciting new partnerships at Venice Architecture Biennale
Find out how to promote accessibility during Open House Festival
Sign up to learn about making Open House Festival open days and events as accessible as possible
Open City celebrates conclusion of It’s My City Too 2024-25
Get in touch if you're interested in bringing this programming to your school in 2026
Enjoy a boat or walking tour for your spring and summer socials
Did you know Open City’s boat tour and walking tours can be booked for private group events?
Celebrate the 50th edition of our Pocket Printed Tours
You can purchase Nine Elms on our online shop where you can also sign up as a subscriber
Open City Programmes
Accelerate
For over a decade, Open City has run Accelerate, a free programme supporting young people from under-represented communities to pursue creative careers in engineering, architecture, design and city-making.
Tours and events
Open City runs an adventurous programme of year-round walking, cycling and boat tours, debates and lectures.
Open House London Festival
With thousands of visitors across all 33 London Boroughs, Open House London Festival is the largest and most inclusive festival of architecture and neighbourhoods in the world.
Open House Worldwide
Open City is part of a global network of festivals dedicated opening up and celebrating special buildings and places from New York to Maputo and beyond.