Open City Awards Four Golden Keys
Jonathan Nunn, Zoë Cave, Sue Thorburn and Muyiwa Oki awarded Golden Keys to mark close of 2022 Open House Festival
Open City has awarded golden keys to four individuals in recognition of the their important work making London more open, accessible and equitable.
The four, who have experience in writing, volunteering, curation and architecture were awarded their keys at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Open House Festival.
Open City, which is well known for staging the annual Open House Festivals in London and around the world, awards Golden Keys every year taking into account the professional and voluntary work of the nominees in fields connected to improving architecture and the urban landscape for all citizens.
Phineas Harper, chief executive of Open City said, ‘Open City has used a key to symbolise our commitment to opening up neighbourhoods, conversations and careers to those who are normally locked out of them since the charity was founded. That mission underpins all our work, but we can’t do it alone. Each year we therefore award golden keys to remarkable people who have, in their work and campaigning, made London a more open, accessible and equitable place.
2022 Golden Key Academicians
Muyiwa Oki is an architectural worker at MACE who, following a historic grassroots campaign, has been elected as the youngest ever president of the Royal Institute of British Architects promising to better connect the RIBA with workers in the industry.
Sue Thorburn is a tireless and longstanding volunteer at Open House Festival. She is one of a small number of individuals who volunteer with the festival all year round supporting hundreds of contributors to open up buildings and landscapes. Open City is grateful to Peter Bury who was able to receive the Golden Key on Sue’s behalf during the ceremony.
Zoë Cave is chief curator of the Open House Festival. Helming this enormous and complex event during a very demanding year her confidence, charisma and creativity has been simply phenomenal. We are all really excited to see what she does with the festival next year, but not until after a very long, and very deserved break.
Jonathan Nunn is the founder and editor of Vittles, an online food magazine that is transforming the discussions around London’s food culture from one centred on a small number of posh restaurants in posh post codes, to a far more incisive conversation celebrating the great food eaten by ordinary people across the entire city. Jonathan is also editor of Open City’s new book London Feeds Itself, an interview about which the photo above is taken from. Photographer: Teri Pengilley.