The Londown | 22 April | With Dave Hill
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The Londown | 22 April | With Dave Hill

An in-depth comparison of the election manifestos of London's mayoral election candidates, NLA survey shows no slowdown in skyscraper approvals despite the pandemic, and why drivers so often seem grumpy – could it be down to how cars taint perceptions of the environment around us?

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The Londown | 7 April | With Phineas Harper
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The Londown | 7 April | With Phineas Harper

London architect hit with online abuse for criticising Georgian new builds, Square Mile skyscraper set for record £1.8bn sale despite the Work from Home boom, architecture organisations left with slim pickings from the Government’s cultural recovery fund, the Barbican Centre announces a new exhibition on radical 1980s feminist architecture cooperative Matrix, and a new National Covid Memorial takes shape on the Southbank. Zoe Cave and special guest Phineas Harper round up this week’s top London architecture news.

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The Londown | 1 April | With Ewa Effiom
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The Londown | 1 April | With Ewa Effiom

Parliament launches a major inquiry into whole life carbon, the slavery links of City landmarks explored in a new Open City Podcast, Stirling Prize winner Haworth Tompkins designs an industrial estate, and reflecting on Zaha Hadid’s legacy five years since she died. Merlin Fulcher and special guest Ewa Effiom round up this week’s top London architecture news.

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Open City Programmes

 
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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.

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Tours and events

Open City runs an adventurous programme of year-round walking, cycling and boat tours, debates and lectures.

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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.