Introducing the Open City Friends print commission
In a print commission made as a gift for supporters of the charity, David Knight depicts Lammas Green, a 1957 local authority housing estate in Sydenham Hill designed by McMorran and Whitby.
Accelerate Launches 2019/20 Online Exhibition
We are incredibly proud to launch the Accelerate 2019/20 exhibition, which brings together work made by all of our participating students this year.
Jos Boys on Accelerate
The huge amount of creative talent offered by young people from non-traditional and ethnic-minority backgrounds continues to be wasted argues DisOrdinary co-founder, Jos Boys.
Core themes of the 2020 Open House Festival
2020 Open House festival call for programme proposals now open including buildings, outdoor events and online programme too.
Not all key workers wear scrubs
Landscapes from the simplest flower bed to the grandest civic park are crucial allies in the fight against Covid-19.
Job: Assistant Curator of Open House 2020
Seeking two Assistant Curators to help with programming, planning, delivering and evaluating the 2020 Open House festival
The Alternative Guide to the Boroughs of London
The new Open House guidebook with a twist edited by Owen Hatherley.
RAW Rainbow installation, Newham.
This project is a rethinking of how our public spaces are used and the adaptive role of architects in the post-pandemic age, perhaps more agile and attuned to the needs of local communities and the society at large.
A truly open city
For those who believe in the cause of open, just and equitable cities, far more must be done to fight against racism and prejudice — especially by those least likely to fall victim to it.
Common Cause
The reset button being pushed by the pandemic is a chance for human culture to change for the better argues Open City trustee and architect Alison Brooks.
David Adjaye on Accelerate
David Adjaye on Open City’s and the Bartlett’s Accelerate programme
Socially-distanced Cycling Tour of London’s Southbank
Merlin Fulcher and Phineas Harper explore the architecture of London's Southbank from City Hall to Tate Modern - by bike.
Open House and The Recovery: Our Plan
If London had never staged the Open House festival before, this would be the perfect year to start!
The Urban Foraging Revolution
It doesn’t take years of training to start your wild food adventure. Architect Marianna Janowicz explains the basics of urban foraging, a fun, frugal and inventive way to explore familiar neighbourhoods.
Where it all began and where we are today
As offices sit quietly hibernating through the lockdown, our volunteer, Richard Purver, explores the history of Open House through the places we've called 'home' over the years.
A volunteer's account of Open House
Our Learning Coordindator, Tascha von Uexkull, started out by volunteering for Open House. She wrote this piece for her blog when she first started volunteering for us back in 2017.
No tree-hugging, please.
Architecture journalist, Harriet Thorpe, writes about the infrastructure of or cities beyond the bricks and mortar, celebrating the trees of our city.
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.