Future of the city/City of the future
Spencer de Grey, Head of Studio at Foster + Partners explores what Local/Global London means to them and in turn, what the city of the future will look like post-pandemic
Sarah Phillips and Siraaj Mitha join Open City’s new Education and Empowerment Team
Open City appoints new team to lead its pioneering work with children and young people.
The Londown | 05 August | with Gillian Darley
Merlin and architectural historian Gillian Darley analyse David Adjaye’s controversial Holocaust memorial, and weigh in on Marble Arch’s new ‘slag heap’.
The Londown Special Episode | 29 July| What’s this all about?
Merlin and AJ writer Will Ing discuss the pandemic’s devastating impact on architecture students, and New York’s Selldorf Architects winning bid to rethink London’s National Gallery.
Watch these 5 videos showing the very best of architectural public speaking
We’ve compiled these five inspiring, engaging and captivating videos showing the very best of architectural public speaking
The Londown | 22 July| with Will Ing
Merlin and AJ writer Will Ing discuss the pandemic’s devastating impact on architecture students, and New York’s Selldorf Architects winning bid to rethink London’s National Gallery.
The Londown | 15 July| with Eddie Blake
Zoe and Eddie Blake discuss the plummeting numbers of EU citizens applying to become architects in the UK, and why a defaced mural is re-igniting the debate around Britain’s relationship to racism.
What is the point of the Open House Festival?
As plans take shape for London’s 30th Open House Festival, director Phineas Harper asks, ‘what’s it all for?’
The Londown | 8 July| with Catherine Slessor
Merlin and 20th Century Society President Catherine Slessor talk swimming, Croydon’s shock actions in Brick by Brick sale, and Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy plans.
The Londown | 1 July | with Will Hurst
Zoe talks to AJ managing director Will Hurst about the Antepavilion arrests, Robert Jenrick’s blocking of the old Fire Brigade HQ redevelopment, the London architects who’ve won a bid for a huge Moscow regeneration project and more.
The Londown | 24 June| with Edwin Heathcote
Merlin catches up with Edwin Heathcote, the architecture critic at the FT, about the new Oxford Circus competition, planning reforms, and Charles Jencks’ Cosmic House.
The Londown | 10 June| with Ella Jessel
On the four year anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, Merlin and fellow architectural journalist reflect on the industry’s response
Press Release: 2021 Open House Festival to boost London’s cultural and economic reopening from 4 September
The 30th edition of London’s Open House Festival will run from 4 to 12 September 2021.
Open House Festival Poster Competition
We are launching a poster competition for the 30th Open House Festival
The Londown | 10 June| with Shawn Adams
Architect and writer Shawn Adams discusses Sumayya Vally’s long awaited Serpentine Pavilion, and the lack of diversity in top architecture institutions
Open City seeks Head of Education, Equity and Empowerment
Open City is seeking a head of education, equity and empowerment.
Volunteer at Open House Festival 2021
Now extended, the Open House Festival will run from 4th - 12th September 2021. The festival will see around 1,500 volunteers give up a few hours of their time to enable a building to open, a community group to give a tour or a children’s activity to run as part of the festival.
Job opportunity: Open City seeks Head of Accelerate
Open City is looking for a new member of staff to take its Accelerate programme to new heights.
Job: Open City Admin Assistant
Open City is recruiting for an admin assistant to support the running of the charity and the Open House Festival
The Londown | 03 June| with Barnabas Calder
Historian Barnabas Calder talks about his new book exploring the architectures environmental impact through the ages