30 years of Open City
Open City member of staff, Phineas Harper reflects on 30 years of making London more open, accessible and equitable
Open City Awards Four Golden Keys
Jonathan Nunn, Zoë Cave, Sue Thorburn and Muyiwa Oki awarded Golden Keys by Open City in recognition of their work.
Discover London’s new City Hall with a film and printed tour
Open City, with support from the Mayor of London, has created a new film and printed tour exploring the new City Hall in the Royal Docks
Winners of the 2022 Open City Stewardship Awards
Six outstanding examples of long term, low carbon urbanism unveiled as winners of the 2022 Open City Stewardship Awards
Open House London Update
Our tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and an update on Open House London 2022
The architecture of the second Elizabethan era: every London building the Queen opened
Open City pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II who over 70 years of service as UK head of state played a key role in the creation and restoration of London’s built environment and architectural heritage
Press Release: Top 20 places to visit during the 2022 London Open House Festival
20 top highlights from the 2022 Open House Festival programme which members of the public can visit during the festival fortnight
Open House 2022 Golden Key Academy Royal Docks tour collection
Collection of tours created by Golden Key Academy Royal Docks guides for the Open House Festival celebrating their conclusion of the sixth month course
Open House 2022 Golden Key Academy tour collection
Collection of tours created by Golden Key Academy guides for the Open House Festival celebrating their conclusion of the sixth month course
Press release: Janet Street-Porter, Shahed Saleem and Harriet Thorpe to guest curate 2022 Open House Festival
Open House Festival announces first ever guest curators
Open House Festival to celebrate nine special neighbourhoods to mark its 30th anniversary
New curatorial strategy to mark its 30th anniversary of Open House Festival will foreground London’s neighbourhoods
London Feeds Itself - our new book edited by Jonathan Nunn explores London’s food, migration and architecture
25 chapters exploring London's food and urbanism and 125 restaurant recommendations
Six new members of staff join the Open City team
Maia Rollo, Emil Day, Marcela Escobar, Hilary Ip, Carl Gent and Jeevan Chahal join Open City
Press release: London Feeds Itself edited by Jonathan Nunn
25 chapters exploring London’s food and urbanism and 125 restaurant recommendations.
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.