Open House Films
Tonight at 6.15pm on this page we will broadcast a live premiere of some of the new Open House films including a discussion with the Open House curatorial team behind them.
This year many buildings found themselves unable to open their doors to the public as in previous years. We decided that it was the perfect opportunity to bring them to more people than ever by creating short film tours presented by the experts that live and work in them.
Since July Open House shooting these short films in a spectacular range of locations including manor houses, embassies, public lidos and tower blocks, recreating the intimate behind the scenes experiences and anecdotes that make Open House building visits so memorable.
A full list of the films which will be released at 9am on Saturday 19th September on this web page can be found below.
Open House Films Trailer
The 7 storey building is the architect's own development comprising one or two flats per floor, a double height architect's studio at basement and ground and the architect's home on the top floor.
Following a resurgence of council housing in the new millennium, Enfield Council contracted Peter Barber Architects to design a row of three storey town houses that face Ordnance Road and a mews of one storey houses, Sparkbrook Way. The project was completed in 2019.
Although the RAF finally left Biggin Hill in 1992, the Ministry of Defence still maintains this small, brick-built chapel as a marvellously evocative example of a type of building once common on airfields up and down the country. It features 12 stained glass windows designed by Hugh Easton.
Throughout the 1970's and 80's the concert amphitheater played host the likes of Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Elton John, the Pixies, Eric Clapton, the Cure, Beach Boys etc. Ian Ritchie designed the corten steel concert platform which was built 1996/7.
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals created in the 1850s as some of the first attempts to interpret paleontological discoveries as full-scale, full-bodied, living animals. They are incorrect by modern standards.
Crystal Palace Park skatepark consists of an extended 100 metre long and 11 m wide curved concrete band, filled with a wide range of rideable terrains. Crystal Palace is a historic home of skateboarding, being the location of the first major UK national skateboarding competition in 1977.
A popular community garden in area lacking in green public space, created on abandoned railway land. It features a wooden pavilion & 'Pineapple House' structures. Hackney Design Award Winner, Landscape Institute President's Award 2011.
An inter-war residential development representing the 'glamorous aspirations' of the period (Pevsner). Five blocks of flats in Dutch-Colonial-Baroque style, and clubhouse with swimming pool.
Glenkerry House is a 14-storey tower block designed by Hungarian architect Ernő Goldfinger. The block is managed by its residents, who collectively form the Glenkerry Co-operative Housing Association.
Dating to the 17th century, this chalk and flint house includes extensions from 1896 and 1903 when the property was owned by John Pattinson Kirk.
Built in the Georgian style, the Guildhall brought together Kingston's administrative functions. Purpose-built Magistrates Courts were included in the building, part of which are now home to Kingston History Centre.
Kingston Museum holdings range from ceramics to topographical drawings, including the collection left by Eadweard Muybridge, a native of Kingston and photographic pioneer.
Completed in 2020, Kingston Town House was designed by Grafton Architects for Kingston University as a vibrant new face to the University and a welcoming gateway to Kingston upon Thames.
This Victorian covered market now houses over 40 retail, food and drink venues, but it was once a meat, poultry and game market that dates back to the 14th century.
The Library House is a crafted, low energy house adjacent to Edwin Cooper’s Grade II listed Clapton Library in Hackney, London. While respecting its neighbours, The Library House is a contemporary building that also sets up a dialogue with them, allowing past and present to interact.
The former home of artist, designer and craftsman Frank R. Dickinson, the furnishing of Little Holland House was inspired by the ideals of John Ruskin and William Morris and is decorated in Arts & Crafts style.
First mentioned in 1796, Millfield House has been many things over the years, including a school for London workhouse children. It has been an arts centre since 1979.
The Moore Brook was a 'lost river', which was rediscovered during a local flood risk investigation. It flows from Firs Farm Wetlands to Pymmes Park Wetlands where it meets the Pymmes Brook.
Using 5,000 tonnes of Italian and Indian marble and the finest Bulgarian limestone, the Neasden Temple was hand-carved in India before being assembled in London.
The Phoenix Community Centre is the first purpose-built new-build community centre to be built in the heart of Soho for generations, located within the renowned Phoenix Gardens.
A Grade II listed terraced townhouse first built c. 1776-1780 by the brothers James and Robert Adam. It was purchased by the Polish Foreign Ministry in 1921 and has since been been the seat of the Polish Embassy in London.
First discovered in 1848, these are London's best Roman remains and the only accessible Roman house, comprising a late 2nd century house with a 3rd century bath house built within its courtyard.
Home of The Salters' Company, this is a rare example of a Brutalist Livery Hall which underwent extensive refurbishment in 2016.
A landmark home for dance, the daring design with 2-storey atrium and undulating ribbon roof that breathes life into an old school building. RIBA Award Winner 2006.
Designed in 1968 by British modernist architect Kenneth Wood for the businessman Stanley H. Picker, the house is a time capsule of the 1960s featuring a split-level design.
First opened to the public in 1906, the lido is one of Britain's oldest open-air pools. The iconic outdoor cubicle doors, fountain and café were added in the 1930s, with an Art Deco style entrance.
A close of 13 self-built houses. Each is unique, built using method developed by Walter Segal, who led the project in the 1980s. Houses have been extended and renovated. Sustainable features including solar electric, water & space heating.
With a timber structure originally built around 1500, the Whitehall Historic House is a Grade II* listed building set in the village of Cheam.