Lovely to explore Brixton with Betty Owoo's new walking tour today!! It was really marvellous to find the old windmill open for visits at the end (plus homemade cakes in the cafe!!) 🌞🌻

This is Walmer Yard in Notting Hill. Designed by Peter Salter, it is just one of the amazing locations to have featured in London's annual Open House Festival. What do you think of these unique courtyard homes? 🏡

This week's The Brief podcast features Simon Pitkeathley, CEO of Camden Highline discussing rocketing private rents, Faversham's King Charles 'ideal town', Bastion House demolition plans and Urbex explorers scaling skyscrapers... 🎙️🏙️ tune in now shows.acast.com/opencity/episo…

Join Open City tours and tour guide Sheldon K Goodman for a fun exploration of pubs Holborn, Farringdon and Clerkenwell tomorrow eve 😍 open-city.org.uk/events/pubs-18…

📢Open City is looking for an enthusiastic Podcast Producer to work on the award-winning show The Brief, as well as audio tours and associated Open City Podcast audio content🎙️🎧Application deadline 24 April, more details here:
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Our latest printed tour explores the Grade II-listed Barbican Estate and is authored by tour guide Billy Hurley Reading. Receive a new tour every month with our Pocket London subscription. Also available to purchase individually on our online shop 🏙️ shop.open-city.org.uk/collections/pr…

Looking for a fun way to enjoy London's fine and warm this weekend! We have Saturday tickets available for our London Wall, White City and Westminster landmarks tours... plus later in the week Golden Lane~Barbican and our legendary London Pubs tour 🚶 open-city.org.uk/events

One of the great locations to feature in last year's Open House Festival -- this is Skip House on the Antepavilion site in Bermondsey which was built by Harrison Marshall of CAUKIN Studio as an experimental micro-home 🏡

This week's The Brief podcast features Barking Council's Amandeep Singh Kalra with host Sahiba Chadha delving into the complexities of Right to Buy, poorly insulated UK homes, the perils of public procurement and how heritage boosts our urban wellbeing 🎙️shows.acast.com/opencity/episo……

A brilliant couple of days working with this year's Golden Key 🗝 Academy exploring aspects of Beauty in the City, around St Paul's.
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Looking forward to the Tours that will be showcased in September.

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Have you been inside Two Temple Place? Designed by John Loughborough Pearson, this Neo Gothic landmark on London's Victoria Embankment is one of the many extraordinary buildings to have featured in the annual Open House Festival 🏡🗝️

📢Chief Operating Officer Lucy Pickford will lead Open City in the interim as Phineas Harper steps down after four years heading up the organisation🗝️ Read our full press release here open-city.org.uk/blog/chief-ope…

Four years to the day since Phineas Harper joined Open City on the cusp of the Covid pandemic, they have announced they are moving on to pursue more writing and curatorial projects. Read our full blog post here... open-city.org.uk/blog/phineas-h…

This week's edition of The Brief podcast by Open City features Royal Institute of British Architects president muyiwa oki discussing Sadiq Khan's 40k council homes pledge, generative AI, slow heat pumps rollout and the Palace of Westminster renewal🎙️listen now shows.acast.com/opencity/episo…

It's here! After weeks of compiling quotes & stats I'm very proud to unveil Open City's new Social Impact Report. It's a 20 page PDF describing almost all our programmes and the positive impact they have on the communities we serve. Please read & share 🙏
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Wow... I'm almost lost for words!! Our brilliant expert guide Eleanor Marshall started this tour as a direct response to the pandemic to show how housing design and our built environment are inextricably linked to public health. Now it's come full circle 🚶‍♀️🏥

Ever wanted to see inside the Argentine Ambassador's Residence in London? This landmark 1851 villa in Belgrave Square has been a diplomatic residence since 1936 and has featured many times in London's Open House Festival #openhouse #thomascubitt #belgravia 🏡

Our latest Pocket London printed tour explores the design legacy of the Festival of Britain and is written by tour guide Jessie French. You can sign up or gift a monthly subscription starting from £40 #london #architecture #southbank #festivalofbritain shop.open-city.org.uk/collections/pr…

This week's episode of The Brief podcast features Open House Festival programme manager Simon Vicary as guest pundit -- discussing the 2024 budget, LTN benefits, Grimshaw's Waterloo station redevelopment, and keeping raving 🎉🎙️tune in and subscribe now shows.acast.com/opencity

This is Wandsworth House by Catja de Haas ... one of the many amazing homes which recently featured in London's Open House Festival 🏡