St. Paul’s Bow Common – Discovering one of the UK’s best post-war churches
One of the UK's best post-war buildings can be found in east London, although it might be fair to say that you might not realise how good it is if you only look at the outside.
A selection from London Open House 2023
The annual festival of buildings opening to the public, London Open House returns next month, letting Londoners inside normally private or difficult to visit buildings for free.
Tours of 10 Downing Street and the new London Museum with Open House London
There will be a chance to go on one of two guided tours of 10 Downing Street next month, or see inside the building site that's creating the new London Museum in Smithfield.
Tickets Alert: Free tours of Thames Water’s grand pumping stations
Next month, six of London’s magnificent sewage and water pumping stations will be opened to the public for free tours, and tickets to go to several of them will be released tomorrow (21st August).
Tickets Alert: Tours of the BT Tower taking place next month
Next month is two weeks of visiting lots of usually closed buildings, and one of them is the BT Tower*, which will be open as part of London's Open House Festival.
The remarkable concrete interior of the LSE’s Marshall Building
A rather grim dark brick building overlooking Lincolns Inn Fields in central London that used to be a cancer research facility is now a dramatic concrete and stone building that's part of the LSE cluster of university buildings.
Open House London bookings open next week
An important date for your diaries, as the annual festival of letting people inside normally private buildings, will open for ticket bookings next week.
One month to go until Open House London
Next month, the annual chance to see inside buildings that are not usually open to the public returns, with around 700 buildings opening up, many for the first time since the pandemic closed so much of the city to everyone.
Get your London County Council branded socks
The logos of London's councils are the inspiration for a range of socks from the team that puts on the annual Open House weekend letting us inside normally private buildings.
Architecture tours from Open City
Open City, the team that runs the annual London Open House Weekend also puts on an all-year programme of events, including architecture walking tours.
Open House London’s 2022 guide is now available for preorder
Open House London, the chance to see inside hundreds of buildings across the whole of London is back again, and you can pre-order the annual guide at an early-bird price.
The concrete heart of Bermondsey’s “Biscuit Town”
A few streets to the south of Bermondsey tube station used to be a large biscuit factory estate, the Peek Freans factory, but it's about to be redeveloped.
The gardens of the Aga Khan Centre
An unassuming white building behind King's Cross conceals a wonderful interior and rooftop garden.
See inside the refurbished Lambeth Town Hall
On the corner of busy Brixton's main road is Lambeth Town Hall, a grand municipal building that has recently completed a major refurbishment. And tours were held for this year's Open House Weekend.
Inside Peckham’s decaying Caroline Gardens Chapel
Just off the Old Kent Road is a large set of almshouses built just under 200 years ago and in the middle is a large and atmospherically decaying chapel building.
Reminder – Open House London starts on Saturday
The annual chance to peer inside other people's buildings returns from this weekend, with some 650 venues taking place.
Book review: A cultural and social history of the London pub
A new book published by Open City takes a look at London's pubs from a different perspective taken by many pub guides published today.
Open House London tickets released next week
A heads-up that booking for tickets to the annual chance to wander around grand and impressive buildings will be released next week.
Cardboard models of London buildings
More cardboard models of famous buildings have been released by Open House Weekend, so you can build your own Dawson's Heights or Battersea Power Station.
Cardboard models of London’s top buildings
The London Open House Weekend team have released a collection of cardboard models of some of London's more notable buildings.
An Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs
With the lockdown uncertainty affecting the annual Open House Weekend, instead of a guide book, they've produced an Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs.
Pre-order the London Open House Weekend guidebook
Even though London’s annual architectural feast / chance to peer in people’s private homes (delete as appropriate) is not due until the middle of September, you can already place pre-orders for the printed guide.
Open House London bookings list
It’s that time of year again as a dark green booklet flops into homes across the Capital informing us which delights will be available during the annual Open House Weekend.
The Views from One Blackfriars
A boomerang, or vase, depending on your preference has risen up in Southwark and at the weekend, there was a chance to have a look at the views to be enjoyed by the super-rich who will live within.