Enter the Open House Festival Photography Competition 2026 in partnership with Story of Home
Enter the Open House Festival Photography Competition 2026 in partnership with Story of Home
Open City appoints Jim Minton as new Chair
Open City is delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Minton as the new Chair of its Board of Trustees
Open City launches Birmingham Education Pathway
Learn more about our new programme in the midlands
Open City publishes the Open House 2025 impact report
The results are in, and this year’s festival had the most visits yet.
Open City welcomes Sarah Gold, Ann Paul, and Mike Saunders to the Board of Trustees
Learn more about our new board members.
Accelerate 2023/24 student work to feature in RA Summer Show
Accelerate students’ work to be exhibited in the Architecture room of the Royal Academies Summer show!
Applications for Open House Festival 2024 are now open!
Even if you’ve taken part many times before, please take a moment to look at how this year’s festival will work.
Open City wins award for work supporting young people to pursue careers in architecture and design
Charity named leading providers of not-for-profit educational programmes supporting children and young people from under-represented communities.
Open House Festival 2023 Evaluation Results
Social impact outcomes and measuring the sheer scale of the festival
Siân Evey-Arli appointed Open City Education Programme Manager
City-making educator promoted to lead two programmes supporting young people in London and Birmingham.
Open City Christmas Shop for London Lovers Launched
Perfect presents for the architecture and heritage fans in your life.
Podcast: Transforming London golf courses into housing
News and analysis from Open City’s weekly podcast.
Hafsa Adan and Simon Vickery appointed Open House Festival Curator and Programme Manager
Two significant new appointments to the team behind the UK’s largest architecture event.
Lineup announced for Open City’s upcoming debate: What Actually is Feminist Architecture?
Neba Sere, Ann de Graft-Johnson, Martha Summers, Em Appleton and Alberte Lauridsen to speak
Podcast: Housing Crisis Takes Centre Stage in UK Media and Politics
News and analysis from Open City’s weekly podcast.
Open City and Fitzcarraldo Editions to co-publish London Feeds Itself, edited by Jonathan Nunn
Available now to preorder!
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.