Friday 20 September 2013

Open House London starts tomorrow!

Stop press! Don't get caught out this weekendDownload the list of building additions, withdrawals, and amends here.
Please also note this weekend's tube closures here

Private homes:
Light House, LB Haringey
An award-winning new build home (Best Home Haringey Design Awards 2012) that makes maximum use of light and space on a tight urban site. 
And more...

15 Edge Hill, LB Merton
16a Kings Grove, LB Southwark
64 Heath Drive, LB Havering
56 Whistler Street, LB Islington
35 Craneford Way, LB Ealing


King's Cross PreviewLondon King's Cross StationTours on the hour, first come basis. Duration 30 mins.
King's Place

Tours at 10am, 11.30am & 1pm of concert venues, Pangolin Gallery and backstage, first come basis.
King's Cross Area Guided Walk, Dominic Cole Landscape Architect

Walk exploring the regeneration and landscape design of King's Cross Regent's Quarter, Kings Place, canal, Central St Martin's, St Pancras Old Church and back, with landscape architect Dominic Cole, first come basis. Duration 1.5-2 hours.
Find your way around the area with our Legible London Map for Bloomsbury

Download our other maps here


Landscape
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The largest new urban park to be developed in the UK for the last 100 years. It has involved the transformation of over 250 acres of underused and contaminated land into rich and varied parklands with over 6,000 new trees and 25,000 wetland plants.
And more...
Exhibition Road, Granary Square, Woolwich Squares, Connected Croydon, Bankside Urban Forest, Bishop's Park, Gunnersbury Park 

Open Site:
Peabody Housing, Three Colts Lane
A new housing development of 67 flats for Peabody, close to the railway, under construction with Galliford Try Partnership. A 21C reinterpretation of the traditional mansion block. Tours every 45 mins. Places available on the day on first come basis but also places can be pre-booked on admin@pitmantozer.com.

Battersea Power StationHosting site visits as part of Open House for the first time and the last opportunity to see one of London's most iconic buildings before it undergoes a vibrant redevelopment across the full 38 acre site. 


Open House London Guide still available in participating London borough libraries
It's not too late to get a copy of the printed guide to Open House London 2013, as they are stocked in libraries around London.
Order a pdf to download here 
Download the app here


Calling all photography enthusiasts! Enter your photographs from the weekend in our competition
Open-City has teamed up with The Photographers' Gallery and The Architects' Journal to invite submissions that draw upon our theme, 'Celebrating architecture, people and place.' There are three categories: under 11s, general enthusiasts and professional photographers. Find out more here (Pictured: Last year's winner, Mark Lakomcsik)






About Open-City: Open-City is London's leading architecture organisation. Over the last 20 years it has grown from showcasing the capital’s architecture annually to research, training, advice and campaigns that impact on the whole city.