Open House

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Preview: London Open House 2012

750 buildings for you to explore this weekend.

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Open House Booking System Crashes Under High Traffic

No date yet for re-opening, but not everything’s available to pre-book anyway.

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Open House Prebooked Tickets Go On Sale Thursday

Get in early for a chance to visit London’s best buildings.

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Open-City Announces Architectural Walks Around London

Seven tours to help you appreciate London’s buildings.

The Lloyds building (r). Photo / mattomatto

Lloyd’s Building Gets Grade I Listed Status

Once-controversial structure becomes part of the establishment.

Looking out from the top floor of City Hall by Martin Turner

The Friday Photos: Open House London 2011

There are hundreds of photos in our Flickrpool from a fabulous weekend of architectural exploration and view taking.

The view from Broadgate Tower last year. See how the Shard has grown.

Ten Places To Visit For Open House London 2011

10 tips for a weekend of architecture.

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Open House London: Pre-Booking Opens Monday

Want to poke around a WWII bunker, BBC Television Centre or Tower 42? Here’s how…

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Maggie’s Night Hike Tours London Architectural Stars

Sign up now for a nocturnal adventure to support cancer care.

Our Polar Bear drinking tea at the RGS By Paul Chenery

Londonist Does The London 20 Night Hike For Maggie’s

We did it. All 20 miles of it. Our optimistic estimates that we’d nail it in 6 or 7 hours at a good pace were laughably naive. Only halfway round, eating delicious chocolate brownies and drinking tea at midnight at Maggie’s, it dawned on us …

Gazing over London from the BT Tower. Photo / Frank Pickard

In Pictures: Open House 2010

Open House, the ever-popular weekend event in which hundreds of normally private buildings in the capital are thrown open to the curious and the nosy, has come and gone. The main attraction this year was the BT Tower, open to the public for the first …