Buildings and landscapes constructed from biscuits go on display this Christmas, as London's tastiest exhibition returns.
Gingerbread City, organised by the Museum of Architecture, has become a festive staple in the capital — architects and designers working in teams to draw up, then bake, scaled-down structures from gingerbread, icing and sweets. As well as looking (and tasting) the part, they have the structural integrity to last the four weeks that the exhibition is open.
This year's Gingerbread City is held at newly-repurposed building The Gaumont on King's Road in Chelsea, the former cinema an apt location for the 'Recycled City' theme. Presumably they won't be recycling last year's gingerbread, but do expect to see concepts for how various spaces — think gingerbread railway arches, water towers, disused chapels, factories and shipping containers — can be given new purpose.
New for 2024 is The Making of Gingerbread City film, a dedicated Hornby train display and a children’s building area. Gingerbread house-making workshops are back too, running every weekend while the exhibition's on.
Gingerbread City 2024 is at The Gaumont in Chelsea, 30 November-29 December 2024. Tickets are available now, priced at £13 adult/£8 child. Extra charge for gingerbread house workshops.
