Cultur Vultur / Design & Architecture
Architecture, design, places and ideas worth discovering across the city.
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Cultur Vultur / Design & Architecture
Architecture, design, places and ideas worth discovering across the city.
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Discover the projects and ideas behind Walters & Cohen's thoughtful, people-focused architecture.
Caring about people, places, art & architecture through public art
To celebrate the release of his new book, join architect George Saumarez Smith in conversation with Jeremy Musson for an exploration of the English country house today.
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Silent Night Visit, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
See how London has grown, and discover what could shape it next, in a free 30-minute talk at The London Centre.
Join an evening of creative experimentation developed with arebyte Digital Art Centre.
Join Open City for a walking tour discovering the extraordinary architecture of London’s East End
Join Open City for a walking tour exploring the unique architecture of Richmond
In the 1980s London’s great new opportunity was the East End. In Thatcher’s free market city, Docklands was there for the taking. Over 30 years later what was once the centre of London’s mighty 19th century port is one of the most important financial hubs in the world – a quayside fragment of Wall Street with all the North American brashness and architectural chutzpah to match. From marine relics and wharves to beaux arts arcades, post-modern icons and high-tech underworlds, this walk charts the making of this icon of urban planning, exploring the politics, business deals and various waves of boom and bust that have marked its spectacular creation. A walking tour by The London Ambler - Mike Althorpe
Focusing on housing, this tour explains how low-rise Islington came to be the home of some of London's most distinctive high-rises.
Join Open City for a walking tour discovering the extraordinary architecture of Golden Lane and Barbican Estates
Join Open City to explore the evolution of London's sanitation infrastructure, past, present and future
Join us on the new run of our outreach programme Architecture Style Walks. Five fun, engaging walks (Art Deco, Modernism, Brutalism, Postmodernism and High-Tech) explore key buildings of each style in London. You’ll learn the context in which they were built and hear interesting facts and anecdotes you can share with your friends in the pub later. The walks are very much aimed at the general public and will be repeated several times a year. Explore London’s Postmodernist architecture with engaging tour leader Mark Bessoudo. Starting in Clerkenwell with the celebrated 15 Clerkenwell Close, we’ll walk to the funky Janet Street-Porter House. This will be followed by a few hidden gems before arriving at the colossal Alban Gate by Terry Farrell. The tour will end at arguably the most famous Postmodern building in London – No 1 Poultry. This tour was originally developed by Joe Mathieson Mark Bessoudo is an architectural writer, researcher and Chartered Building Engineer with an MA in Architectural History from the Bartlett School of Architecture. He is editor of C20’s Building of the Month feature.
In this walking tour we'll discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s onwards .
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
See how London has grown, and discover what could shape it next, in a free 30-minute talk at The London Centre.
Join Open City for a boat tour discovering the extraordinary history and architecture of Thames riverside
Join our Brixton Black History walking tour and discover a bustling and vibrant part of south London with a tumultuous history.
Join us for an African Heritage Tour at Tate Modern
It has been hailed as Europe’s largest urban regeneration project. Like it or loathe it, the transformation of Nine Elms and Battersea includes plenty of iconic architecture and urban planning. As building work continues, this is an ideal time to take a critical look at key developments being completed in this area. Join us on a 2-hour walk from Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station, an area that encompasses over 30 development sites and a projected 20,000 new homes. The opportunity area has been both applauded and ridiculed in the press and President Trump famously refused to visit. So what's going on? We trace the story of the redevelopment, seeing completed and ongoing projects by starchitects such as Rogers, Foster and Gehry. We review the radical changes to Battersea Power Station and new landmarks such as the US Embassy and a gravity-defying swimming pool. At a time when the future of cities has never been more questioned, this walk aims to be both enjoyable and thought-provoking.
Rebels & Radicals walk the streets where ordinary people changed history from the Peasants Revolt to the Chartist Movement.
Silent Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). Walk through the house at your own pace without speaking. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the quality of its silence, enlivened only by ticking clocks, distant church bells and horse-drawn carriages passing. You will discover that when there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances of each of the rooms. Compounded by the house’s intricate visual detail, this is an intense experience for all the senses. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Join Martin Glover for a BSL tour of Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter. The tour will last for around 1 hour. Meet in the Main Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Rd, London, SE5 8UH. Guests are invited to socialise and grab a drink together in the café after the tour. Please note that this tour will be conducted in British Sign Language. ABOUT MARTIN GLOVER Martin Glover, deaf BSL user, is an architect and art facilitator. Across the UK, he delivers tours and workshops on contemporary art, architecture, street art, and public art/sculpture. He also manages his Digitspace project, championing better visual art access nationally. ACCESS The Main Gallery and Fire Station Galleries are well lit (except Gallery 4). Fire Station Galleries 4 has low lighting. Seating is available on request. There are film works in the Fire Station galleries which make sound effects of a flowing river and bird song,…
