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Festival Programme
Thursday 26 June
Join Populo Living, Newham’s wholly owned housing company, for an insightful discussion exploring…
– 26 June 2025
An architectural talk taking place at one of Carpenters Estate meanwhile projects, led by Jan Kattein, discussing the importance of community engagement in regeneration.
Press Highlights
Join Blueprint for All as we celebrate 10 years of the Building Futures Programme and ignite meanin…
An evening of talks and networking to commemorate the Building Futures Programme, bringing young people and professionals together.
12, 26 June
So much of how and what we communicate is through our hands, and as architects and creatives we use…
Interactive sketching and casting workshops led by our architects and modelmakers
To ‘Be Well’ in 2025: ’How to build a community’ will create an environment we wish to live…
Play writing creative writing showcase event delivering participatory narratives from and about a range of people who live in the Brixton area.
Studio Late – Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury
Discover the Voices of KPF, an art exhibition curated by KPF’s Young Designer’s Forum. As pa…
An art exhibition showing the diverse talent across KPF's London office.
David Chipperfield Architects will open the doors to its recently completed new studio in Fitzrovia…
An opportunity to visit and tour the new London studio of David Chipperfield Architects
12, 19, 26 June
See a unique design and build process to create houses completely from a city’s waste, with innov…
To show and teach how the homeless could build their own accommodation from a city’s waste.
Curators Pick
Set against the backdrop of Beyond the Box’s much-anticipated People’s Pavilion 2025, opening t…
Co-Designing the Future: Embedding Young Voices in the Built Environment at HTA Design Studio
5, 12, 19, 26 June
Take a ride to explore the plants and natural voices that made London pleasurable throughout its hi…
The sunset bike promenade in South London with architects, botanists and historians
An overgrown space behind Golders Green Library is to be transformed from an empty area with limite…
A mosaic workshop to create pieces for the Golders Green Library Garden.
Reuse is no longer a niche ambition; it is fast becoming the mainstream response to the climate eme…
A Studio Lates and chance to listen to our 'Building Voices' podcast
With the generous support of Fletcher Priest Architects (FPA), we are providing in-person complimen…
Provision of in-person mentoring for young creative professionals from underrepresented backgrounds.
Celebrate Placemaking with Us Join us for an evening of inspiration at Silkstream as part of the…
Silkstream is an impressive new 9-acre development created by the Berkeley Group. Situated in West Hendon between Brent Cross and Wembley, this former brownfield site is transforming Hendon.
An evening of talks about spatial justice, collective voice and the role of social infrastructure i…
A evening of talks in a new space in Kentish Town, the civic action lab about spatial justice and the role of community ownership of social infrastructure in the creation of a new paradigm.
Explore 300 years of the Bank of England’s architectural history as part of our free walking tour…
Explore 300 years of the Bank of England’s architectural history with our free walking tours.
Friday 27 June
This special event is part of the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and highlights the intricat…
– 27 June 2025
A curated document display on London's built environment from The London Archives collections
Did you know the history and heritage of Sierra Leonean “Krios” in London is uniquely linked to…
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 June
Following their run at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen last year, the UIA Friend…
An architectural exhibition that showcases the international UIA Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards
Drawing Voices brings together installation, drawing, and performance. The work explores the sound …
This is a drawing performance using amplified sound, organised in collaboration with UAL Architecture and Spatial Design, at Millbank Tower
Using the iconic model at The London Centre, this event will explore pathways to creating a new mem…
Model talk and workshop about creating a new memorial in London to Remember Partition.
23, 24, 25, 26, 27 June
10 Years This is a show of present and past student work from the BA (Hons) Photography course spa…
BA (Hons) Photography will be presenting two exhibitions. One will be a show by present and past students from the course and the other will be a solo show by course leader Peter Bennett.
The MA Interior Environment Design exhibition shows two projects developed for local 'clients': one…
The MA Interior Environment Design exhibition shows two projects developed for local 'clients': one completed by this year's graduating cohort, for Barons Court Theatre, and the other by our current students, for the Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery.
7, 15, 28 June
Material Walks is an exploration of the city, telling stories behind the surfaces we walk past ever…
– 28 June 2025
Stories behind the surfaces we walk past
Saturday 28 June
Join Sir Christopher Wren in a walk around the City seeing some of his churches. The walk starts at…
A walk through the City exploring Wren’s churches and his legacy with Sir Christopher Wren.
Discover how many of Stoke Newington’s most cherished historic landmarks have been at risk over t…
A guided tour through Stoke Newington taking in former and current historic buildings at risk
Join us for our workshop 'Buildings, Design and Community'' which will give VOICE to anyone interes…
A workshop for anyone interested in creating and shaping the future of underused building.
Discover a different side to Battersea’s Nine Elms area on a walk led by Battersea poet and local…
A two-hour guided walk around the side streets of Nine Elms.
We are hosting an intergenerational event at Mara Nursery to connect local voices of all generation…
An intergenerational Music and Movement session at Mara Nursery
5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 June
Students and staff from the Architecture Master’s course at the University of Westminster have co…
This ‘Pay what you can’ guided walk explores the built environment through the voices of women!…
‘Pay what you can’ guided walk explores the built environment through the voices of women!