Upcoming Open House Festivals: 15-24 October
Kleo Art Residences by Lee Bey, courtesy of JGMA
OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO
1-31 OCTOBER
In 2021, Open House Chicago is a month-long celebration of the city’s architecture, history, and culture. In addition to in-person visits at more than 100 sites not usually open to the public on October 16 and 17, OHC’s app offers 29 self-guided tours that allow users to explore the city on the ground or remotely throughout the month of October. Experiences include the Obamas’ life in Hyde Park, Helmut Jahn’s legacy in the Loop, and a vibrant collection of Mexican murals of Pilsen. Want to dive in even deeper? Eight online programs are also available this month, including a showcase by local architects of new projects completed during the pandemic (19/10), and a panel about projects that make significant contributions to the social, visual and cultural life of neighborhoods (20/10).
James Joyce Tower courtesy of Open House Dublin
OPEN HOUSE DUBLIN
15-17 OCTOBER
The sixteenth edition of Open House Dublin offers an exciting mix of in-person and online events including guided building tours, bicycle tours, workshops, outdoor tours, talks, virtual tours and film screenings. The virtual lineup features a tour of the James Joyce Tower at Sandycove, the Martello tower best known as the location for the beginning of his 1922 novel Ulysses. Today the tower houses a museum that contains letters, photographs and personal possessions of Joyce.
Little Island at Night by Michael Grimm
OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK
16-17 OCTOBER
Open House New York Weekend invites the public to embrace the power of place—from neighborhood anchors and bridges and tunnels to historic landmarks and modern skyscrapers. The 2021 edition includes more than 50 virtual experiences including video tours of BookOps Sorting Facility, where tens of thousands of books in the circulating collections it’s public library system are distributed to readers across the city; Minetta Lane Residence, the work-in-progress home of architect Adam Kushner that is gut renovating a century’s old former carriage house; and Avenue V Pump Station, a newly restored Beaux-Arts facility that conveys wastewater to treatment plants.
Escola Massana by Duccio Malagamba
OPEN HOUSE BARCELONA
22-24 OCTOBER
48H Open House House Barcelona dives into Mediterranean architecture and the work of architect José Antonio Coderch de Sentmenat, who modernized the Mediterranean architectural tradition, adapting it to the parameters of the modern movement. The in-person festival includes more than 275 activities across Barcelona's seven boroughs (Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Vilassar de Dalt, Sant Joan Despí, Badalona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and Sitges), and represents a unique opportunity to enjoy architectural experiences related to the city's history: from Roman ruins to contemporary architecture, going through Catalan Gothic, Neoclassic, Modernist and Modern Style buildings.
El Refugio en la Viña by Mariela Apollonio
OPEN HOUSE VALENCIA
22-24 OCTOBER
The third edition of Open House Valencia opens more than 50 buildings. Visit one of the many fascinating housing projects such as “El Refugio en la Viña” by architect Ramón Esteve, Calma House, and Casa del Limonero.. Music also plays a special role during Open House Valencia. Visitors can enjoy concerts in the neoclassical gardens of Las Hespérides, view the "Erotic Techno in Valencian Architecture" exhibition at Teatre El Musical that explores the relationship between the architecture of the modern movement and techno music, and more.
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