Coming up: Open House weekends in London, Bergen, Gdansk, Rosario and Vienna
Killyon Road by Kilian O’Sullivan
OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL
LONDON, UK
8-21 SEPTEMBER
The 30th-anniversary Open House festival in London features its most dynamic and diverse mix of events to date. Experiences range from free tours of the rarely open Bank of England to DJ sets in Bexley’s Old Library; tours of multi-million-pound private homes designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects alongside Britain’s best council estates; demonstrations of remarkable bridges and other infrastructure; cycling tours of the Royal Docks; and much more.
Can’t make it to London? More than 45 short films unlock London’s buildings and landscapes for visitors around the world.
Villa Konow by Silje Chanel Johnsen
OPEN HOUSE BERGEN
BERGEN, NORWAY
10-11 SEPTEMBER
Bergen—Norway's second-largest city—is tucked between luscious green meadows and fjords. It boasts a unique bricolage of architecture with deep roots in traditional construction technologies founded in Western Norway.
The inaugural edition of Open House Begen exhibits the city's varied collection of historic and contemporary architecture. Building tours, open studios of architecture practices, debates, and other events, help visitors understand how the city has transformed since its founding in 1070 and continues to reshape and grow today.
OPEN HOUSE GDANSK
GDANSK, POLAND
9-11 SEPTEMBER
Discover more than 100 of Rosario’s most notable and influential architecture and urban design projects. Visit contemporary and historic architecture and visit sites usually closed to the public. The 2022 edition explores new architectural icons and makes private spaces public. Open House Rosario is a fully free festival with in-person experiences. A special exhibition of Matilde Luetich’s works plays tribute to one of the city’s most important female architects.
Antigua Aduana by Walter Salcedo
OPEN HOUSE ROSARIO
ROSARIO, ARGENTINA
10-11 SEPTEMBER
Discover more than 100 of Rosario’s most notable and influential architecture and urban design projects. Visit contemporary and historic architecture and visit sites usually closed to the public. The 2022 edition explores new architectural icons and makes private spaces public. Open House Rosario is a fully free festival with in-person experiences. A special exhibition of Matilde Luetich’s works plays tribute to one of the city’s most important female architects.
Haus ohne Beton by Romana Fürnkranz
OPEN HOUSE WIEN
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
10-11 SEPTEMBER
In the 9th edition of Open House Wien, 50 buildings can be visited - from historic Ringstrasse buildings to bottom-up initiatives for urban greening. The three thematic trails set priorities and outline possible future scenarios for housing.
"Sustainable Building: Climate, Energy, Redevelopment" presents buildings that make a city fit for the future - from innovative energy management to exemplary redevelopment to climate-friendly open space planning.
"IBA Vienna - New Social Housing" brings outstanding projects of new social housing to the fore. IBA_Vienna 2022 was the first international building exhibition to be launched in Vienna with the aim of stimulating new developments for the future of social housing.
"Baugruppen Trail" presents projects that a community of people plans, finances and builds, usually with the support of a developer. In recent years, community housing projects and building group projects have increasingly come to the fore. These initiatives by committed groups of people represent an important development towardS self-empowerment in questions of housing and towards quality and socially sustainable solutions.
Can’t make it to Vienna? Check out Haus ohne Beton (house without concrete), a short tour of a remarkable home planned by clay building expert Andi Breuss. Made exclusively with wood and clay and no synthetic materials.