Whilst many of us felt like the city stopped during lockdown, in reality key workers were keeping the city going by providing our essential services. As well as the doctors and nurses, it was the bin men, bus drivers, warehouse workers, cleaners and shopkeepers, that were all on the front line. This year, Open House hopes to celebrate the individuals and the architecture of the hidden infrastructure of our city — highlighting the hospitals, bus depots, warehouses, distribution centres, control rooms and corner shops that kept London going.
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20 Years of TfLHarry Ford, SMC Alsop, Pascal+Watson, 1911Southwark
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Building BloQs Workshop (online only)Meridian Works - 5th Studio, Current Building - Community Designed, 2012Enfield
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Bunhill Heat and Power Energy Centre(on line only)Tim Ronalds Architects, 2012Islington
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Crossness Southern OutfallCharles H Driver, 1832Bexley
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Hidden London: Life Support (online only)na, 2000Hackney
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Meridian Water Masterplan TourEnfield
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(online only) Hidden infrastructure - a below ground virtual tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide2020Tower Hamlets
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Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility (online only)Thorpe Wheatley, 2012Southwark
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The lost canals and hidden industry of SE LondonJohn Rennie, 1807Southwark
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Urban Backstages: Elephant and Castle's Infrastructures of Makingn.a, 1862Southwark
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Veolia Dagenham Plastic Recycling Facility (online only)2008Barking and Dagenham
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Westferry Printworks (online only)PLP Architecture, 2020Tower Hamlets