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Discover London with walking tours and building visits led by the Architecture Foundation's expert guides

Each month, we run lively and critical tours led by London's best architects and architectural writers.   Featuring tours of rapidly transforming districts and exclusive visits to the best new buildings, the Architecture Foundation tours programme provides the expert's take on London's architecture and urbanism

A series of architect-led walking tours interrogating the past, present and future of the many areas undergoing massive transformation within London

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A series of architect-led walking tours of recently completed buildings across London

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City Crit: Modern Lambeth Housing

Join architectural historian Ian McInnes for a tour of modernist post-war housing estates across Lambeth, south London

29 September

City Crit: Alexandra Road with Douglas Murphy

Join writer, architect and local resident Douglas Murphy for a tour of the Grade II* listed Alexandra Road estate in Swiss Cottage, Camden

City Crit: Croydon Meanwhile Use

Take a tour of Croydon with new talents in the council’s placemaking team and discover how meanwhile uses are transforming the area

Building Tour: Coal Drops Yard with Heatherwick Studio

Join Heatherwick Studio’s Tamsin Green for an exploration of Coal Drops Yard, a landmark new canal-side shopping complex in King’s Cross

24 November

Building Tour: Battersea Arts Centre with Haworth Tompkins

Join Haworth Tompkins Architects’ Martin Lydon and Imogen Long for an exploration of Battersea Arts Centre, a landmark community theatre restored following an unexpected fire.

17 November

Building Tour: Royal Opera House with Stanton Williams

A tour with Stanton Williams Architects exploring the practice’s £50 million transformation of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

City Crits: Greenwich Peninsula walking tour led by Peter Besley

Hear about the Greenwich Peninsula and the area’s new Design District with the scheme’s masterplanner Peter Besley

10 November

Building Tour: Chadwick Hall with Henley Halebrown

A tour with architect Simon Henley of the Stirling shortlisted Chadwick Hall, three student residences in the grounds of the Grade II* listed 18th Century Georgian villa, Downshire House

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Tours in london, tradition and modernity.

London is a great capital in which there is always new things to discover. With its Victorian-style dwellings and Tudor-style buildings such as the Tower of London , the city presents an air of tradition that, mixed with modernity and architectural contemporaneity  (factories transformed into museums, redevelopment of old quays and skyscrapers), gets the perfect balance .

Great architects have contributed to this transformation and growth of the city . Among them Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers , locals Londoners with works like the Architecture Foundation and the Lloyd’s Building . Daniel Libeskind , Renzo Piano , Herzog & de Meuron , Foster & Partners and Make Architects are other architects and firms that have participated in this contemporary urban growth .

Enjoy our tours in London  focused on architecture and urbanism , perfect for architecture lovers, experts and professionals but also for groups and student trips .

Enjoy with Artchitectours guided tours around the world , accompanied by one of our professional architects-guides who will be with you throughout the route. Our itineraries , personalized tours and guided tours of architecture and design are meticulously planned to adapt to each group in particular, from the assignment of the appropriate architect-guide, to the rest stops, the type of transport, and more.

London – Docklands and Canary Wharf

London – Old Town and Financial District

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TOUR LONDON I hope you’re well. Everything was great, our staff loved the tours. Received really good feedback from everyone, so thank you so much for organizing everything! Yes, sorry about that. I was on a bus tour and needed to contact the organizer about where to collect the tickets from but mistakenly called you instead of her as I was checking emails for numbers. Nevertheless we all had a lovely time. Thank you for all your help! 🙂

TOUR LONDON Dear Marta, We had an excellent trip and Nick was wonderful. He had just the right amount of information and he was good at reading what the group wanted. We had a great time in London, thank you. Best regards

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London Architecture Tour: From St. Paul's to the Gherkin

• St. Paul's Cathedral
• The 'Gherkin'

• Immerse yourself in the history, diverse influences, and constant transformation of architecture in London
• You’ll explore several key venues across the historic city center, hosted by an architectural historian

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The historical guildyard hall, the skyscrapers of the financial district.

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Tate Modern Architecture Tour

Unlock Tate Modern’s history and architectural secrets in our Architecture Tour

Since Tate Modern first opened in 2000, it has become a London landmark, not just for the art it houses, but also for the architecture of the building itself. A remarkable combination of old and new, the tour will take you through the former Bankside Power Station with its iconic 3,300 m2 Turbine Hall and Tanks that still smell of oil, before delving into the innovative and ambitious Blavatnik Building extension.

Places are limited and we recommend booking in advance.

You can also enjoy a Tate Britain Architecture Tour .

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All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner street.

There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Nathalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.

• Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
• A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
• Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.

To help plan your visit to Tate Modern, have a look at our visual story . It includes photographs and information about what you can expect from a visit to the gallery.

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21 September 2024 at 14.00–15.30

23 November 2024 at 14.00–15.30

£20 / £18 for Members

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Are you interested in seeing and understanding more about the architecture of London? Join us on an informative walk with an architect as your guide. Our group tours explore the past, present and future of London’s architecture and urbanism. We specialise in giving insight on some of the most interesting and influential modern buildings. We also see how these buildings are shaped by their historic and social context.

Our scheduled tours are aimed at London residents and visitors who are interested in architecture and design and who want to experience a walking tourthat goes beyond the tourist routes.

We aim to make our walks as inclusive and accessible as possible. None of our routes are very strenuous but if walking, please wear sensible shoes and be prepared for the British weather.

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The City of London: Adapting to Change

The City of London is an area steeped in architectural heritage, yet it continues to be transformed, with major office developments by some of the world’s leading architects. What events shaped this transformation? How do the buildings respond to challenges and opportunities?

Southbank to Covent Garden: Arts & Institutions

The Southbank, Somerset House and Covent Garden – three London landmarks that have seen spectacular change from their original uses. Although all are cultural destinations, their architectural responses are radically different. How did the buildings develop and adapt, and will they remain relevant in a changing world?

Belsize Park: Modern Approaches to Housing

Housing is the most significant built form in cities. On this walk, we see how architects and planners over the ages have experimented with this building type, often challenging the established norms.

Nine Elms and Battersea: Big, Bold and Brand New

It has been hailed as Europe’s largest urban regeneration project. Like it or loathe it, the transformation of Vauxhall, 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 in this area.

Clerkenwell: Inspired Interventions

Clerkenwell is a neighbourhood that is steeped in history yet also includes fascinating examples of assertive, modern architecture. This tour investigates how architects have responded to their surroundings and traces the history of this area.

The Westminster of Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Lutyens was arguably England's most admired and prolific architect of the early 20th Century. His work is best seen in detail so this walk in Whitehall and St James includes several of his finest London buildings. We see Lutyens designs in their urban context as the route takes us through some of the most historic and elegant streets in London.

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Explore architects' pivotal role in combating climate change, discover iconic landmarks- Bloomberg London HQ & 100 Liverpool Street and engage in green retrofitting and the City's ambitious goal of achieving a Net Zero Square Mile by 2040.

Barbican Brutalism

Discover the Barbican Estate, a Grade II-listed iconic post-war development of high-end rental properties by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon influenced by Le Corbusier, which blends humane brutalist architecture with modernist ideals and historical references.

Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms

Trace the evolution of Vauxhall and Battersea with skyscraper construction and US Embassy enroute to the iconic Art Deco Power Station and masterplan by Raphael Viñoly with developments by Frank Ghery and Foster + Partners.

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We offer Bespoke Tours and Case Study Field Trips designed around clients’ specific interests in the built environment. Previous tours have focussed on contemporary architecture, regeneration, housing, office design, construction technology, engineering and infrastructure.

Canary Wharf

Go on a perceptive journey through London's Docklands, contrasting SOM’s iconic corporate landscape of Canary Wharf to the innovative and mixed-use approach of Wood Wharf. Highlights include One Canada Square, Jubilee Line station and One Park Place.

City of London

Discover the Financial District’s iconic historic and modern landmarks such as St Paul's Cathedral and the Gherkin, while delving into the City's autonomous status, post-COVID challenges and ambitious sustainability goals.

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Our expert guide is a skilled educator and has a track record of engaging young people in architecture, planning and the built environment. We offer tours at GCSE and A Level as well as University groups.

Kings Cross

See London's finest contemporary architecture and explore Central London's largest regeneration zone, blending 50 new structures with 30 restored historical buildings, featuring works by over 35 leading British and International architects.

Olympic Legacy

Experience London's ambitious regeneration of 250 hectares of former industrial land into the vibrant Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Discover iconic landmarks like the Aquatics Centre and Velodrome, and see the emerging East Bank cultural quarter.

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London Modern Architecture Tour

How often in the big smoke do we stop and look up? Insider London invites you to take a closer look at the marvellous structures which puncture the horizon. In addition to our Sustainable Architecture Tour we offer a fabulous Modern Architecture Tour.

This award-winning tour uncovers the hidden stories of London’s iconic skyline. Explore how the world’s top architects merge the historic and the innovative in their race to the skies. Emerge yourself in the controversies of the architectural world, from questions of heritage to sustainability.

In two hours , we journey through the latest architectural developments of the City of London, starting at St Paul’s and finishing at the many “kitchen items” of the Eastern cluster.

In three and a half hours , this in-depth journey begins with the artistic jewels of Southwark before crossing over into the City of London. In this version, we stop mid-way to refuel where our guides will show you one of the best views in London over a quick coffee break.

On this walking tour you will discover:

• The most striking examples of modern architecture in London and the fascinating stories behind their development
• The importance of sustainability in London’s architecture and the dynamic modern developments pushing the sustainability envelope
• How architects marry London’s innovative and historic architectural styles , including, a building which integrates an ancient churchyard
• The controversial blocks that have had critics up in arms from the development likened to a sea-sponge to the car-melting “fryscraper”
• A futuristic (and formerly very wobbly) London footbridge (in 3.5 hour version)
• The distinctive styles and characteristic design traits of influential British architects, including Will Alsop, Richard Rogers and Sir Norman Foster
• What’s next for London’s iconic skyline

To book your Modern Architecture Tour or to find out more then get in touch via [email protected] .

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Top London Tours for Architecture Lovers

Get to know London’s architectural treasures on these specialised tours that showcase some of the city’s most incredible buildings. Immerse yourself in the Brutalist beauty of the Barbican Centre, delve into the political history of the Houses of Parliament, wander through Kensington Palace’s regal gardens, explore centuries-old pubs, or venture into the picturesque Cotswolds. Here’s our guide to top London tours for architecture lovers.

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Explore London’s Brutalist scene

Between the mid-1950’s and 70’s, Brutalism well and truly thrived across the capital, established as a movement against mainstream architecture. These days serve as an important snapshot into the history of London and its people. On this Brutalist Architecture and History Tour , you’ll get to discover the history of Brutalism through some of London’s central neighbourhoods. Your local guide will lead you through the journey of post-war buildings, engaging in captivating discussions about Modernist monumental architecture and delving into its profound cultural, social and environmental impact on a global scale, including discussing the ongoing debates surrounding the future of these iconic sites.

Brutalist Architecture and History Tour | Central London

Get political on this Houses of Parliament walking tour

Get right into the heart of Brit ish democracy on this Houses of Parliament tour, which takes you on a journey through British politics. Explore inside Parliament, where most tours are usually only led by audio guides, and enjoy a visit with an informed London guide. Hear all about the history of the building as you wander around the rooms and antechambers, including the Chamber of the House of Lords and the unelected Upper House, hearing tales about the rooms that forged the British empire. Enjoy an up-close look at the rooms that TV crews don’t visit, including the Division Lobbies.

You’ll also have the opportunity to visit Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall, an ancient Mediaeval meeting place that’s served as a political function space for almost 1,000 years.  Enjoy admiring the striking Gothic architecture and listen to stories about the national heroes buried in the crypts – including Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton.

Houses of Parliament Tour | Westminster 

Stroll around Kensington Palace and enjoy an afternoon tea

Kensington Palace has played a vital role in shaping the history of Britain’s monarchy since it was built in the 1600s, so it feels right to include it on our list of top London tours for architecture lovers. The palace is a complex building in terms of architecture and has had many notable architects working on it over the years, including Wren, Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh and more. Building initially commenced at the start of the 17th century and was completed in 1899, with many members of the Royal family calling it their home in-between, always leaving their architectural mark by making changes here and there throughout their stay. The Palace houses a whopping 547 rooms, kitted out with regal furniture, paintings and rooms decorated in different styles by different monarchs over many years. A fun fact: Queen Victoria was even born in the palace. 

While the Monarchy remains a controversial topic within the UK, there’s no doubt that this beautiful Jacobean mansion is a sight to behold with its Gothic style. On this Kensington Palace Gardens tour , you’ll enjoy a peaceful stroll around the manicured palace gardens, admiring the water features, Sunken Garden and flora maintained year-round. You’ll be led by a guide who will fill you in with interesting insights and the history of the royal family along the way before stopping by the Kensington Palace Pavilion for a British afternoon tea. Expect classics like egg mayonnaise and smoked salmon sandwiches and traditional scones with cream and jam, or jam and cream (it’s an ongoing British debate of which ingredient goes first. So whatever floats your boat).

Kensington Palace Gardens Tour with Royal High Tea | Kensington | WA

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See some of the city’s most interesting pubs

London’s pub history runs deep, rooted in the history and heritage of the UK, boasting an impressive array of over 3,500 establishments, some of which have welcomed drinkers since the 14th century. Unsurprisingly, London has earned a well-deserved reputation as a thriving hub for pub enthusiasts, and this Tour of London’s Historic Pubs grants you the opportunity to fully explore it alongside an expert Londoner. Follow your guide through the City of London via Fleet Street, Blackfriars and Holborn as you visit iconic pubs renowned for their drinks and atmosphere. Hear facts about the pubs as you visit each one and sample drinks along the way. Each and every pub in London tells a story through architecture, with the latter end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th being a prime time for pub architecture. Many were designed solely to lure paying punters to drink and stay for long periods of time, meaning they were built to be eye-catching, equally inside and out. So, keep your eyes peeled for the different styles of each pub you visit, whether that be an Edwardian or Victorian establishment, and be sure to pay attention to the small details. Either way, you’ll pass all kinds of buildings throughout the tour as you traverse some of London’s most popular and interesting streets.

Historical Pubs Walking Tour | City of London

Visit the rolling hills of the Cotswolds

There are few places as quintessentially British as the Cotswolds; think lush rolling hills, quaint cobbled streets and pockets of picturesque villages surrounded by vast pastures. It’s easy to head on a day trip to visit this slice of English countryside, and the best way to do so if you want to keep the planning to a minimum is by heading on a Cotswolds Tour from London . Hop on a comfortable air-conditioned coach and head for the rural hills, where you’ll be met with stone-built villages and a warm, old-world atmosphere. The style of architecture in the Cotswolds is often referred to as the storybook style, which is fitting since every building looks like it’s been plucked straight from a fairytale. It encompasses everything the archetypal English countryside village has been defined to be, with most of the buildings constructed in the region’s signature sandy-coloured limestone. It’s for sure one of the most picturesque and historic areas in the UK, and any trip here feels like a giant leap back in time to a bygone era. Expect to see buildings dating back to the Mediaeval Ages when the area was a hub for Wool Trading, and reminders of a Roman time, with well-preserved Roman and Romano-British villas nestled amongst the lush rolling hills. Before stopping for a traditional two-course English lunch at an old Cotswold hotel restaurant, you’ll have ample time to stroll around the towns and villages, including places like Burford, Bibury and Stow-in-the-Wold. Get your cameras ready for this one.

Lunch in the Cotswolds – Tour from London | Cotswolds

Learn about Brutalism at the Barbican

The Barbican is at the epicentre of Brutalist architecture, so it’s no surprise they host their own architecture tours. The 90-minute New Perspectives tour is an excellent way to get acquainted with brutalism; it’s led by an expert guide who will take you around the Barbican and surrounding Brutalist estate, over high walks, through leafy courts and to lesser-explored corners. You’ll get to learn about the vision and ambition behind the design of the buildings whilst gaining an insight into the site’s past, present and future.

New Perspectives Tour | Barbican Estate 

Roam around the historic Tower of London

The Tower of London is arguably one of the most impressive historic establishments in London, so it’s only fitting to include it in our roundup of top London tours for architecture lovers. On this Tower of London tour , you’ll get to skip the crowds and enjoy early access so that you’re one of the first visitors of the day. Explore over 1,000 years of British history, listening to your Blue Badge guide (London guides that have detailed, in-depth knowledge of London’s highlights) as they tell interesting facts and stories about the tower’s fascinating and, at times, sordid happenings. Roam around this UNESCO World Heritage Site, built as a fortress on the Thames by William the Conquerer in 1066 as a way to assert his power, hearing stories along the way. The huge White Tower is a fine example of Normal Military architecture, and inside, you’ll find a beautiful 11th-century Romanesque chapel and an incredible Royal Armouries collection. The Tower of London perfectly demonstrates how royal buildings have evolved from the 11th to the 16th centuries, offering a valuable glimpse back in time and allowing us to reimagine what went on between the walls of each structure. Stroll across Tower Green, the home of many grisly executions, including two of Henry VIII’s wives, before seeing the priceless Crown Jewels. The Imperial State Crown has a whopping 2,868 diamonds. Finish the tour with a sightseeing City Cruises flexible one-way ticket to round off your London experience.

Tower of London Tour | Tower Hill | WA

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London Architecture Tours: Guided Walks

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Architecture Walks in the British Capital – Exclusive building guide England, UK, tailor made for groups

post updated 10 February 2024

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London Architecture Tour: Exclusive Guided Walks

Our London guided tours are all tailored to suit each booking, we do not allow for bookings to be joined. Our guided tours in the British Capital are all exclusive to each client.

London Walking Tours

Should you be planning an office trip, a conference, or university visit in the UK capital please contact us at e-architect and we would be happy to take your booking.

e-architect have guides who can speak French, German, Spanish or Portuguese. Tours are typically a mix of walking and touring by coach and can be tailored to the client’s needs.

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UK Capital City Buildings

London Architecture Introduction

London is the capital of the UK. There is a wealth of architecture here – from historic churches and palaces to modern art galleries and offices. Key architects from the past are Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor. More recently architects such as Foster, Rogers, Stirling, Hadid and Piano have created major buildings in London.

Significant contemporary buildings include The Shard, Lloyds Building, Swiss Re building. Key 20th Century buildings include Centre Point and New Zealand House. Older architecture of historical importance that we can visit on the walking tour include buildings such as the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace.

To take in these London buildings some walking tours require transport, typically on the Tube. Major clusters of buildings exist in Westminster, the City of London and the Isle of Dogs. Important architecture is also scattered throughout the West End and in Kensington & Chelsea.

London Architecture Walking Tour – Standard Routes

e-architect now offer a standard range of London architecture tour routes. If these don’t suit we still offer tailored tour itineraries.

The standard London Architecture Walking Tour itineraries are:

– Central – buildings such as the National Gallery building extension, Royal Opera House, the Economist Building and New Zealand House.

– City – buildings such as the Lloyds Building, Swiss Re Tower, No. 1 Poultry and Tower 42.

– Knightsbridge – buildings such as One Hyde Park, Michelin House, Peter Jones Department Store and the Saatchi Gallery building.

All these buildings are possible to visit on our London Architecture Tours .

Please note the London Architectural Walking Tours are external visits except where free access is allowed. Specific requests for entry to buildings can be made ahead of an architectural walking tour.

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London Architecture Walking Tours

London Architectural Tours can be arranged around your group’s needs, for example if you are interested in just contemporary architecture then our guides can form a tour for that, or if you are interested in just office buildings then again a specific itinerary can be drafted.

Contact e-architect to arrange your English architectural tour: mob. +44 (0)7952 149814 / isabelle(at)e-architect.com

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Architecture Tours

e-architect also organise architecture walking tours in other British cities such as Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Birmingham. We also offer architectural city walks in other European cities such as Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen and Paris:

Architecture Walking Tours

European Building Tours

We offer architectural city walks by e-architect in over 82 cities globally – here is a small selection from Northern Europe:

Berlin Architecture Walking Tours

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Edinburgh Architecture Walking Tours

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Key Buildings in UK Capital City

Major architectural designs in the UK capital city:

St Paul’s Cathedral Building – British religious epicenter, famous World War Two survivor

Swiss Re Building, City of London – by architect Norman Foster, now Lord Foster

Battersea Power Station – made even more famous by a Pink Floyd album cover

We do show visitors around buildings in other UK cities – please contact us if you have a specific city in mind for an architectural tour.

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The Architecture of Sir Christopher Wren Walking Tour

Hunting the Wren 300 in the City of London.

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About the sir christopher wren walking tour.

Sir Christopher Wren, one of London’s most celebrated and famous architects, died in 1723, but as the inscription says,

“‘I f you seek his monument look around .”

Wren is our most famous ‘starchitect’ probably because of St Paul’s Cathedral, but there is so much more to see!

This walking tour will orbit St Paul’s and take in three more wonderful churches en route including Mary Le Bow , Mary Aldermary, and Stephen Walbrook

Other Wrenisms on route.

(Please note that entry to the three churches is included as part of this walking tour, but entry to St Pauls Cathedral is not included.)

Key facts about this tour

What to expect on this walking tour.

This walking tour is 180 minutes long. You will walk approximately one mile and see the work of the famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren.

Once you have experienced your tour you will be able to say you have seen:

• Fantastic views of St Paul’s Cathedral
• The origin of Cockney
• The ‘camembert’
• A spectacular fan vaulted ceiling.
• And so much more!

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Things to do after your tour

Once you’ve finished your walking tour why not visit some of the other exciting London locations below?

Eat at the Café Below

The Café Below, nestled in the crypt of St Mary-le-Bow Church in the heart of London, serves up locally sourced, hearty British cuisine in a unique, historic setting. As you enjoy your meal amidst centuries-old architecture, it’s an ideal spot for those looking for an authentic dining experience that seamlessly blends tradition with modern culinary art.

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London Architecture City Guide: 20 Modern and Contemporary Attractions to Explore in UK’s Cultural and Financial Powerhouse

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London’s architectural history is a rich tapestry that weaves together styles of various periods and influences. In the post-war era, the city experienced a surge in modern architecture, becoming a canvas for experimentation. New stylistic movements saw their expression crystalized through buildings such as Richard Rogers ’ Lloyd’s Building , one of the most representative examples of High-Tech architecture, or the Barbican Estate , a large-scale housing estate that became the iconic structure for Brutalist architecture.

London’s contemporary architectural landscape continues to evolve, in part through the works of internationally-recognized architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, and Thomas Heatherwick. This varied blend of styles, and ways of expression reflects the city’s ability to embrace architectural movements of global significance. As a center for innovation, London continues to attract established and emerging architects who shape its skyline and contribute to its international architectural discourse, with each new building offering a glimpse into the ever-changing nature of London’s urban fabric.

The following list showcases 30 modern, brutalist, and contemporary architecture projects highlighting the diversity of London ’s architecture scene, featuring works from internationally renowned architects such as Foster + Partners , Herzog & de Meuron , Richard Rogers , Thomas Heatherwick , and Zaha Hadid Architects .

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Barbican Estate / Chamberlin, Powell and Bon

Tate Modern Switch House / Herzog & de Meuron

NEO Bankside / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

London City Hall / Foster + Partners

The Shard / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Lloyd's Building / Richard Rogers

The Scalpel / KPF

Battersea Power Station / Wilkinson Eyre

London Aquatics Centre for 2012 Summer Olympics / Zaha Hadid Architects

King’s Cross Station / John McAslan + Partners

Trellick Tower / Erno Goldfinger

Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery London / Venturi Scott Brown

The Serpentine Sackler Gallery / Zaha Hadid Architects

The Leadenhall Building / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

The Great Court of the British Museum / Foster & Partners

Newport Street Gallery / Caruso St John Architects

Alexandra Road Estate / Neave Brown

Orion Building, Post Graduate Centre of London Metropolitain University / Daniel Libeskind

Coal Drops Yard / Heatherwick Studio

The Pavilion / acme

London 2012 Velodrome / Hopkins Architects

Royal National Theatre / Denys Lasdun

Central St. Giles Court / Renzo Piano + Fletcher Priest Architects

Gridiron, One St. Pancras Square / David Chipperfield Architects

Courtyard Expansion at London's V&A Museum / AL_A

London School of Economics Marshall Building / Grafton Architects

London Olympic Stadium / Populous

20 Fenchurch Street / Rafael Viñoly Architects

Town Hall Hotel / rare

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Brutalism has a bit of a bad rep, but our architectural tour is here to change that – swap the conventional sights of London for some concrete beauties on your next visit. Here’s how to spend the day seeing the city in a whole new light.

1. southbank centre.

Most people take a stroll along London ‘s Southbank to visit the Tate Modern or Shakespeare’s Globe , but there’s plenty of other architectural gems along this stretch. Start at the Southbank Centre , a world-renowned destination for the arts that was erected in 1951 to celebrate the Festival of Britain . The site is home to several important venues, including the Royal Festival Hall, the Hayward Gallery and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, all of which hold varying events such as comedy stand-ups, variety shows, musical performances, intellectual and educational programs, and festivals.

Royal Festival Hall

The Grade II-listed Royal Festival Hall auditorium is the biggest venue at Southbank Centre, seating 2,500 people. The architect of the building was Robert Matthew, supported by Leslie Martin and Peter Muro. It was designed to be a true landmark of British Modernism, with a bright-white facade and huge expanses of glass to give the building a light, optimistic feel. The flowing, wide open-plan interior was constructed around symmetrically placed staircases, with Martin in particular influenced by socialist Nordic design. The various foyers, bars and restaurants were intended to be classless spaces, open to all, honoured today by the building’s radical ‘open foyer’ policy, which allows the public to roam throughout the building seven days a week. Free exhibitions, lunchtime and evening concerts are on offer, as well as various study and meeting spaces and a variety of bars.

Hayward Gallery

The Hayward Gallery is one of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries. Since it opened in the summer of 1968 with an exhibition by Henri Matisse , it has played a crucial role in presenting work by some of the world’s most significant artists. It was recently closed for two years in order to restore the 66 glass pyramid roof lights, which were based on a concept by sculptor Henry Moore. The multi-million pound refurbishment was completed in January 2018, holding a major show of Andreas Gursky’s work.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Recently renovated, Queen Elizabeth Hall has a wonderful roof garden with stunning views and is open daily in the spring and summer months and free to visit. Fun fact: you might notice an unusually placed ‘boat’ on top of Queen Elizabeth Hall. The ‘Room for London’, designed by Living Architecture is actually available to stay in on occasions.

There are plenty of food trucks along the riverbank for a low-key lunch or pre-performance bite before heading along to the National Theatre, as well as many on-site restaurants . For something a little bit special, and great views over the Thames, try Skylon , which serves up quintessentially seasonal British dishes.

2. National Theatre

Designed by the architect Denys Lasdun , the National Theatre has divided public opinion since it opened in 1976. In 2001, a Radio Times poll featured Denys Lasdun’s building in the top five of both the most hated and the most loved British buildings. A neighbour of the Southbank Centre, the theatre may seem like a large hunk of concrete on the surface, but once you discover the attention-to-detail and groundbreaking construction methods behind it, you’ll come to realise its beauty. To get a real understanding of why the National Theatre is such an important icon of Brutalism, take up one of the ‘Concrete Reality’ architecture tours .

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Crossing Waterloo Bridge, it’s worth stopping by and gazing up at the King’s College Macadam Building, which was built by Troup, Steele & Scott with E.D. Jefferiss Mathews acting as consultant. Construction started in 1972 and took three years to complete. The building on Surrey Street houses King’s College Student Union, with its six storeys balancing on top of a two-storey podium.

Just around the corner on The Strand is the aptly-named Strand Building, which is again part of the college. The 1970s building has recently been involved in some contentious plans to knock down four adjacent period properties, in order to make way for a new teaching building that will ‘blend in’ with the Brutalist one.

4. Salters’ Hall

To get here, you could take a leisurely half-hour stroll along Fleet Street, the former home of London’s newspaper industry, passing the Royal Courts of Justice and St Paul’s Cathedral on the way before turning up Cheapside and along London Wall. Located on Fore Street, the old Salters’ Company headquarters, built by Basil Spence, is a very rare example of a post-war livery building, and was completed in 1972. Notable for its distinctive ribbed and knapped concrete, the hall is now Grade II-listed and has recently been refurbished by architect De Metz Forbes Knight, which won planning consent for the £8.5 million project.

5. Barbican Centre and Estate

Saving the best until last, you can’t miss the Grade II-listed Barbican Centre, which is Europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue and one of London’s best examples of Brutalist architecture. It was developed from designs by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon as part of a utopian vision to transform an area of London left devastated by bombing during the Second World War. It took over a decade to build and was opened by the Queen in 1982, who declared it ‘one of the modern wonders of the world’.

Its stunning spaces at the heart of the Barbican Estate have made it an internationally recognised venue, set within an urban landscape acknowledged as one of the most significant architectural achievements of the 20th century. The best way to tour the Barbican Centre and surrounding estate is to book the Barbican’s 90-minute walking tour . Walking along the highwalks, elevated gardens and trio of high-rise towers, you’ll learn more about the construction, design and influence of the estate, along with surprising and rarely seen sights and discoveries plus little-known insights into this unique architectural endeavour.

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• Open House 2024 highlights: the top 10 must-see buildings in London

10 September 2024 · By Merlin Fulcher

Open House, the free two-week festival of London’s architectural heritage, has unveiled its line-up of buildings opening their doors to the public from 14 to 22 September

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Highlights include Ernő Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower, RIBA Stirling Prize 2023 winner the John Morden Centre and the under-construction London Museum (the rebranded Museum of London) for which tickets have already been awarded by ballot .

The annual event allows rare access to new and old architecture in all of London’s 33 boroughs

Elsewhere, among the landmarks opening for drop-in visits without prior booking are Angel Yard in Edmonton by Jan Kattein Architects , the Zaha Hadid Foundation in Clerkenwell, TiggColl’s Addison Studios in Brook Green, 25 Cannon Street by Buckley Gray Yeoman and the Phoenix Gardens Community Building by Office Sian Architecture + Design .

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This year’s festival also includes special ‘collections’ – themed groups of buildings, focusing on community and belonging curated by Christopher Laing , on making and manufacturing curated by Riya Patel , on alternative housing curated by Oliver Wainwright , and on African and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) third spaces curated by Space Black .

The full listing can be seen on the Open House Festival website .

Founded in 1992, the Open House Festival typically sees around 250,000 people engage with London’s most compelling architecture, heritage and communities. This year’s festival will run for two weeks from Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 September.

The 2024 Open House Festival comes two years after the 30th anniversary of its parent charity, Open City, which runs a year-round programme of educational activities, films, tours, and the weekly The Brief podcast, produced in association with the AJ .

Ten highlights from the 2024 Open House Festival

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Ivy Street Family Centre, N1, by Sam Jacob Studio

The 2022 transformation of a beloved community space in a former pub, to a purpose-built centre for families with under-5s and the wider community. Drop-in tours on Sunday 22 September

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Peckham House, SE15, by Surman Weston

Surman Weston has recently completed its first self-build project, Peckham House , in south London. A resilient, characterful and experiential family home, which reflects the firm’s personalities and architectural interests. Drop-in tours on Saturday 21 September

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12 Church Grove, SE13, by Shepheard Epstein Hunter

London’s biggest community-led self-build project , co-ordinated by the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS), features 36 flats in two linked buildings, a new public riverside garden and shared community spaces. Designed by Shepheard Epstein Hunter with contributions from Architype and John Broome Associates, the recently completed project aims to create sustainable and permanently affordable homes in a community woven into the wider communities of Lewisham. Drop-in exhibition and pre-bookable tours on Saturday 14 September

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Edith Neville Primary School and Children's Centre, NW1, by Hayhurst & Co

The rebuilding of Edith Neville Primary School in 2021 formed the first phase of Camden’s £89 million Central Somers Town regeneration masterplan. The regeneration initiative provided a rebuilt school designed by Hayhurst & Co along with nearby new public open spaces, community facilities and 130 new homes. Drop-in tours on Saturday 21 September

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St Marks Schoolhouse, SW11, by Dow Jones Architects

Dow Jones Architects has recently refurbished this 1866 listed schoolhouse as its architecture studio . The project has created a light-filled contemporary workspace, and demonstrates a sensitive, low-carbon approach to a historic restoration. Drop-in tours on Saturday 21 September

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Brixton Recreation Centre, SW9, by George Finch and muf architecture/art

Designed by architect George Finch and completed in 1982, Brixton Recreation Centre combines sports and leisure facilities with urban amenities. The unique building was planned as a key component of a redevelopment scheme for central Brixton with new shopping and commercial centre, raised walkways and 50-storey blocks of flats. It was granted Grade II-listed status in 2016 in part due to its role as a ‘social condenser’. An example of recent careful repair and adjustment to the complex by muf architecture/art can be seen on the West façade at Beehive Place. Drop-in exhibition and tours on Sunday 22 September

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Brockley House, SE4, by Office S&M

Completed last year, Brockley House is a colourful renovation of a mid-century corner house in Lewisham, reimagined by Office S&M Architects for a young family of three. The design draws inspiration from cakes, American diners and digital art, and creatively reconfigures and extends the house to introduce dynamic light, drama and a sense of joy throughout. Drop-in tours on Sunday 15 September

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Costa's Barbers, SW11, by Brisco Loran and Arrant Industries

Costa’s Barbers, SW11, by Brisco Loran and Arrant Industries

This high street shop was recently converted by Brisco Loran into a home with a continued, strengthened and adaptable relationship to its street. This allows the former shop floor to be used for commercial or public purposes when desired. Currently occupied as both home and architecture studio, the project was collaboratively self-built by its designers. Drop-in tours on Saturday 14 September and Saturday 21 September

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Blockmakers Arms, N1 by Erbar Mattes Architects

Blockmakers Arms, N1, by Erbar Mattes Architects

The Blockmakers Arms is a mid-19th-century former pub in the Regent’s Canal Conservation Area. The site was formerly owned by the Wenlock Brewery and continued to operate as a pube well into the 1960s. In the 1970s it was converted to residential use and subdivided into three independent flats. As part of this conversion, an external stair was added to the rear façade to connect the upper floors. Drop-in tours on Saturday 21 September

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Found(ation), SE1, by Hannah Sheerin and Lioba Pflaum

Designed by by Lioba Pflaum and Hannah Sheerin, Found(ation) is the winner of the Antepavillion 2024 competition for a pop-up installation on a corner site in Southwark formerly occupied by a Soviet T-34 tank. A ‘pretty’ foundation is displayed within a future, fictional archaeological site that reveals the condition of London’s soil. Drop-in tours on Saturday 21 September and Sunday 22 September

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Meticulously detailed London mews house unveiled by Ampuero Yutronic

Market Mews, a London mews house, is a hymn to modern minimalism, executed with precision and skill to make the most of a tight site in the heart of the capital

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Whether it’s a grand townhouse or a modest London mews house, Mayfair conceals its architectural secrets behind well-preserved historic façades – which have, today, almost all been given over to private accommodation. Market Mews is one such structure, a new-build house replacing a post-war building located in one of the cobbled backstreets that were once the working heart of what has long been London ’s most sought-after residential district.

The new façade at Ampuero Yutronic's Market Mews house

A radically overhauled London mews house

Designed by London- and Chile-based architecture and design studio Ampuero Yutronic, the radically overhauled mews house is a rich evocation of late 20th-century minimalist architecture , filtered through modern sensibilities and desires for simplicity, sustainability and ease of use. Whereas the trailblazers of architectural minimalism were ascetic at the very least and almost monastic at times, the Market Mews house is nothing if not luxurious.

Interiors are characterised by minimalism and exceptional craft

That’s not just down to the location. Intended as both a ‘calm retreat’ and a place to entertain extended family, the house is hemmed in by three surrounding properties. The north-facing mews façade is the only new external architectural expression, and the requirements of the local Conservation Area meant that a sympathetic and restrained approach was needed.

Built-in joinery defines the spaces

The façade ‘takes its cues from the historic residential typologies of central London’, the architects say, adding that it also creates a ‘distinct identity/appearance through pared-back detailing and use of materials’. A mix of large-scale reconstituted limestone panels on the ground floor and slender limestone-coloured ‘roman’-style bricks and lime mortar on the floors above gives the house a solidity and sense of history. The upper level is a more traditional mansard roof, set back behind the parapet.

The staircase at the heart of the house

Inside, the house is arranged around a series of large light wells that bring natural daylight down into the heart of the enclosed plan, which spans five storeys. Using both rooflights and high-level south-facing windows, the architects have created a dreamy interior landscape of abstract forms, minimal joinery and stonework and sculptural light fittings.

Looking up the three-storey internal lightwell

From the entrance, one becomes immediately aware of this cascading internal light feature, as illumination from the three-storey-high lightwell at the rear of the house is felt on every level. The first floor is a formal open-plan living and dining area, in common with the traditional ‘piano nobile’. Joinery is bespoke and integral to the architectural structure and flow of the house.

Market Mews by Ampuero Yutronic

Nowhere is this more evident than in the wooden staircase that winds through the heart of the house. The thick balustrades and risers are made with meticulous craftsmanship, also demonstrated by the free-standing stone bathtub in the primary bedroom suite. Exposed concrete walls are also deployed for additional texture on the basement stair, which leads down to the cinema room and a top-lit multi-use space.

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‘A key objective for the client was to live in a tranquil atmosphere that feels clean, light and spacious but is also suitably robust, as required in a family home,’ say Javier Ampuero Ernst and Catalina Yutronic. ‘The predominant use of wood, stone and polished marble plaster, combined with simple detailing, contributes to the achieve an overall calmness and understated elegance.’

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The Bartlett Autumn Show 2024: Guided Tours

25 September 2024–02 October 2024, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

A series of student-led guided tours of the on-campus show presenting selected works from The Autumn Show 2024.

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Join current students for a guided tour of The Autumn Show 2024. The tours, which take place at the school's Bloomsbury campus, offer an insight into a curated selection of student projects related to a theme. The tours will be focused on work from Architectural Design MArch ,  Architecture & Historic Urban Environments MA  and Cinematic and Videogame Architecture MArch .

During each tour, students will present their own projects, describing how the work responds to the briefs they were issued by their tutors at the beginning of the academic year and the subsequent development and refinement before exploring further work from within their programme.

These events are ideal for those looking to explore our show beyond the captions and find out more about how a project is developed by an architecture student. 

Wedneday 25 September | 13:00 Join Nabila Ferdousi from the exhibiting programme  Architecture & Historic Urban Environments MA  on a tour of the show.

Thursday 26 September | 13:00 Join Priscilla Maura Cordero from the exhibiting programme  Architectural Design MArch  on a tour of the show. 

Wednesday 2 October | 13:00 Join Jonah Ling from the new exhibiting programme  Cinematic and Videogame Architecture MArch  on a tour of the show. 

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• Episode 153

Inside Harris Reed’s Fantastical London Home

Released on 09/09/2024

[door opening]

Hi AD, it's Harris Reed.

And my biggest dream is literally coming true.

Welcome to my home. [bright music]

So we are in our, I call it the salon.

It's basically a living room

that also has a dining room in it.

Really the room we do everything in.

This apartment, when we saw it,

looked nothing like this whatsoever.

It used to be a part of this incredible manor block

that has been split over the years and years

into different apartments.

And when we walked in, it just had so much history

and so much potential.

And as someone who makes dresses and hats for a living,

this took my creativity,

and also my patience to a whole new level.

We worked with my godfather, who owns Four Corners.

And then for the interior design,

we worked with Clementine Studios.

I came with so many ideas.

My husband came with so many ideas.

So it was a really collaborative process

and very, very hands-on.

All the walls are hand-embroidered

with the amazing company Fromental.

And then it lent itself into a really wacky art.

All the art in this room is from Chilean artists,

'cause my husband's Chilean.

So for me, it was really important

to bring a bit of his home into here.

It's also a beautiful way of bringing in color to the space.

We have an insane ceiling above us.

And the story with the ceiling, growing up in Arizona,

I remember I used to always just stare at the ceiling,

dreaming of a better place.

And so, every time I ever create, I always look up.

So I always knew when we bought our first place,

I wanted a really crazy ceiling

to really symbolize hope and creativity.

These insane wall lights are about two and a half meters

by two meters.

They're vintage, 1950s Italian wall sconces

that were from an old cinema in Paris.

My wonderful husband told me, he's like,

Babe, where are these gonna go?

And this is gonna eat up the whole room.

And you know what? They're fabulous!

They can just, you can see through.

The key thing with this house is just having a safe,

queer, fun place.

And England is very gray.

So things like these objects make me really, really happy.

Fireplace. This is my number one thing.

The whole room is based around this.

It's from Renaissance London.

I always have this vision of me having martinis

with a fabulous fireplace.

We put plants in front of it

because I don't know how you turn it on,

so right now, it's kind of a garden.

This for me was my dream sofa,

an original Mario Bellini B&B Italia sofa.

This is kind of my baby and my angel.

And even though I'm crawling on it,

I don't really let anyone sit on it right now,

but it's so nice.

And as someone who knows what I do, I love velvet.

It's like, it's just delicious.

It's just so yummy and it's so fabulous.

[upbeat music]

So we're gonna go into the hallway.

Fun fact is why the house I think sat for about a year

with no one buying it, because you have this.

This is the main staircase of the building.

And it was actually quite an eyesore before,

'cause it was just like this really stark white, very low.

And I mean I still now have to duck, which is hysterical,

because everyone's like,

You bought a house that you literally have to duck

Regina at Studio Clementine knocked it outta the park.

We had Loughran Riley do this insane branches

covered in roses that kind of completely climbs the space

and climbs onto this wall.

We've also put all of our wedding pictures and photos

that hold meaning to us on this wall.

We sleep in here.

And every morning I wake up,

the first thing I see is this hallway and all these photos

and it just brings so much love.

And then I have these insane Martin Brudnizki

And Objects lights.

I'm obsessed with lighting.

This was a very dark hallway,

so just adding these completely changed the space.

So this is the smallest room in the house,

but I just was obsessed with having this Oscar Wilde

kind of like gentleman parlors bathroom.

And so we worked with Fromental and C.P. Hart

to kind of create this little magical Harry Potter,

it's literally under the staircase space.

Obviously if you're hanging out in here,

you're using the bathroom.

But I think it's quite fun.

And who doesn't want to use the bathroom and be like,

Oh, I'm in a sexy gentleman's bar.

[bright music]

So we are in our main bedroom,

slash the only bedroom in the house.

As someone who travels a lot for work

and is always on the run,

I wanted to kind of come back into

what felt like a little cocoon.

So we worked with Fromental on this insane

hand-painted wallpaper.

What's really lovely about it

is it's like this fabulous nature scape

with these burnt oranges and fuchsias in it.

And they were really amazing about customizing it.

So they put these like hand-embroidered swallows on the wall

and they took the stencil from my husband's tattoo

and they embroidered it.

So he's always here.

And if he's not here, and then my husband always calls me

like a little bumblebee and a butterfly.

So they put these little tufted bumblebees that you see

kind of scattered throughout all the wallpaper.

And obviously we have the world's craziest chandelier.

It's by Bottega Veneziana.

I believe it was much bigger than this.

So they scaled the whole thing,

hand blew the entire thing in Murano,

and a lovely contractor, Scott,

was able to put the whole thing up

and at night the light just dances across the whole room

and you feel like you're just kind of in this trippy forest.

Before I open this door,

this was what all my friends and family laughed about

when I showed them the apartment.

They're like, It's almost too good to be true!

And then I showed them the closet,

and basically all of our clothes, everything I own,

and my husband owns, are on these two racks.

It's definitely been a bit of a challenge

as someone who's a fashion designer.

In a lot of videos, you watch people are like, they're like,

The best thing about my marriage

is like a his-and-hers closet, or a his-and-his closet.

And that's the only way to have a perfect marriage.

I think that's not true.

I think if you have this pole right here,

this is the key to a perfect marriage,

because with this stick, I can put up all of his suits,

all of his clothes, all of my clothes.

And whenever anyone has these gorgeous immaculate closets,

I'm like, Babe, who lives like that?

It's all jammed in and we all wear it.

And then you see me climb up a little ladder

with my really big pole,

and I try and grab and put new things away.

So it's good, because it pushes me

to kind of have to think my weeks through.

We make it work for us. [bright music]

This is our crazy French parlor meets Wes Anderson,

but also very English bathroom.

Having a bath felt like my biggest luxury.

And we customized it by making the marble top for it.

When I'm in the bath, I'm drinking sparkling water,

I'm reading, I'm covering the whole bathroom in candles.

So I needed a surface to place things on.

We did antique mirror for all the walls,

which this actually, anyone who has a smaller apartment,

mirroring anything really changes the whole space.

It meant that we didn't have to clean it after showering

'cause you had all the spots kind of on top of it.

We have a original Faye Wei Wei painting.

I've been obsessed with Faye Wei Wei since uni.

I framed it in an Ikea frame myself.

And what I was really proud of myself for

is I took the wallpaper from the room

and I actually stuck it behind.

So when you look at it, it gives this fun effect,

like it's built into the wall.

We did these fabulous velvet curtains

that wrap the whole space.

And when you're in here at night,

it's literally like you're cocooned away from the world.

So if my fabulous husband is running up and down

the hallways on a loud call,

I have my own little sanctuary.

This is my husband, Eitan, who I'm,

Nice to meet you. Finding in the kitchen.

[Eitan] This is our lovely little -

[Harris] Look at him. He's on this.

[Eitan] Cozy kitchen.

The coffee machine that he had to get.

And the fun fact about your coffee machine

is no one knows how to use it besides him.

And if you ever come over and want a coffee,

I can't help you.

It's one of those things that it's not easy to use,

but I love how not easy to use it is.

It was in our vows, actually.

It was in our vows.

Eitan makes me a coffee every morning,

which makes me sound like a diva.

But he has Sundays off.

We haven't talked about the most important elements

of the whole kitchen.

My water tap? Yeah.

Before we knew the place we were gonna get,

we knew we had to have one of these.

Because of Kendall Jenner's Architectural Digest

Open Door video.

And the way she talked about her pot filler, I was like,

I need a pot filler. Yeah.

What am I filling with this pot filler? Nothing.

But no, that's a lie.

I fill up all, I use it all the time for floral arrangements

but I don't use it very much for cooking.

We kept all the original cabinets

and they're all stainless steel

and this had this huge bank of massive cabinets

that really took up the whole space.

So the first thing that we did is we ripped all of it out

and did these kind of fun floating shelves

that visually looked really beautiful.

I think it turned out great.

And we have a lot of like knickknacks,

like from our travels and from friends.

We have like a bit from a train that was signed

by Wes Anderson,

'cause he designed one of the Belmond trains.

[Eitan] Yeah.

[Harris] That we went on a date on.

It's a painting of Harris's dad.

Yeah, my dad just watching me as I'm washing dishes

and just like eyes of disappointment.

Just kidding.

It is kind of hysterical that it's right at my eyes

as we're doing everything.

It's funny, I think everybody always ends up

in the kitchen and to have such a kind of hallway kitchen,

you still end up spending more time here

than maybe our living room.

It's great 'cause you kind of have friends on every side

that you're literally passing coffees, cocktails,

everything to,

and then I usually just sit in my And Objects

Martin Brudnizki chair and ponder life.

Come with us to the last room of the house,

which is all glass doors.

Our library, study, office, TV room, media room.

It's everything.

All my clothes are literally stored underneath the sofa

because there's no storage room.

Probably where you find us the most

besides the garden at the moment.

I think we binge watch all of our favorite shows on this TV.

It's a frame TV, yeah.

This room is also one of those things

that when we got the place,

we're like had no idea what we were gonna do.

Because there's two entry points.

Like this is the only way into the back garden,

and then behind you are the glass doors.

So it's hard to be a guest room.

It's hard to be TV room. There's a lot of natural light.

So finding ways of like curtaining off this entire wall.

It was just about creating a space that could be like,

[Eitan] It's flexible. Totally.

And super functional.

We put like - The pullout desk.

Here, so you can have a desk if we need it,

which I haven't used once.

My favorite art piece in the room is probably, okay,

it's not really an art piece, it's my favorite thing I own.

It's this signed picture from Britney Spears.

Peak Oops, I Did It Again. Signed to me.

This is if there's a fire, besides my fabulous husband,

this is what I'm grabbing to take with me.

And I think a running theme,

especially in this room, is the outdoors inside.

Like all the wallpaper from Fromental

was meant to kind of look like a stormy sky,

which is perfect for London.

And then we had these funky lights

that Porta Romana did, again,

bringing in the outside kind of indoors.

Outside, we had this tiny little deck

that you could barely squeeze onto.

And we extended it out,

so now you have all this amazing light

and you can see my favorite thing,

which is my big palm tree.

This really for me sold me on the house

because who gets to have a palm tree in London?

This garden did not look like this at all

when we got the place.

It was a complete swamp.

Before you had mosquitoes everywhere,

you had tons of poisonous bushes.

And Lisa Collins, who did the garden design, killed it.

And she really helped define all these spaces.

I was pumped 'cause I finally got to have a fountain.

The sound it makes is just really magical.

We spend all of our time here.

This table is full of friends at all times.

We have really wonderful furniture. Eichholtz killed it.

But when it came to the lighting of the garden,

I had no idea how much it cost

to actually put electrical into a garden.

And so all the lights are all solar

and they're all from Amazon.

At night, this entire garden illuminates.

And all my neighbors were literally were asking me like,

Who's your outdoor lighting designer?

And it's literally was just me,

obsessively shopping on my phone.

But it's really made it so magical.

And what I love about it is if I get tired of one design,

I just replace and move things around.

So at the back of the garden, this for me,

is probably one of my happiest spaces and most proud spaces.

We have our little blow up hot tub.

It's not wood, but this was a dream of mine.

Shout out to Amazon.

It literally was like, I think we can have a hot tub.

It arrived and this is where you find me every night.

I get off the Eurostar, I kick off my platform boots,

I run back here.

I pretend like I'm eating figs off my tree.

They're not ripe yet. I wish they were ripe.

My husband had so much to do with the garden

because he wanted everything

to kind of be a bit more minimal.

So all the furniture back here is from Eichholtz.

For this space,

I knew I wanted like a really wonderful sectional

and I wanted something that was really cozy and really easy,

and I have friends from all walks of life

that we just come back here and we talk the night away.

And even the couple days it's been raining,

we're still out here literally holding little umbrellas

and having deep conversations

and drinking way too many martinis.

This is my shower.

This is the biggest running joke with my contractor Scott,

because it arrived.

He was like, I think you made a mistake.

You just bought an outdoor shower.

And he was like, No, we don't do this in England.

You don't have a shower.

And I was like, Yes, we do.

And so actually, funny enough,

I haven't used the indoor shower in the past month.

I've just been showering out here.

I like, again, big bath person,

so I take all my baths in there.

But this is my shower. This is my ride or die.

This is my life. The shower.

My husband and my outdoor shower and my rod for my closet.

Those are my babies. [bright music]

Thank you for coming to our home,

and literally making this queer kid's dream come true.

I need to now go make a bunch of food for my friends

and learn how to cook, so I'll see you guys later.

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