The city’s annual Bristol Open Doors festival returns on 14-16 September. For one weekend, we give you the keys to the city. Discover heritage spaces, forgotten places and innovative design. Explore 101 fascinating buildings and uncover their secrets through expert-led tours.
Produced by the Architecture Centre, Bristol’s centre for design and creative placemaking, the weekend gives you the chance to get behind closed doors and meet the designers and engineers changing the face of the city.
Highlights of 2018 include:
- A first look at the multi-million pound renovation of the Bristol Old Vic
- Walks and tours with the makers of large-scale new developments including Paintworks, Wapping Wharf, and the General
- Novel ways of appreciating Bristol’s buildings, including boat tours, sketch-walks and stand up paddle board (SUP) tours
- An immersive experience called Late Night Blues, recreates the now lost shebeens and a seminal moment in the history of Black Britain
- The chance to learn about the growing movement of self-build housing at the Courtyard, the Yard, and We Can Make Home
- A New Bristol Architecture strand supported by the RIBA
Supported by the RIBA Local Initiative Fund
Other supporters are Arup, UWE Bristol, Historic England, ICE, HLF
