The annual London Open House weekend sees the doors of 16 buildings with historic or architectural interest in Hammersmith, Fulham and Shepherd's Bush throw open their doors this weekend, September 17 and 18.

In Hammersmith, there is the opportunity to take an architect led tour of the new office building 12 Hammersmith Grove, and the fascinating Victoria & Albert Museum study centre at Blythe House in Blythe Road.

Other buildings opening their doors are the William Morris Society’s Kelmscott House in Upper Mall, the Kenneth Armitage Foundation in W14 and the award-winning Maggie's Cancer Care Centre in Fulham Palace Road.

In Talgarth Road, visitors are invited to LAMDA, the oldest drama school in the UK and the nearby Colet House, a unique studio for artists.

In Fulham, visitors are invited to the Hurlingham Club, and ROCA London Gallery, designed by the practice of the last Zaha Hadid and Fulham Palace.

In Shepherd's Bush, hard hat tours of the Bush Theatre have sold out. However there is an opportunity to see the Television Centre masterplan in Wood Lane, courtyard building 27 Bulwer Street and two of the most unusual spaces - Bridget Joyce Square sustainable drainage scheme and the Tin House, which is in the running for The Royal Institute of British Architecture's ‘House of the Year 2016’.

The Erno Goldfinger designed Greenside Primary School, meanwhile is opening its doors on Sunday from 12noon-5pm. Architectural tours plus Bouncing off the Wall! 20C Graphic Arts Fair in the hall and vintage tea room. Talk at 1pm and exhibition: Modern Toys for Modern Children: Goldfinger, Abbatt Toys and Greenside School . Book launch and signing: 3 Storeys by Design for Today and Esther Cox - inspired by Modernist movement in British Architecture. Last entry 4.30pm. Max 50 at one time.

 

Open house guides are available in the borough’s libraries or click here to find out more details.

In Westville Road in Shepherd's Bush meanwhile, Greenside Primary School is opening its doors and holding an arts fair on Sunday.

The school, one of only two schools designed more than 60 years ago using Erno Goldfinger’s building system of precast reinforced concrete frame with brick infill, is holding a 20th Century Graphic Arts Fair called Bouncing Off the Wall from

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September 16, 2016