LFA2026 Neighbourhood
City of London
Common Ground: Curated Connections
A series of site-specific works activates our garden and studio, inviting visitors to explore, engage, and encounter design in context.
A Place to Belong: London’s Bus Shelters
Step into TfL’s new bus shelter designs for safer, more pleasant and accessible journeys
LFA2026 Murray Lecture Keynote: Jayden Ali
Join Jayden Ali for the 2026 Murray Lecture, titled Echoes.
Citypoint Summer Pavilion
A vibrant summer pavilion hosting music, markets, workshops, and communal experiences celebrating belonging, creativity, connection, and community in the city
Underground (and Surface) Exhibition
Experience familiar spaces anew and reflect on belonging in the city in this exhibition exploring London below and above ground
London Belongs to Me – Or Does it?
A walk from St Paul's to Lincoln's Inn asking, how do we belong?
From the Thames to Eternity
Installation of new inclusive seating made of reused granite stones outside St Pauls Cathedral.
Chrisp Street: Past, Present, Future
A panel talk to launch the Chrisp Street events programme themed 'PAST PRESENT FUTURE'
Migration Museum Walking Tour
A walking tour exploring the City of London's rich migration histories lasting approximately 1.5 hours.
From the Thames to Eternity: If Stone Could Speak Launch Event
If Stone Could Speak is a Pecha Kucha style discussion with leading industry experts
Heritage Crafts Panel Talk: the power of communal making
An engaging and lively discussion on traditional heritage crafts, examining why a career in the trades can be so rewarding
1,000 years of Belonging
Talk exploring the people and places in the benefice of St Sepulchre without Newgate
If Stone Could Speak: City Stone Trails
Explore The City of London's stone heritage on guided tours with URBAN LEARNERS
Belonging by Design: A Collective Act
Join us to discover how shared thinking and cross-disciplinary collaboration can help create a more inclusive built environment.
Designing London for Aural Diversity
Open workshop under an UAL study to speculate and co-create an aural-inclusive city.
Guided tour of St Katharine Cree
Join a guided tour of the historic Workers' Church of St Katharine Cree, the only Jacobean church in London.
Ironmongers Hall – Self-guided Tour and Afternoon Tea
Ironmongers’ Hall, a Grade II-listed Livery hall opens publicly for the first time for self-guided tours in June 2026.
IN-A-LONDON
IN-A-LONDON is an immersive experience that brings to life stories of belonging across London through Music, Art, Storytelling & More.
London Living Walls
Drop-in discussions hosted at our London office, followed by a tour of our nearby living wall projects.
Listing – Blessing or Burden?
Architects WilkinsonEyre and the 20th Century Society in Conversation
Belonging needs Modern Housing
A talk about the modern housing of London and Europe designed in the 1920s and 1930s
From the Thames to Eternity: Stone Life Cycle(s)
From One Life Cycle to the Next - a collaborative workshop with CSK Architects and UCL
Our Relationship with London’s Historical Architecture
A drop-in event displaying Guildhall Library's Architecture Treasures exploring London's historical heritage from Norman times to Brutalism
The Pavilion of Shared Belonging: A Rhizomatic Architecture
Children draw moments of belonging, transform drawings into colourful strips, and collaboratively build a pavilion celebrating shared stories, creativity, community.
If Stone Could Speak: Family Craft Activities
Join URBAN LEARNERS hands-on artisan crafts at the ‘If Stone Could Speak Pavilion’.
If Stone Could Speak: Family Tours
Join the URBAN LEARNERS Stone Detective team to explore The City's historical layers written in stone!
A lifetime in the city
Join us for a day of pop-up talks, activities and displays to explore multigenerational city living through design
Dream Dens: Building to Belong
Come along to Guildhall Art Gallery to build play forts inspired by City structures and London landmarks
A London Lark Rising
A Walking Play of the history of the East India Company told in the spots where the history happened ,
St Olave Hart Street – Restored from Ruins
Tours of the medieval church of St Olave Hart Street, whose post-war restoration began 75 years ago this month.
Colour Field Summer Pavilion
A public installation transforming reclaimed marble fragments into a colourful pavilion, inviting visitors to pause, explore and reconnect with space
Alchemy by Melek Zeynep Bulut
Alchemy is an immersive installation which explores belonging as a process of transformation, connection and shared presence.
City Views – Leaving a Mark
A self-guided walk focused on the ‘City Views’ installations in the Eastern City BID
South Bank and Waterloo’s next decade of growth
Discussing how strategic investment in the creative industries, green economy and life sciences is transforming South Bank and Waterloo.
Finsbury Circus Gardens, History of People and Place
A short walk and talk at the recently completed Finsbury Circus Gardens
RSHP Open Studio
RSHP invites you to its studio located on Level 14 within the Leadenhall Building, designed by the practice.
Benoy: Open Studio
Visit us in Barbican to look around our studio and meet our team to discuss Benoy's award winning portfolio.
Open Studio: ZHA
Join us for an open studio visit and meet the ZHA team in our gallery, workshop and offices in Clerkenwell
Haworth Tompkins Open Studio
An Open Studio evening as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
Stitching Time @ The London Centre
A morning of sewing and socialising at The London Centre.
AHF 50th Conference: Heritage – Radical. Reimagined. Revitalised.
A conference to consider the potential for heritage-led regeneration to support communities
From the Thames to Eternity: Stonemasonry Workshop
Stone Letter Carving in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral - Masterclass with PAYE
Architecture Craft/Play for Early Years: Star-Architects!
Fun free drop in workshop - making, exploring and playing with architecture for early years (and their familes)
From Stories to Projects
A talk for anyone interested in creating and shaping the future of underused building and how to go about it.
Londinium – The City Remembers You
Exploring the remains of Roman London and what it means to belong to the City of the past
Lego Challenge 2026
What happens when you combine lego, architects and good homes?
Your London.
Step into an interactive experience and explore your London with us
Learning from Golden Lane – walk and discussion
Belonging in the City, living in Golden Lane. What are the insights for a new generation of housing?
The Travelling Drawing Club No. 67.
The Travelling Drawing Club
Green walk through the City Part 1
A walk through the gardens of the City of London
(BE)LONGING: Velorose Inaugural Summer (Art & Architecture) Show
Group Exhibition of Art and Architecture Inspired by Being, Longing, and Belonging
If Stone Could Speak: Written in Stone
Through stone we tell the story of our place, our identity and our belonging in The City.
Evolving Newham: connecting new districts with established communities
Panel discussion on how major developments connect with existing communities to create sustainable neighbourhoods with a sense of belonging.
Green walk through the City Part 2
A walk through the gardens of the City of London - North Side
Exploring Belonging
Explore 500+ years of people and places as we walk to Postman's Park and the contributions many have made
LFA2026 Young Voices Keynote: Sam Elbahja
Join Sam Elbahja for the 2026 Young Voices Keynote, titled Lost in Translation: Who Architecture Leaves Behind!
Cloth Fair – where mediaeval meets modern
Guided walk along Cloth Fair
If Stone Could Speak: Craft Activities
Join URBAN LEARNERS hands-on artisan crafts at the ‘If Stone Could Speak Pavilion’.
Launch of (BE)LONGING: Summer (Art & Architecture) Show
Public Launch of Group Exhibition of Art and Architecture Inspired by Being, Longing, and Belonging
Transformations – The Circular Economy
Join architects WilkinsonEyre and artist Hannah Wild for a fun workshop exploring circular economy in the built environment.
City Craft: where Medieval meets Modern’
Talk at Founders’ Hall
Fletcher Priest Architects – open studio
An open studio exploring 100 Fetter Lane’s printing heritage, material passporting and belonging through making, film and conversation.
Inventive Vents Walk and Tour
Inventive Vents Walk and Tour – learn about some of London’s ventilation shafts.
Our relationship with London’s Neoclassical Architecture a workshop
Explore a display of books with plans and images of the work of Neoclassical architects in this workshop
From Guildhall to Gold
A walking tour to explore the City of London through the eyes of famous Georgian Architect, Sir John Soane
The Paradox of Proximity: Designing Cities for Connection
Exploring why urban proximity no longer guarantees connection, and how cities can foster belonging, trust, wellbeing, and social resilience.
URBAN STEPS: People Powered City
Creative and Active Walking Trail for Young People in the City of London
Seeds in the City: The Veggery
New temporary installation by competition winners Studio Folk with Raskl, commissioned by Culture Mile BID for the London Festival of…
Places and Paint – Rowan Moore in conversation with Jock McFadyen
Join this talk exploring how place and painting shape identity, connecting urban landscapes to shared experiences of belonging.
About City of London
Home to a mix of architecture from all eras, the City of London is a place of constant evolution. Since its inception, people have come from all over the world to connect, collaborate and innovate – combining an ambitious mindset for progress and growth with a strong sense of social purpose.
From some of the tallest skyscrapers and roof gardens in the country to ruins dating back over 2000 years, the City of London is a unique neighbourhood of built contrasts. Where medieval churches sit nestled next to towering glass spires and sci-fi style pipes meet historic London stone.
At the heart of the City of London is one of the UK’s most productive, most diverse and youngest workforce. Giving voice to and serving the needs of the next generation of talent is an important part of the City Corporation’s Destination City initiative – the growth strategy for the Square Mile.
The London Centre – home to NLA: London’s Built Environment community – will form a key hub for the Neighbourhood, alongside the nearby winning projects of the Seeds in the City and Place to Belong design competitions, reimagining what it means to belong in and to the City of London.
Supported by The City of London Corporation’s Destination City Partnership Fund
The City and its built environment is an asset to London, the UK and the world and is currently experiencing a real and exciting period of renaissance.
In the decade ahead, the City aims to be the destination of choice where people live, work, learn and explore. Attracting businesses, workers, students and visitors will ensure the City of London continues to play a leading role in driving London’s and the UK’s economy.
On behalf of the City of London Corporation, we look forward to collaborating with the LFA to showcase the diverse voices that contribute to making the City an inclusive, welcoming and prosperous destination for all.
