About the Festival

Open House Prague

Join us and explore architecture in a different way! The festival of open buildings has become an important architecture event that gives people access to the city’s hidden architecture gems. Only Open House Prague provides you with free entry to dozens of usually inaccessible buildings and spaces. Open House Prague isn’t just a weekend event – the festival also offers a week-long accompanying program with guided tours, lectures, and debates on city architecture. With the festival motto being “Architecture for Everyone”, the program also offers activities for children as well as tours for people with visual or hearing disabilities.

The 11th Open House Prague takes place May 12–18, 2025. Follow our Facebook event for exclusive behind the scenes content or support the festival!

photo by Dušan Vondra
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How Was the 10th Open House Prague?

The festival opens eyes, minds, and doors; it helps citizens start perceiving their surroundings in terms of design and architecture. My goal was to create a festival that would be for everybody and accessible for free, because the city belongs to all of us, and we should get involved and become a part of it.

VICTORIA THORNTON
founder of Open House London and Open House Worldwide
Závěrečné video OHP 2023
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Open House Worldwide

The concept of Open House was founded in London in 1992 by Victoria Thornton, holder of the Order of the British Empire. Thanks to the success of the festival, it has since expanded to 50 cities around the world. Open House was originally a community project established with the intention to strengthen the dialogue between the public and architects, the city, and its public space. Open House Prague is a proud member of Open House Worldwide, an international network founded officially in 2010 and managed by Open City, a nonprofit organization registered in the United Kingdom.

Open House Europe

In late 2023, Open House Prague became a new partner of the Open House Europe project, which unites cultural organizations that hold the Open House festival across Europe. Co-financed by the European Union, the project aims to promote quality European architecture and engage the public in a discussion about the city and its development with regards to sustainability. Other partners of the project include e.g. Dublin, Essen, Ljubljana, Milan, and Stockholm. The project also allows its partner organizations to participate in a volunteer exchange program.

Annual summit of Open House Europe in Lisbon, 2023, photo by Hugo David
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The festival is organized by the nonprofit Open House Praha, z. ú. with the support from a number of partners and individuals. The festival would never be able to happen if it weren’t for hunders of volunteers who dedicate their time to us and help us open the city. Do you like what we do? Join us! Become a volunteer, donate, or become a member of the Architecture Lovers Club. You can also enroll your building in the festival program, subscribe to our newsletter, or buy our products in our online store. Your support motivates us and assures us that our work is worth it. Thank you!

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