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This week Merlin speaks to Russell Curtis, founder of RCKa Architects

A global house price slump is coming – but what does it mean for London and those most in housing need | Mega housing association …

This week Phin speaks to Aydin Dikerdem. Aydin is a Councillor for Shaftesbury & Queenstown in Wandsworth and Cabinet Member for Housing.

Rishi Sunak – the wealthiest MP in history – becomes the new P…

In this first episode of Talking Landscape – a monthly series produced by the Landscape Institute and Open City – host Paul Lincoln discusses beauty in the planning system and beyond with two contrib…

This week Merlin catches up with Hettie O'Brien, assistant opinion director at the Guardian.

Blackstone, one of Europe’s and the UK’s largest landlords under the spotlight | Historic England slams Liv…

This week Merlin speaks to Jonathan Morrison, architecture correspondent at The Times and author of a new report on the longevity of architectural firms called The Practice of Succession

Campaigners h…

This week host Phin Harper is joined by the architectural historian and editor of the brilliant About Buildings and Cities podcast, Matthew Lloyd Roberts.

Mini-budget crashes the pound | Westminster C…

This week Merlin speaks to Julian Robinson. Julian is Director of Estates at the London School of Economics and winner of this year’s Open City Irene Barclay Prize

Alton Estate spared demolition but m…

This week Rachel is joined by journalist and author, Jonathan Nunn, to discuss his new book London Feeds Itself.

National mourning and mass cancellations in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death | L…

Greenwich Peninsula, located at a bend in the river Thames, East of historic Greenwich and opposite the mouth of the river Lea, has historically been a peripheral area of London. It was a farm and ma…

On the first day of the 30th Open House Festival, Merlin speaks to Chief Curator, Zoë Cave

Open House – London’s biggest festival of architecture and community kicks off today | Questions over new pri…

This week Merlin is joined by the journalist and author of Red Metropolis, Owen Hatherley

Wandsworth's new council vetoes a development for lacking affordable homes | Right to Buy takes its first bite…

This week Rachel speaks to Helen Arvanitakis, Director of the Design District in North Greenwich.

Average workers now spending just a day and a half in the office | Emerging small-scale London archite…

This week Merlin is joined by Joris Lechêne, the diversity and inclusion trainer and the man behind the Tiktok channel @Joris_explains

Rishi Sunak caught in video celebrating the defunding of deprived…

This week Merlin speaks to Ben Page, the global chief executive of market research firm Ipsos.

Soaring inflation sees one-eighth of households facing no options to cut costs. A power shortage leaves W…

Leadership rivals Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak criticised for lack of housing policy. New London buildings dominate the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist. The capital weighs up its Olympic legacy a decade o…

This week host Rachel Copel is joined by Fran Williams, deputy architecture editor at the AJ

On the menu: London burns as soaring temperatures highlight the inadequacy of our buildings to cope in extr…

A new covid wave has meant we are sadly unable to make an episode of The Londown this week. However, instead we're going to play you an episode of the Architecture Foundation's new podcast series Pow…

For this weeks Open City Stewardship Awards special host Phin Harper is joined by Director of Sustainability and Physics at the integrated consulting engineers and advisers practice Buro Happold - Sm…

The Royal Institute of British Architects names its three presidential contenders | A US property price slump casts doubts over London’s residential market | The City Corporation is urged not to demo…

For this weeks Open City Stewardship Awards special Merlin is joined by the Executive Director for Thamesmead at Peabody - John Lewis.

The Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City offices loc…