{"product_id":"hackney-architecture-walking-tour-saturday-11-july-2026-1pm","title":"Hackney Architecture Walking Tour - Saturday 11 July 2026 1pm","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003eJoin Open City for a walking tour exploring Hackney most ambitious and enigmatic public architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis insightful walking tour of Hackney — led by architecture-trained town planner Lachlan Anderson-Frank — showcases the ambitious municipal projects which sought to transform the quality of life for people living in one of London’s most deprived boroughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe modern London Borough of Hackney covers a mix of leafy North London’s suburbs and the formerly gritty streets of the historic East End. Many of the area’s grandest squares were condemned as slums in the mid-20th century and cleared away – sometimes less than one hundred years after they were first built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOut of decades of post-industrial decline – which by the early noughties had left Hackney as one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods – grew a passionate commitment to ambitious municipalism, community activism and anti-racism which can be seen in local architecture today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHighlights of the tour include the cloistered Nisbet House – opened by King George VI in 1938 – the Le Corbusier-inspired 1959 Gascoyne Estate, the Art Deco Hackney Town Hall, the striking Ada Street Workshops and Ernő Goldfinger’s iconic Haggerston School for Girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRepresenting a series of prominent landmarks amid the rapidly changing townscape of east London, these unique locations will be brought to life to reveal the fascinating details behind their construction during a moment of unparalleled optimism and idealism for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eProviding a fun way for enthusiastic urbanists to explore the city this walking tour is part of a new series responding to the core themes of the Open House festival and wider Open City programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet:\u003c\/strong\u003e Outside Homerton Overground Station E9 5SE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuration:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5km approx\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTour end:\u003c\/strong\u003e Haggerston School Weymouth Terrace, London E2 8LS near to Hoxton Overground Station. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eYou can also purchase a Pocket London printed version of this Hackney tour on the shop page \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoto:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sherard House, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/4746477\"\u003eFrampton Park Estate by Paul the Stephen McKay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, from Geograph licensed under \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\"\u003eCC BY-SA 2.0\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Originally taken 20 November 2015.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet the tour guide...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLachlan Anderson-Frank is a architecture-trained town planner (RTPI Associate) working on strategic housing and planning analysis in local government. Anderson-Frank has contributed as an author for Domus, Icon, Open City, the MIT Journal of Urban Planning, and Archdaily. He has also appeared as a public speaker for Urban Design London, the Royal Town Planning Institute, 20th Century Society, Urban Design Group, and has featured on design panels for Hackney Council and the Architectural Association. 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