King’s Cross Walking Tour with Open City Friends, Saturday 5 April 10am

Join Open City Core and Keystone Friends for a walking tour exploring King’s Cross — London’s newest showcase of contemporary architecture and design.

Led by guide Maggie Baddeley, this tour tells the story of the multi-billion regeneration project which has transformed 27 hectares of former railway land in the centre of the capital.

The walk will cover the planning, design and delivery of this new large-scale mixed-use district which is now home to Central St Martins College of Art and Aga Khan Development Network along with big tech media companies such as Facebook, Google and Universal Music.

Masterplanned by Porphyrios Associates and Allies and Morrison, the district features an extraordinary variety of contemporary architectural talents including Niall McLaughlin Architects, David Chipperfield Architects, Coffey Architects, Eric Parry Architects, dRMM and Mossessian Architecture.

Landmark buildings featuring on the tour include Stanton Williams’ Granary Building, the Aga Khan Centre by Fumihiko Maki, Wilkinson Eyre’s Gasholders London, R7 office block by Duggan Morris, Bell Phillips’ competition-winning Gasholder Park and Heatherwick Studio’s iconic Coal Drops Yard.

This tour will examine the success of the project to date while also looking ahead to what the future for King’s Cross might hold.

Meet: Outside Granger & Co. King's Cross Unit 1, The Stanley building, 7 Pancras Sq N1C 4AG

2nd stop: Pancras Square, outside no. 2

Duration: 2.45 hours approx

Ends: at the western entrance to St Pancras, outside the Crick Institute

This walking tour is for Core (£12) and Keystone (£25) Friends only. For your free ticket to this walking tour, please view our most recent Core and Keystone Friend newsletter.