This year marks the tenth edition of Open House Madrid, the international festival celebrating urban architecture that allows you to explore the city's most unique buildings for free through guided tours for small groups and virtual tours. From 26 to 29 September, you will be able to visit more than 100 buildings and architecture studios that are usually closed to the public and also take part in guided walking tours and routes around Madrid’s architecture.
Check out the Open House Madrid 2024 programme
Visits that do not require booking: head to the space itself or meeting point at the times indicated for each visit. There you will find Open House volunteers who can assist you.
Visits that require booking: The booking period opens on 18 September through Eventbrite.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2024, the slogan for year’s festival is This year’s a 10. There will be plenty of surprises, innovation and creativity with unique and unforgettable experiences that allow citizens to rediscover their city. For the first time, Open House Madrid will showcase the best architecture over four days, a challenge for this organisation that strives for bigger and better every year.
This year, the festival also has a new forward-looking brand image that has not forgotten the essence of Open House: making architecture more accessible to people. The result is a fresh and minimalist image that conveys the festival’s commitment to making architecture a cultural asset available to all.
The ninth edition in 2023 was a success, with 130 visits of buildings and architecture studios and 24 themed walking tours and routes. More than 50,000 visitors seized the opportunity to discover the interior of the most iconic and amazing buildings in the capital. The most popular buildings with visitors were new additions such as Iberia’s Hangar 6, the Serrano 69 building and Casa Palazuelo, and authentic architectural gems that never disappoint such as the Castelar Pérez-Llorca building, the Casa de la Villa and the Headquarters of the Bank of Spain.
Another new addition this year is San Lorenzo de El Escorial, where several buildings have been opened up to the public such as the Royal Coliseum of Carlos III and the House of Culture.
Beginnings in 2015
Open House Madrid is a non-profit initiative that aims to make Madrid’s architecture and design accessible to society for free. Since the first edition in 2015, the festival has become one of the biggest architectural events in Spain. The support of more than 330,000 visitors from all over the world over the previous eight editions has made Open House Madrid an absolute must for architecture and design enthusiasts.
Madrid is part of Open House Worldwide, the first network of architecture festivals in the world, visited by millions of people in more than 40 cities (London, Lisbon, New York, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Milan, Rome, Sydney, etc.).
