Open House weekend, the UK’s biggest festival of architecture, will go ahead in September with potentially hundreds of buildings physically opening their doors, its new director has announced.

Phineas Harper, who took up his post in March, said they had decided against cancelling or postponing the hugely popular annual event and were “throwing everything at it” happening in September, assuming government restrictions are not tightened again.

“We think it’s possible with the right kind of planning and preparation – and there’s plenty of London boroughs and buildings that are up for it,” he said.

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