Open House Festival - Take a walking tour of our award-winning building

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Sat 19 September 2026
10:00 - 16:00
Ravensbourne University London
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Where space meets synergy

Our 17,000-square-metre hub brings together 5,000 students and 400 staff with specialised teaching spaces. Beyond the classroom, it aims to energise the surrounding area and transform how tomorrow's creative workforce collaborates.

What makes our building different?

Designed by Farshid Moussavi from the acclaimed Foreign Office Architects in 2010, our building has been hailed as a masterclass in functional design and public art by RIBA magazine. 

We are located in the Design District, where ambitious businesses, emerging technologies, and creative industries connect. Thanks to its eco-friendly design and dazzling good looks, the Ravensbourne main building swiftly won the RIBA award for best Higher Education building in 2011.

And now is your chance to take a look up close and explore its unique design through our collaboration with the Open House Festival.

Schedule

We will be offering three guided tours on the day of the event, where you can explore our building, its facilities and its unique architecture:

Welcome talk and guided tour

  • 10:00–11:30
  • 12:00–13:30
  • 14:00–15:30

This variety of formal and informal learning spaces, together with the flexible studio spaces, have provided Ravensbourne with a 21st century learning environment which is no longer focused on the teacher-centred paradigm but a learner-centred paradigm.”

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Farshid Moussavi , Architect

A short glance

Explore our campus and facilities, right next to the famous O2 Arena, throughout our collaboration with Open House Festival

OHF logo in white

Open House Festival

Ravensbourne University London is collaborating with Open House Festival in 2026, providing tours in our award-winning building.

Ravensbourne's R1 building and the O2 Arena

Ravensbourne R1 building and campus

Discover our campus which brings together a range of courses at the intersection of business, technology, and creativity. 

Located in the heart of the Design District and next to London's iconic O2 Arena, you'll study in a vibrant hub of innovation. Find out more about our campus and its cutting-edge facilities here.

Ravensbourne building

Rave building

Ravensbourne R1 building with purple lighting at night time

Nighttime view of R1

Aerial view of R1 space at Ravensbourne University with cafe

R1 building

Image of atrium taken from level 4 of Ravensbourne building

View of atrium from level 4 R1 building

Architecture students at Ravensbourne building prototype designs and examining them with a lecturer

Architecture students building prototype designs

Ravensbourne students leaving R1 building entrance

Ravensbourne students leaving R1 building

Rooftop terrace R1

Rooftop terrace R1

Find us on the map

Navigate the interactive map below to find the best route to Ravensbourne for you.

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Prefer a different date to come visit?

Book a separate building tour with Ravensbourne, or come meet us at an open day.

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