Colorful urban courtyard with seating, play areas, greenery, and people enjoying the outdoor space.

Architect-Led Tours: Tickets Available

OCTOBER 7, 2025

Open House New York Weekend connects you to places and people—including architects reshaping the city. Architect-led tours are like backstage passes to the built environment. Join them to get an inside look at what it takes to design the spaces across the city.

All locations listed below require tickets. Ticketing closes on October 14 at noon.

To see the full lineup, including all Drop-In locations where tickets are not needed, visit our Festival Guide.

Modern mid-rise apartment building on a street corner, with trees, cars, and people nearby at sunset.

Lobby of Bronx Music Hall with colorful mural, musical instruments, and people standing near the front desk.

Modern glass office building with an angled design, cars parked in front, and people walking nearby.

Tall building with pink and beige tiles, viewed from below, with geometric patterns and windows.

Curved white benches and greenery along a riverside path with city buildings in the background.

1975 Madison

Credit: DXA Studio

Join architects from DXA Studio to learn about what makes this residential building an "all-electric building" on Saturday in Harlem, Manhattan.

Hear from WXY founding principal Claire Weisz about how she approached the design of a new cultural center in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon in Melrose, in the Bronx.

Tour this daringly angular mixed-use building (including its sprawling green roof) with architects from CetraRuddy on Friday in Travis, Staten Island.

Get an up-close look at how architect Amie Gross's attention to detail filled this new affordable housing block with color and life on Saturday afternoon in Jamaica, Queens.

Take a closer look at how Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners reconnected Astoria with its waterfront on Friday afternoon in Astoria, Queens.

Matthew Bremer, Principal of Architecture in Formation, will lead visitors on a tour of a new uptown apartment block for seniors on Saturday morning in Inwood, Manhattan.

See how AECOM LAUD NYC created a model for inclusive open space in dense urban settings with this rooftop courtyard on Saturday morning in East Harlem, Manhattan.

Join David Leven, principal of LEVENBETTS, to explore a new paradigm for a 21st century innovation and life sciences building on Saturday morning in West Harlem.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at one of the revamped LaGuardia Airport lounges with Sarah Tsang of LUBRANO CIAVARRA on Friday afternoon in Flushing, Queens.

Tour a vibrant new live-work complex with designers from WXY Studio to learn how a community hub replaced a former jail on Saturday morning in Hunts Point, in the Bronx.

Peek inside this award-winning school to see how architects from GLUCK+ have created a learning environment centered on music on Saturday afternoon in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

A modern apartment building with geometric design nestled among trees and older city buildings in autumn.

Modern glass building with reflective windows behind older brick buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

Modern hotel bar and lounge with stylish seating, gold accents, and ORPHEUS & APOLLO sign above the bar area.

A red brick building and a modern gray building with stairs between them on a city street.

People stand outside the entrance of a modern building labeled WINN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL.

Hillside Senior Living

Credit: Chris Cooper

Top photo: Sendero Verde Courtyard. Credit: Dreamscape Aerials.