Announcement
Open House Melbourne Weekend 2026: Generous City
The Open House Melbourne Weekend celebrates the importance of good design in shaping communities and is the largest built environment festival in Australia.
24 + 26 July 2026
Open House Melbourne Weekend
GOOD
DESIGN
MATTERS
Let's keep the doors open to good design.
The Open House Melbourne Weekend celebrates good design by opening up buildings, places and spaces, inspiring public engagement in conversations about the future of our city.
All applications will be reviewed by the Open House Melbourne Building Council together with the Program team. The submission deadline has now passed.
A generous city?gives more than it takes. It welcomes participation, opens doors and minds and creates space for everyone to belong.
Agenerous city shares what it has: welcoming public places, buildings that invite participation and infrastructure designed with empathy and equity in mind. It shares knowledge, celebrates diversity and helps us see the city differently.
The Weekend 2026 theme: Generous City explores how design, creativity and architecture can foster a culture of openness, offering space, care and possibility to the people who live, work and play here.
From the dining table to community gardens and cultural hubs, accessible streets and climate-conscious design, generosity can be found in the ways we plan, build and inhabit our shared spaces.
This theme invites us to imagine an urban environment built on care, reciprocity and collective responsibility. It asks us to look closely at how design decisions shape the way generosity is expressed in architecture that prioritises inclusion, in infrastructure that supports care and in public projects that strengthen community.
Through?Generous City, Open House Melbourne invites you to explore how we can design a more open, equitable and compassionate city that gives back, looks after one another and makes space for everyone.
We are delighted to have your involvement in the Open House Melbourne Weekend 2026: Generous City
This Collaborator Portal is your go-to online guide for participating in the Weekend 2026. Here you will find key contacts, dates + deadlines, resources for review and tips + tricks for making your program the best it can be.
The Portal is regularly updated, so bookmark this page or save it somewhere safe for quick + easy access!
Collaborator Portal
24 + 26 July 2026
Open House Melbourne Weekend
GOOD
DESIGN
MATTERS
Let's keep the doors open to good design.
Theme: Generous City
The Open House Melbourne Weekend celebrates good design by opening up buildings, places and spaces, inspiring public engagement in conversations about the future of our city.
All applications will be reviewed by the Open House Melbourne Building Council together with the Program team. The submission deadline has now passed.
A generous city?gives more than it takes. It welcomes participation, opens doors and minds and creates space for everyone to belong.
Agenerous city shares what it has: welcoming public places, buildings that invite participation and infrastructure designed with empathy and equity in mind. It shares knowledge, celebrates diversity and helps us see the city differently.
The Weekend 2026 theme: Generous City explores how design, creativity and architecture can foster a culture of openness, offering space, care and possibility to the people who live, work and play here.
From the dining table to community gardens and cultural hubs, accessible streets and climate-conscious design, generosity can be found in the ways we plan, build and inhabit our shared spaces.
This theme invites us to imagine an urban environment built on care, reciprocity and collective responsibility. It asks us to look closely at how design decisions shape the way generosity is expressed in architecture that prioritises inclusion, in infrastructure that supports care and in public projects that strengthen community.
Through?Generous City, Open House Melbourne invites you to explore how we can design a more open, equitable and compassionate city that gives back, looks after one another and makes space for everyone.
Collaborator Portal
We are delighted to have your involvement in the Open House Melbourne Weekend 2026: Generous City
This Collaborator Portal is your go-to online guide for participating in the Weekend 2026. Here you will find key contacts, dates + deadlines, resources for review and tips + tricks for making your program the best it can be.
The Portal is regularly updated, so bookmark this page or save it somewhere safe for quick + easy access!
Collaborator Portal
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Tickets: Official Tickets
NICA's entire purpose-built campus will be featured in this year's Open House Melbourne program.
Across two days, the building will be open to curious minds and lovers of archi.. Show More..
❊ Key Information ❊
When
Friday 24 July 2026 - Sunday 26 July 2026
Where
Official Links
❊ Also See.. ❊
NICA: The Joys of Circus - Open House Melbourne
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