Share your Stories of the City
Across Melbourne, every building, street and public place tells a unique story. Shaped by its transformation over time and the diverse communities that live here, the city is more than its bricks and mortar—the city is about people and place. The stories of our city are embedded in its urban landscapes and the people who live, work and play here.
To celebrate this year’s Open House Melbourne’s Weekend theme, you are invited to share your Stories of the City. Collectively, these stories will form a special exhibition, held over the Open House Melbourne Weekend, at the Bates Smart Gallery.
From 29 April and 5 June 2025, you can submit your stories online and be part of this collective exhibition.
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Weekend 2024 Report
The Open House Melbourne Weekend 2024 festival was enthusiastically embraced, despite some challenging weather, attracting over 63,000 in-person and online visits including open buildings, tours, talks, events, exhibitions and online programs.
Through our programming, Open House Melbourne connects people to place, helping them to better understand our city, how it has developed over time, the decisions and issues that shape it as it grows and role that good design plays in ensuring it thrives into the future. This year we engaged 150 collaborators made up of architecture + design practices, building owners/managers and community groups.
Read more in the full Weekend 2024 report below.
Weekend Report
Open House Melbourne Building Council
The Building Council provides expert advice and program support to the Open House program team specifically for the Open House Melbourne Weekend. Our voluntary Building Council members bring relevant experience in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, planning, heritage, sustainability and engineering to this decision making process to ensure we have a fresh, rich and unique Weekend program each year.
Meet the Building Council
