The eleventh edition of Open House Madrid, the international architecture and city festival that enables the city’s most emblematic buildings to be visited through guided tours in small groups and virtual visits, is here. From 25 to 28 September 2025, more than 100 buildings and architecture studios that are normally closed to the public can be visited, and there will also be outdoor routes that will make up this guided walk around Madrid's architecture.
The 2025 edition is presented under the name of Madrid se sale, due to the fact that the city is experiencing a moment of much vibrancy. Madrid has established itself as a global destination, attracting talent and investment, and it is constantly reinventing itself through innovative urban projects. “A city where everything is happening and where everyone wants to be, it’s on fire”.
Over the course of four days, Open House Madrid will offer more than a hundred free activities including visits to emblematic and usually inaccessible buildings, outdoor routes, exhibitions, workshops and conferences that show how architecture and design contribute to improving life in the city.
The most outstanding activities include the 7th City Awards, which have been presented at an event held in the JMM showroom in Madrid thanks to the support of Iberia, Cervezas Alhambra, Manolo Bakes and La Paloma Cerámicas, among others. The four categories are “Urban Design”, “Mobility Proposal”, “Sustainable Architecture” and the new “Iberia Future Talent” Award, which highlights the key role of the new generations in shaping the cities of tomorrow.
Open House Madrid objectives include enhancing the transformational power of the architecture, or in other words, fostering the architectural culture and quality in the built environment, showcasing how design, innovation and sustainability can transform the city for the well-being of all. For this reason, it created the annual City Awards to reward those initiatives that foster more inclusive and sustainable urban development through design, mobility and architecture.
Founded in 2015
Open House Madrid is a non-profit initiative that aims to bring Madrid’s architecture and design closer to society free of charge. Since its first edition in 2015, the festival has become consolidated as the reference architecture event in Spain. The support of more than 330,000 visitors from all over the world in the previous ten editions have turned Open House Madrid into a not to be missed event for fans of architecture and design.
Madrid forms part of Open House Worldwide, the world’s first network of architecture festivals visited by millions of people in more than 40 cities (London, Lisbon, New York, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Milan, Rome, Sydney, etc.).
