Ram Quarter, Greenland's award-winning redevelopment of the former Ram Brewery site, has been chosen again to appear in the Open House London festival, an annual celebration of London's architectural heritage, its neighbourhoods and the communities that make them.
Open House is returning to the capital this September for its thirty-fifth edition, with tours being held between 12-20 September. Greenland will be hosting guided tours of Ram Quarter on 16 September, led by EPR Architects which designed the development. The architect leading the tours will explain the preservation of the site's unique history and give an overview of the planning and design considerations. Tours will delve into the story behind the buzzing community that Ram Quarter has become today.
To mark yet another year of being selected for the Open House festival, Greenland is continuing its annual tradition of launching a photography competition. This year's competition will run until 11.59pm BST on Thursday 17 September 2026 (the day after this year's tours at Ram Quarter will take place). Entrants will need to take a single photograph of Ram Quarter which shows the development's design or architecture to striking effect, and post it on their social media or send it via e-mail. EPR Architects will judge the competition and pick one winner. Once judging is complete, the winner will be given £50 in credit to spend at Ram Quarter in the Sambrook's taproom. Full terms and conditions are below.
Tours have been very popular in previous years, and last year were fully booked within a day of release. This year we have increased the number of spaces available. However already, at the time of writing, one tour is fully booked and the spaces on the other tours are filling up. Additional spaces may be released if all tours become fully booked. Tours will start promptly at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm by the tree in Bubbling Well Square at Ram Quarter.
Tours can be booked at the Ram Quarter page on Open House's website.
Ram Quarter Open House photography competition
Terms and conditions:
Entering the competition
- Take your own photograph at Ram Quarter, showing a view of the development that you find beautiful or striking (e.g. this could relate to design, architecture, colour, materiality, or a meeting of the old and new), and include a sentence or two describing the development and/or what you captured in your photograph.
- This photograph must be e-mailed to competition@ramquarter.com
- Only one photograph per person will be accepted (the first e-mailed).
Eligibility
- The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or older.
- By entering the competition you give Greenland the right to publish your image and text.
- Entries will be accepted from the UK only.
- The competition is not open to anyone working at Greenland, Sambrook's or EPR Architects, or their friends or family.
Closing date for entry
- Entries to the competition will be accepted until 11.59pm BST on Thursday 17 September 2026.
- The winner will be notified by the end of September 2026.
The prize
- The winner will be entitled to expenditure to the value of £50 on food and drink in Sambrook's taproom at Ram Quarter, to be booked with Sambrook's for a date of the winner's choice.
- Availability of the chosen date will be confirmed by Sambrook's.
- The prize must be redeemed not later than 30 November 2026.
- No cash alternative to this prize will be offered.
- The prize is not transferable.
- The prize must be redeemed in one visit. If the prize is not redeemed in full on that visit, no change will be given.
The winner and claiming your prize
- The winning photograph will be selected by EPR Architects. The judge's decision is final and not open to appeal.
- The winner will be notified at the e-mail address by which the application was made.
These terms and conditions may change without notice.