{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} '''Open House Brno''' (OHB)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openhousebrno.cz/home|title=Home|website=www.openhousebrno.cz}}</ref> is a free weekend festival held annually in Brno that allows participants to visit dozens of buildings that are not typically open to the public. Every visit is free of charge. It is part of a worldwide network of Open House events,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openhouseworldwide.org/brno|title=Brno|website=Open House Worldwide}}</ref> that started with Open House London in 1992, in 2003 followed Open House New York and other cities as for example later in 2011 Open House Chicago.
== Edition 2018 == For the first full scale event in 2018, 23 locations participated, and event attracted around 8,000 people.
== Edition 2019 == Second year of the event in 2019 was attended in person by Victoria Thornton, founder of Open House Worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brnodaily.com/2019/03/21/events-in-brno/open-house-brno-2019-will-open-68-normally-private-spaces-to-the-public/|title=Open House Brno 2019 Will Open 68 Normally Private Spaces To The Public|first=Jack|last=Stephens|date=21 March 2019}}</ref> Included were Educational workshops "Human Ant-hill,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gotobrno.cz/en/place/ohb-human-anthill-fun-learning-about-architecture-for-children-up-to-11-years-old/|title=OHB: Human Anthill – fun learning about architecture for children up to 11 years old|date=8 April 2019|website=Go To Brno}}</ref> a special program for children – architectural-learning fun – and there are also guided tours for English and German speaking visitors. The festival leads architecture fans, not only through the city centre, where doors to the former Moravian Parliament and the renovated palaces and villas will be thrown open, but also to the more remote parts of the city. There are civil engineering structures, residential structures and industrial buildings with an panoramatic view or a unique design.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/910735/43-cities-hosting-the-2019-open-house-festival|title=43 Cities Hosting the 2019 Open House Festival|date=4 February 2019|website=ArchDaily}}</ref>
== Edition 2020 == The COVID-19 pandemic has limited personal attendance possibilities, thus the online version of the festival was performed on 23–24 April 2020. The Autumn edition was presented as the spring festival replacement. Once again was realized solely online 10–11 October 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brnodaily.com/2020/10/08/events-in-brno/open-house-brno-an-invitation-behind-closed-doors/|title=Open House Brno: An Invitation Behind Closed Doors|first=Kim|last=Bingel|date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
Filming and Workshops were prepared by a group of volunteers and students from Masaryk and Mendel Universities. Results were published on YouTube channel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFJYcDn1eq4W7GwAa5hPxDg/|title=Open House Brno – YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and Facebook. The industrial focus was emphasized e.g. presented was Edison’s power station, which was used for the first European electrified Theatre. One of the most popular recordings was Dada district residential lofts<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOo0_lY-7GM |title=Open House Brno | DADA DISTRIKT s.r.o. |publisher=YouTube |date=9 October 2020 |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
Virtual visits were enabled to almost 50 locations across the city. There were presented pre-recorded guided tours, panoramas, 3D walks and 360 walks. Streaming gained quite positive reviews, about 14ts views on Facebook and about 6ts views on freshly established Youtube channel. Traditional entry was enabled only to restricted groups of volunteers.
Open House Brno participated on Open House Worldwide online festival,<ref>{{cite web |title=Open House Worldwide |url=https://www.openhouseworldwide.org/brno |website=Open House Worldwide |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> 48 hours over the weekend of 14–15 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BfYT4MJv8 |title=Open House Brno intro for Open House Worldwide Festival 2020 |publisher=YouTube |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> OHB presented section Spiritual places, for which were prepared Brno Synagogue and Rainbow jewel is Catholic Church of Maria Restituta Kafka, consecrated just in September 2020. The event had widespread media attention.<ref>{{cite news |title=Das Architekturfestival Open House |url=https://oe1.orf.at/artikel/678297/Open-House-Worldwide |access-date=13 December 2020 |agency=ORF}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Archdaily |url=https://www.archdaily.com/951263/welcome-to-open-house-worldwide-2020-48-hour-of-non-stop-streaming-in-40-plus-cities |access-date=13 December 2020 |agency=Archdaily}}</ref>
== Edition 2021 ==
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== Edition 2022 ==
87 locations opened on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May 2022. 40 additional buildings which had to remain closed, were introduced by online tours. Annual special theme was “Old and New”; a comparison and contrast of socialist realism and brutalist architecture with contemporary modern buildings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Třinácté komnaty brněnských budov zpřístupní festival Open House Brno |url=https://www.iumeni.cz/clanky-recenze/architektura/2022-trinacte-komnaty-brnenskych-budov-zpristupni-festival-open-house-brno/ |work=iUmeni.cz |language=cs |date=2022 |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> Locations of the program were presented by a seven-kilometer-long bike tour.
Special tours oriented on children were at the premises of Park Railway and durinwg sundown on the grounds of villa Tugendhat on Saturday and villa Löw Beer on Sunday. The program “Enjoy the villa untraditionally” offered both representative halls and otherwise inaccessible spaces with a torch in hand<ref>{{cite news |title=O víkendu proběhne festival Open House Brno. Zpřístupní přes 80 běžně uzavřených objektů |url=https://www.earch.cz/revue/clanek/o-vikendu-probehne-festival-open-house-brno-zpristupni-pres-80-bezne-uzavrenych-objektu |work=www.earch.cz |language=cs}}</ref> The event recorded 21967 visitors in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sako.cz/pro-brnaky/cz/1646/open-house-2022/ |title=Open house 2022 }}</ref>
== Edition 2023 ==
OHB offered several dozen tours focusing on female creation in Brno architecture. Annual theme was introduced by an exibiion "Architects and their works of 60´-80´", to look at the creation in the period of socialism in the reality of the period, but without the ideological flair and optics of the then active, often budding female creators. Most attended was look out tower of pallion G at Brno fairgrounds, recording 3329 visitors. Popular were events at vila Tugendhat and Kristek house,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kristkův dům v Brně |url=https://www.kristkuvdum.cz/ |website=www.kristkuvdum.cz}}</ref> favoured by timing, but also active additions by building themselves - music production, theatre performance, open garden with commented tours by garden architects. In total there were 110 locations<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dark |first1=Ruby |title=Open House Brno: Registration Opens For Limited Tours |url=https://brnodaily.com/2023/05/04/events-in-brno/open-house-brno-registration-opens-for-limited-tours/ |work=Brno Daily |date=4 May 2023}}</ref>
== Structure == Open House Brno is organized by nonprofit organization Spolek Culture&Management. In the years 2017 – 2020 was main partner TIC Brno.
==Gallery== <gallery widths="150" heights="150" mode="packed"> BVV-vez 20180414d.jpg|Visitors of Open House Brno at BVV Trade Fairs Brno view tower, 2018 BVV-vez 20180414i.jpg|Visitors of Open House Brno at BVV Trade Fairs Brno view tower, 2018 OHB Arnoldova vila2.jpg|Visitors of Open House Brno at Arnoldova vila Memorial, 2019 OpenHouse-campus.jpg|Visitors of Open House Brno at Masaryk Univezity Campus, 2020 </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}}
Brno Category:Tourist attractions in the South Moravian Region Category:Culture of the Czech Republic Category:Buildings and structures in Brno