{"id":5950,"date":"2016-09-02T18:33:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T17:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2016-09-19T22:08:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T21:08:42","slug":"open-house-london-1718-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/open-house-london-1718-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Open House London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Open House London is\u00a0the capital\u2019s largest annual festival of architecture and design, giving access to over 750 buildings and sites for one weekend (17 and 18 September). \u00a0In Merton, three\u00a0<\/strong><strong>religious institutions are opening their doors to welcome visitors. \u00a0Why not take this opportunity to visit them?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5950 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/open-house-london-1718-september\/temple\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/temple-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/temple-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/temple-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/temple-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/temple-1-720x482.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5965'>\n\t\t\t\tBuddhapadipa Temple\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/open-house-london-1718-september\/st-marys-church\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/St-Marys-church.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/St-Marys-church.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/St-Marys-church-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/St-Marys-church-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/St-Marys-church-720x482.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5967'>\n\t\t\t\tSt Mary&#8217;s church\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>BAITUL FUTUH MOSQUE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>181 London Road, Morden SM4 5PT<br \/>\nPurpose-built mosque and the largest in Western Europe, with 15m diameter dome and minarets 36m and 23m high, accommodating 13,000 worshipers. \u00a0The building is a blend of Islamic and modern British architecture and incorporates much of the structure of an old dairy site. \u00a0Facilities include halls, library, creche, studios. \u00a0Voted one of top 50 buildings in the world by Independent Magazine.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">Open Sat\/Sun 10am-5pm. Regular talks and tours, <strong>pre-book ONLY<\/strong> on (020) 8648 5255. \u00a0Talks given in Urdu, Arabic, German and English. \u00a0For further information and booking: office@baitulfutuh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>BUDDHAPADIPA TEMPLE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>14 Calonne Road SW19 5HJ<br \/>\nComplex of buildings on 4 acres of land with Buddhist Theravada Temple in Thai style &#8211; one of only two outside Asia. \u00a0Interior walls with excellent mural paintings by Thai artists, depicting aspects of the Buddha&#8217;s life.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Open: \u00a0Sat\/Sun 10am-5pm. Regular 10 minute tours. Last entry 4pm. Max 30 per tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>ST MARY&#8217;S CHURCH &amp; GARDEN HALL &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>30 St Mary&#8217;s Road SW19 7BP<br \/>\nGrade II listed church by Gilbert Scott. \u00a0The Garden Hall has an uncompromisingly modern design using materials which echo the knapped flint and limestone of the Church. Incorporates a &#8216;light-bar&#8217; of translucent glazing. \u00a0RIBA Award Winner 2005.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Open: \u00a0Sat 10am-1pm\/Sun 1pm-5pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Not in Merton, but of interest as an open URC building:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tryptich-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tryptich-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lumen URC\" width=\"540\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tryptich-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tryptich-1-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tryptich-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tryptich-1-720x505.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3f870b;\">LUMEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH AND CAF\u00c9\u00a0(next door to URC\u00a0offices) &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #3f870b;\">88 Tavistock Place WC1H 9RS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3f870b;\">Created within the shell of an earlier 1960s church building, which is itself built over the crypt of an 1820s Presbyterian church building (Regent Square) that was damaged by a V2 missile strike in 1945. Redesign includes a cafe clearly visible through a dramatic 8m high window, a new extension housing three rooms, a reflective space the &#8216;Shaft of Light&#8217;. RIBA Award Winner 2009.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Further information on these and all the open buildings can be found at <\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openhouselondon.org.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.openhouselondon.org.uk\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open House London is\u00a0the capital\u2019s largest annual festival of architecture and design, giving access to over 750 buildings and sites for one weekend (17 and 18 September). \u00a0In Merton, three\u00a0religious institutions are opening their doors to welcome visitors. \u00a0Why not take this opportunity to visit them? &nbsp; BAITUL FUTUH MOSQUE &#8211;\u00a0181 London Road, Morden SM4 &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/open-house-london-1718-september\/\" class=\"button more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Open House London&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5950"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5986,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5950\/revisions\/5986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}