Brisbane Open House (BOH) is a free annual event which allows the public to discover the architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Brisbane Open House (BOH) is a free annual event which allows the public to discover the architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Australia
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe inaugural Brisbane Open House took place on 2 October 2010, and featured 20 buildings in the CBD and South Bank.
2015New buildings open to the general public for the first time were:
2016The 2016 event expanded to 100 buildings with large number of new buildings open to the general public for the first time:
2019In 2019, the tenth anniversary, BOH attracted 80,000 visits across 119 sites.
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What is Brisbane Open House in plain words?
Brisbane Open House (BOH) is a free annual event which allows the public to discover the architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Where is Brisbane Open House practised or documented?
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Cite as: "Brisbane Open House." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/brisbane-open-house, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Brisbane Open House (BOH) is a free annual event which allows the public to discover the architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Selected buildings are open to the public with guided and self-guided tours encouraging visitors to explore Brisbane's built environment.
The event is organised by the Queensland Government Architect, the Brisbane Development Association, and the National Trust of Queensland. It is supported by the Brisbane City Council and a range of program and practice partners and friends of Brisbane Open House.
Brisbane Open House is part of the Open House Worldwide annual cultural event. 1
History
The inaugural Brisbane Open House took place on 2 October 2010, and featured 20 buildings in the CBD and South Bank. More than 12,000 people attended. In 2011 the event expanded to 30 buildings and included Fortitude Valley. The 2012 event featured 51 buildings and attracted 33,000 visitors. The 2013 event expanded to 71 buildings presented over a two-day weekend. The 2014 event featured 89 buildings. 1
2015
New buildings open to the general public for the first time were: 1
The 2016 event expanded to 100 buildings with large number of new buildings open to the general public for the first time: 1
480 Queen Street
Brisbane Arts Theatre
Fort Lytton Historic Military Precinct
Moreton Club
Queensland State Archives
Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium
Wacol Military Museum
Wolston House 1
2019
In 2019, the tenth anniversary, BOH attracted 80,000 visits across 119 sites. 1
2020-21
In 2020 and 2021 the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic meant the planned 2020 and 2021 events had to be cancelled. Instead, Brisbane Open House created year-round offerings for smaller groups of participants. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brisbane Open House”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Brisbane Open House is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2