The TSA Has Something for Everyone at Doors Open Toronto 2026

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

There is something for everyone at this year’s Doors Open as the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) announces 5 special programs aimed to engage all Torontonians—from kids to design professionals—with their city’s built environment. 

An annual event organized by the City of Toronto in partnership with the wider community, Doors Open Toronto provides rare public access for one weekend only to architecturally and culturally significant buildings across the city. The free weekend-long celebration of architecture and public space is taking place on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, and will feature more than 160 sites for exploration, walking tours, and more.

As part of this year’s festival, the TSA has organized two special programs reflecting on this year’s theme “The World in a City”, including a public panel discussion exploring the role architecture can play in expressing Toronto’s many identities, as well as a unique festival-only one-hour walking tour exploring identity through 4 of Toronto’s most recognizable landmarks.

In addition to these thematic programs, this year will also see the return and expansion of the TSA’s youth and family friendly activities. At UofT’s Daniels Building, families are invited to become the architects and planners of their own colourful creations as part of Paper City, cutting, colouring and folding templates to construct a paper metropolis. Meanwhile at TMU’s Architecture Building, designers of all ages can test their structural and architectural skills by building the tallest skyscraper they can as part of the new Towers Challenge. 

And of course, Doors Open wouldn’t be the same without the return of Open Studio, one of the TSA’s most popular initiatives providing behind-the-scenes access to architecture studios across the city. This year’s edition will include the participation of 11 studios working across a wide variety of projects and specialties, as well as the schools of architecture at the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University. 

You can find more information about these programs, including specific times and locations, on the TSA website. All Doors Open Toronto programming is free of charge, but tours and the panel discussion have limited spots and advance registration is recommended.