Call for Applications: Open Studio 2026

Each year, over 150 buildings and sites open their doors for Doors Open Toronto, a city-wide celebration of architecture, design and urban space, happening in 2026 on May 23-24.

Held annually as part of this City-run festival, the TSA’s Open Studio program helps provide behind-the-scenes access to architecture studios across the city, creating opportunities to meet the people behind the architecture and learn more about what it takes to make buildings a reality. Attendees range from curious Torontonians looking to understand how our city is built to students interested in a career in the built environment. The TSA provides planning coordination and support, marketing, and assigns to TSA Volunteers to assist studios the day of the event.

If your studio is interested in participating in Open Studio 2026 and the Doors Open festival, please send us an email at tsa@torontosocietyofarchitects.ca in advance of the deadlines below. We’re happy to answer any questions you have about next steps and what to expect when participating in the festival.

Important Dates

• Deadline to Apply for Consideration (New Sites) – January 9, 2026
• Deadline to Confirm Participation (Returning Sites) – January 19, 2026

Please Note: not all applying studios may be selected each year due to capacity restraints.

2026 Doors Open Theme: The World in a City

As Toronto prepares to welcome fans across the globe to the FIFA World Cup 26™, Doors Open looks at the people, places and stories that make the city a global mosaic. Featuring guided neighbourhood tours, insightful talks and more than 150 buildings and sites, Doors Open considers the histories, cultures and nations that continue to shape the city.

With more than half of its population born overseas, Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. This Doors Open looks at how diversity has been Toronto’s strength since its founding.

Whether through architecture inspired from global cultures, histories that reflect the many societies and traditions who call Toronto home or the ways in which buildings act as community gathering spaces, this Doors Open considers Toronto’s past and future, together.