This tour will be delivered solely in British Sign Language.
Raise the Roof: Building for Change is a unique opportunity to explore the stories embedded within the architecture of RIBA’s London building through a creative and inclusive lens.
Join Alan Murray MBE on this British Sign Language tour of both the exhibition and the building. The tour will explore the design of 66 Portland Place, revealing the buildings multifaceted history and the motifs and materials throughout its interior decoration that reveal the Institute's unexplored links with the British Empire.
You'll see the features within 66 Portland Place that the creatives have responded to in the exhibition. Raise the Roof: Building for Change seeks to confront some of the uncomfortable truths woven into the fabric of this building by creating a progressive dialogue between the past and present.
About the tour guide Alan Murray
Alan Murray was born deaf and is a BSL user. Alan has a deep, lifelong interest in arts, culture, history, and heritage.
This interest - coupled with his strong belief that the arts should be accessible for all - is what fuels Alan’s passion for delivering culturally rich guided tours and talks in BSL. Breaking down barriers and opening up the arts to the Deaf BSL-using community across London.
Important information
Please assemble in the reception of 66 Portland Place, London at 1:55 pm.
This tour is suitable for D/deaf people who are BSL users. There is no English voiceover.
This tour is part of the open house programme.
