Thu 12 Jun
Members + 1
A members' house · Bloomsbury · est. 2019
A small, well-kept room for the kind of conversation you can't schedule.
The Atrium is a private members' house for writers, founders, and curious minds. Twelve hundred of us, one library, and a calendar that's worth keeping.
What membership is
Not a network. A room.
We don't run mixers, sell sponsorships, or count headcount. What we offer is somewhere good to sit, and people worth sitting next to.
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The House
A four-storey Bloomsbury townhouse with a quiet library, a long bar, and two rooms reserved for members' work.
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Eighty evenings a year
Private dinners, salon talks, listening sessions, gallery previews — none of it ticketed to the public.
03
Five sister houses
Reciprocal access to partner clubs in Edinburgh, Lisbon, Brooklyn, Mexico City, and Kyoto.
04
A directory, not a network
1,200 members across writing, design, architecture, and finance. Introductions are made in person.
June at the house
Three nights this month.
A small calendar, kept on purpose. Everything below is members-only and never resold.
Wed 18 Jun
Members only
Salon: 'On reading slowly' with Ada Calhoun
Sat 28 Jun
Members + 1
Preview night — Lubaina Himid at Whitechapel
Dues
Three ways in.
All members get the same access to the house and the calendar. Tiers differ in what you can do with it.
Resident
Full use of the house and calendar.
£1,400/ year
- —Unlimited access to the house
- —All members' events
- —Bring one guest
- —Reciprocal sister houses
Most chosen
Patron
For those who like to host.
£2,800/ year
- —Everything in Resident
- —Bring three guests
- —Two private dining bookings / year
- —Early salon RSVPs
Founding
A name on the wall, and a vote.
£5,000one-time + Resident dues
- —Voting rights on programming
- —Reserved corner in the library
- —Founders' annual dinner
- —Lifetime guest privileges
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The only club I've been a member of that I actually use. The library on a Tuesday afternoon is the best room in London.
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I've hired two of my last three colleagues from people I met at Atrium dinners. Without trying.
Before you ask
Common questions.
Apply for the next intake.
We open thirty-two new memberships every quarter. The next round closes 30 June.