"What looks like a cluster of street lamps has appeared outside the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank, but they're not actually streetlamps. Made using a special fusing technology developed to upcycle discarded glass fragments, it reinterprets classic street lamps to form a structure that looks not unlike an upside-down chandelier. It's called Beacon and was created by the lighting and furniture designer Lee Broom."
"Although I visited during the daytime, as a light-based exhibit, it's going to look rather more impressive at night, and the lights also pulse every hour, in time with Big Ben across the river. Up close, it does look very much as described - a cluster of frosted street lamps, reminding me strongly of the lamp fittings often found in subways under roads, and usually smashed by vandals."
Beacon stands outside the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank and resembles a cluster of street lamps arranged like an upside-down chandelier. The structure uses a special fusing technology to upcycle discarded glass fragments into frosted lamp forms. The piece was created by lighting and furniture designer Lee Broom and functions as a light-based exhibit that becomes more impressive at night. The lamps pulse every hour in time with Big Ben across the river. The installation will remain on display until January 2026 as part of the Southbank Centre's Winter Light Festival. Its elements are designed to be repurposed as individual fittings, with a portion of any sales donated to charity.
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