South Bank Arts Centre, London

Name: South Bank Arts Centre, London
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_091
Price: 45.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£45.00

Solid Cast-Concrete Miniature Model
Size: [X]cm long, [X]cm high, [X]cm deep
Scale: 1:[X] (approx)

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Peer between its stacked galleries and walkways, every fold of concrete sharp at this scale. The South Bank’s concrete playground, and every film, concert and skate session beneath it.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

Express processing available for UK orders

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Building Information

Location: South Bank, Lambeth, London, UK
Architect: Greater London Council Architects' Department, team led by Norman Engleback
Completed: National Film Theatre 1957; Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room 1967; Hayward Gallery 1968
Status: Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room Grade II listed (2026); in use by the Southbank Centre and BFI Southbank

Brief Overview:
The South Bank arts complex grew up beside the Thames on the site of the 1951 Festival of Britain. The National Film Theatre opened beneath Waterloo Bridge in 1957, and a decade later the Greater London Council's architects, led by Norman Engleback, added the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room (1967) and the Hayward Gallery (1968): raw concrete volumes linked by raised walkways, terraces and stairs, with the skaters' undercroft beneath. Long argued over, the three venues were refurbished by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and reopened in 2018, and in 2026 they were listed at Grade II.

Making my concrete model

Some places are less a building than a landscape you wander through. On the South Bank, beside the Thames, the arts centre is a tangle of concrete: the Hayward Gallery, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room, stacked and linked by walkways, terraces and stairs, with BFI Southbank tucked in beneath Waterloo Bridge. Built in the late 1960s by the Greater London Council's architects, it was argued over for decades, threatened more than once, and finally listed in 2026. Underneath it all, skaters made the undercroft their own.

The challenge was the tangle itself: four venues, a web of walkways and decks, and the shifting levels that make it so easy to get lost. Now it's here. London's concrete playground, cast small enough to hold. Made for the gallery-goers and film buffs, the skaters who know every ledge, the concert crowds spilling out onto the terraces, and anyone who has got happily lost between the levels.

South Bank Arts Centre, London

If you've ever got lost between the levels on the South Bank, this is the model for you. This South Bank Arts Centre miniature concrete model brings together the Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and BFI Southbank in a single piece: galleries, concert halls and cinemas beside the Thames, linked by the raised walkways and terraces that made the complex famous. It's London Brutalism at its most sociable, argued over for decades and listed at last in 2026. Small enough for a desk, a bookshelf or a studio table, this miniature concrete building makes a gift for an architect, a skater, a gallery-goer or anyone who loves Brutalist architecture. Each concrete model of the South Bank Arts Centre is hand-poured, finished on a laser-etched cork base and gift-boxed, with the weight and texture of real cast concrete.