Soho Christmas Lights

he Soho Christmas lights have a strong community focussed theme this year - 21 luminescent installations have been designed by children from Soho Parish School under the direction of architect and RIBA Architecture Ambassador Antonio Capelao, with the support of Hannah Peaty, art lead at Soho Parish School alongside Joao Rocha of Storm Flowers London. Lighting up Soho’s streets from 8th November, the panels have all been designed by a selection of the school’s current pupils under the supervision of architect Capelao, and brought to reality by Blachere Illumination UK. The festive designs range from snowmen, baubles and reindeer to once again bring back the magic of Christmas. The lights are a heartwarming installation and are a representation of what it is like to experience Christmas through a child's eyes.

Westminster City Council, Shaftesbury, Soho Estates and Broadwick Soho have generously awarded funding towards the project to create the 21 Christmas panels across Soho including Archer Street, Rupert Street, Berwick Street, Brewer Street, Old Compton Street, Dean Street, Wardour Street and Frith Street.