From the Royal Festival Hall, constructed for the Festival of Britain in 1951, to the brutalist concrete architecture of the 1960s, the South Bank complex of arts & music venues is the cultural heart of London.

Not only does the South Bank provide the capital with must-see performances & exhibitions but also with a distinctive modernist skyline & sociable riverside hangout.

The concrete brutalist buildings were designed in the 1960s, with the Queen Elizabeth Hall opening in 1967 and the Hayward Gallery in 1968.

Designed by British architect Denys Lasdun, construction started on the striking National Theatre in 1969 and was opened in 1976.

Available in three sizes & 20 colour options, discover the South Bank pop art prints above or below.

South Bank 75th Anniversary

Seventy-five years ago, the Festival of Britain transformed the riverside at London’s South Bank when it opened on the 3rd of May 1951. Created to boost morale, celebrate British achievements, and provide a tonic to aid recovery after the devastation of the Second World War, as well as the ongoing rationing and post-war austerity, the legacy of the site endures as a cultural hub.

The Royal Festival Hall was officially inaugurated on the same day 75 years ago, and the National Theatre followed 50 years ago when it was officially opened by The Queen on the 25th of October 1976.