Archinect - News 2024-12-11T16:22:54-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150406344/london-s-battersea-power-station-hosts-giant-christmas-tree-animation-by-artist-david-hockney London’s Battersea Power Station hosts giant Christmas tree animation by artist David Hockney Niall Patrick Walsh 2023-12-06T13:10:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cc/cc4e303f05da5d2f2eb6d0372526a2d5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The world-renowned artist David Hockney has lit up London&rsquo;s iconic <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/257187/battersea-power-station" target="_blank">Battersea Power Station</a> with a giant installation resembling two Christmas trees. Titled &lsquo;Bigger Christmas Trees&rsquo; and set on the station&rsquo;s two north-facing 328-foot-tall chimneys, the animation will be on display from December 1st until Christmas Day, December 25th.</p> <p>&ldquo;Battersea Power Station is such a beautiful building, I wanted to decorate it in a way that I hoped would bring joy and hope to Londoners,&rdquo; said Hockney about the scheme.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b0810cacff42ddd1fc21bb6767414af1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b0810cacff42ddd1fc21bb6767414af1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Apple</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The 10-minute animation was designed by Hockney on an iPad using a digital pencil; an appropriate method given that Battersea Power Station currently houses <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149971060/apple-plan-to-open-a-huge-campus-in-london-s-battersea-power-station" target="_blank">Apple&rsquo;s UK headquarters</a>.</p> <p>In June, we <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150354354/foster-partners-newest-apple-store-opens-at-battersea-power-station-in-london" target="_blank">reported on the opening</a> of Foster + Partners&rsquo; Apple Store within the station, marking the company&rsquo;s 40th store in the United Kingdom. Late last year, meanwhile, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150326493/here-the-architecture-wins-rowan-moore-on-the-inside-out-quality-of-the-newly-completed-battersea-power-station" target="_blank">we covered a review</a> of the newly completed WilkinsonEyre interior spaces in the station alongside a Frank Gehry-desig...</p>