Burberry AW 2026 – London Fashion Week.

The brief

For London Fashion Week AW26, Bureau Betak appointed Star Live as specialist build partner for Burberry’s runway show at Old Billingsgate.

The creative concept featured a stylised interpretation of Tower Bridge, formed from a raw galvanised scaffold frame with integrated architectural elements. Runway and bleacher seating were arranged around the central structure, finished in a black and white palette with reflective puddled flooring.

Star Live was engaged to engineer, fabricate and install the temporary structures within the 740 sqm Grand Hall, translating the creative vision into a safe and compliant show environment for nearly 600 guests.

The challenge

Delivering a scaffold structure within a heritage venue required detailed coordination and careful planning. Old Billingsgate’s listed status meant strict loading controls, access restrictions and protection requirements, all of which had to be accommodated within a tight production programme.

Old Billingsgate is a heritage venue with defined loading controls, access restrictions and building protection requirements.

The abstract scaffold Tower Bridge structure incorporated integrated architectural elements and was installed within the footprint of the Grand Hall alongside runway, bleacher seating and specialist flooring elements.

All works were delivered within a fixed production programme.

Our solution

Star Live developed a fully engineered scaffold framework forming the Tower Bridge structure, able to integrate the additional architectural elements needed to achieve the required scale and depth within the Grand Hall footprint. All components were designed, tested and installed to meet event safety standards and health and safety approvals, with structural calculations aligned to the constraints of the heritage venue.

Installation was carefully phased to manage controlled loading, protect the existing building fabric and maintain programme certainty.

Impact

The completed installation transformed Old Billingsgate into a stark, architectural runway environment, with the scaffold Tower Bridge forming a bold central showpiece. Nearly 600 guests were accommodated within the seating and runway layout, framed by reflective black flooring that reinforced the narrative of the set.

Delivered to programme within the constraints of a heritage venue, the project demonstrates how engineered temporary structures can realise complex creative concepts safely and efficiently within live environments.

BURBERRY FALL WINTER 2026

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Photography by Kai Jadwat and Oda Eide.