Tobacco Dock, Skylight Summer

The concept of Skylight London was designed by Interact Branding and Tobacco Dock.

• ‘London’s most imaginative roof top bar’

• Croquet, cocktails and street food against a 360º backdrop of the city skyline

• Full event design, construction and build

• All materials craned 140ft onto rooftop

• Build crew of 40 people

• 30+ suppliers

• Build time 10 weeks

• Voted in Vogue Magazine's top 10 summer rooftop bars in London

Our plans for the derelict rooftop included a lot of custom-built infrastructure. We built a bespoke shipping container bar and selection of furniture, due to the 16-week duration, we liaised with a structural engineer to build the pergolas, to ensure they were compliant with British building standards.

The busy London rooftop location called for some careful planning. To lift the major event structure into place, we sourced a crane company and managed the logistics, which involved a 95-tonne crane. Everything was lifted on to the rooftop and we began building mezzanine levels, street food stalls, vibrant pop-up bars, unique pergola structures and all operational infrastructure including power and water supplies.