Forty gold angels sitting on swings have been installed by KHBT and Ottmar Hörlwatch to watch over commuters near St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Named Lunch Break, the installation for the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is designed to be a temporary additional to St Paul's Plinth ? a preexisting frame structure outside St Paul's tube station.
London studio KHBT and artist Ottmar Hörl's intention was to "celebrate what can happen at the creative boundary of art and architecture" in response to the festival theme ?  boundaries.

"We are delighted to be able to team up with our long-standing collaborator artist Ottmar Hörl to implement Lunch Break," said Karsten Huneck, partner at KHBT.
"It is an emotional and imaginative piece that is aiming to make people think and smile. After all we feel that in this particular time guardian angels deserve some rest."
Using the wire grid of St Paul's Plinth as a base, the project creates both a conceptual and visual link to the St Paul's Cathedral.
The angels hang from randomly arranged bars, and each one is sculpted with "intricate detail" to echo the ornamentation of the cathedral's interiors.
They are finished with a golden spray-coating in a nod to the gold cross that sits atop the cathedral's dome.

"In the midst of the bustle and noise outside St Paul's tube station, Lunch Break offers a moment of calm, and a chance to contemplate boundaries ? whether those between art and a...