
If you, like me, haven't been to Canada Water in a while, you might be missing a trick. This once-sleepier corner of south-east London has been undergoing a transformation – and its first step, a new pedestrian bridge by Asif Khan, has just been unveiled, an 'hors d'oeuvre' of sorts, as the team behind it light-heartedly described it, to the intention and grand plans already underway in the wider district.
If Khan's enticing, deep red, undulating bridge design is anything to go by, there is a step change coming for the neighbourhood, which is in the process of injecting nature and mixed-use architecture into its fabric, with the aim of crafting a lively, revived town centre.