Asif Khan homages Victorian London timber laborers with Canada Water boardwalk

2024-10-30T18:07:00-04:00

Asif Khan’s contribution to London's Canada Water master plan, a 230-foot-long boardwalk designed to homage the historic Surrey Docks' laborers and their role in Britain’s bygone timber industry heyday, has debuted in collaboration with the award-winning firm Townshend Landscape Architect.

Image: © Brendan Bell

Located on the rehabilitated shoreline of the River Thames in southeast London, the firms worked together with the London Wildlife Trust to deliver the project that doubles as a social hub, stepping down to the water's edge to include seating areas and an educational pond.

Image: © Brendan Bell

Surrounding it are a series of manmade islands and channels that attract and support avian species, conceived of as a 'mosaic' of different biodiversity enhancing natural habitats.

Image: © Luke Hayes

Inspired to design a pensive respite from the pace of the city, Khan says: "Crossing water can give us powerful sensations. This boardwalk immerses us in a few moments of colour, of nature...

Has London finally found a Thames bridge that everyone can get behind?

2015-11-25T04:39:00-05:00

You wait years for a new bridge across the Thames then three come along at once. Joining the controversial garden bridge and a plan for a crossing between Nine Elms and Pimlico, both of which have fierce opponents, comes a proposal unveiled today for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge between Rotherhithe and the Isle of Dogs in east London that hasn’t aroused a single objection – yet. There’s a good reason why: of the three plans, it makes by far the most sense.

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Asif Khan homages Victorian London timber laborers with Canada Water boardwalk

Has London finally found a Thames bridge that everyone can get behind?