Suspended a few feet above the water on the north bank, the walk will be interspersed with five glass-encased pavilions housing a museum, a cinema, a concert hall and an eco-park amongst other attractions.
Swimming pools are central to drawings of one futuristic-looking enclosure.
The “promenade”, to be built in time for the Olympic Games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 — if funding is found — won the Mayor of London’s award for planning excellence last week.
The mayor, Boris Johnson, who has championed the rejuvenation of the river as a transport artery and tourist attraction said it will allow the public to “wander through the meandering backstreets of the ancient city.”
A spokeswoman for architects Gensler, who drew up the plans, said the scheme was still at a conceptual stage but that talks are taking place with a number of investors to fund the 25 million pound ($40 million) project.
“The mayor’s office is extremely keen to get this off the ground … we’ve had support all the way. So it does look very positive,” Anna Robinson told Reuters.
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