Architect Norman Foster’s Millennium Bridge, linking Tate Modern with the north bank of the Thames, opens Saturday. The positive buzz about his design and its potential to transform London’s waterfront has been mounting. So what was Foster’s inspiration for the project? “The blade of light that used to shoot out across the canyon and so save Flash Gordon from his evil pursuers in the Saturday-morning cinema that was such a feature of his youth. For Foster, the Millennium Bridge is that blade of light, leaping across the Thames.” – The Telegraph (UK)