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A competition-winning design for a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the Yarra river, as part of a public art project, in Melbourne’s Docklands area. The brief called for the re-use of the remaining sections of the Webb Dock Rail Bridge.
An international team led by London based artist Peter Fink (Form Associates) and lighting designer Mark Major (Speirs + Major) in association with Buro Happold in Los Angeles has been announced as the winner of the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge’ in Seoul, Korea, connecting Dangin-li Power Plant (which has a plan to be redeveloped into public cultural space) in the north and The National Assembly Building in the south, this bridge shows the first example of ‘a city expanded to the river’.
Safe Trestles, California bridge – design by dan brill architects – Trestles Bridge California, Architecture for Humanity contest, US competition design
Together with MRIO West 8 is responsible for the master plan for the reclaimed river banks and the new urban area above the tunnels of the M30 motorway around Madrid. The master plan consists of several sub-projects.
The Helix Bridge is one of the few, if any, bridges in the world to be named after its structure. In addition to its uniqueness of structure and form, it was designed to respond to its particular setting.
The redesign of St Patrick’s Island is the centerpiece of an ambitious redevelopment strategy for Calgary’s East Village. Charged with transforming a neglected urban island into an engaging park, we drew on the ecological history of the island for inspiration to increase its biodiversity and create a “living island.”
When a place speaks, the most constructive reaction is to listen to it rather than to converse with it. The crossing of the Areuse at a precise point of the gauge was the demand.
The city of Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia is getting ready to become the European Capital of Culture in 2012. As part of the three catalyst projects to revive the historic riverfront of the city, the city of Maribor host a competition to design a 130 meter long footbridge for walking and cycling on the location of a demolished historic bridge.
Maribor in Slovenia is preparing to become the European Capital of Culture in 2012. Established along the banks of the Drava River, the city is using this opportunity to develop the riverside into a social and cultural focal point.
The Anglo-German team of Knight Architects and lead consultant Knippers Helbig has won a major international competition organised by the City of Vienna for an extraordinary new pedestrian bridge in the centre of Vienna.
The Teglværk Bridge serves to connect the two islets of the harbour, Teglværkshavnen, and gather the new urban area in one harmonic unit. The development of the area is a part of the plan towards improved development and utilisation of the harbour.
London based STUDIO BEDNARSKI and FLINT & NEILL (bridge engineers), working with New York based HARDESTY & HANOVER (mechanical engineers), and SPEIRS and MAJOR (lighting designers), have won an invited two stage high-profile competition involving an opening bridge, to which 10 design teams were invited from a worldwide expression of interest.
The bridge was constructed to a design by Santiago Calatrava, as part of the preparations for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The bridge connects the Carrer de Bac de Roda, to the south in Sant Martí, with the Carrer de Felip II, to the north in Sant Andreu.