Following the abandonment (this week) of Ian Ritchie Architects' bridge proposal over the River Avon, in Stratford-upon-Avon, central England, we profile bridge designs by the practice over the years.
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River Avon Bridge
BRIDGE
CLIENT / COST / YEAR / ENGINEER / OPEN/INVITED / RESULT
LINTAS BRIDGE, PARIS
LINTAS ADVERTISING AGENCY £0.2m 1984 RFR - BUILT
Photo © Alain Guisdard
ECOLOGY GALLERY BRIDGES, LONDON
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM £2.0m 1989 ARUP - BUILT
4 LEIPZIG BRIDGES, GERMANY
LEIPZIGER MESSE £2.0m 1993 IPP/MERO - BUILT
FOOTBRIDGES SOUTH /HERON QUAYS
LDDC £3.0m 1994 ARUP INVITED 2
CORN MARKET CANOPY AND BRIDGE
CORK CITY COUNCIL £2.5m 1994 ARUP OPEN Winner- unbuilt
ROYAL VICTORIA DOCK FOOTBRIDGE
LDDC £10.0m 1994 ARUP INVITED 2
FORTON LAKE BRIDGE
PORTSMOUTH city council £3.0m 1995 ACER INVITED 2
BEDFORD BRIDGE
BEDFORD £0.4m 1995 ARUP OPEN 0
POOLE HARBOUR BRIDGE
BOROUGH OF POOLE + DoT £25.0m 1995 ARUP OPEN 0
MANOR WAY (ROYAL ALBERT DOCK)
LDDC + DoT £4.0m 1995 ARUP - BUILT
THAMES HABITABLE BRIDGE, LONDON
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS - 1996 ARUP - RA EXHIBITION
THAMES MILLENNIUM BRIDGE, LONDON
FINANCIAL TIMES £5.0m 1996 ARUP OPEN 0
TAMAR BRIDGE, DEVON/CORNWALL
CORNWALL CC £15.0m 1996 HYDER INVITED 0
Photo: G Richardson
POOLE LIFTING BRIDGE COMP.
BOROUGH OF POOLE £6.0m 2002 SCHLAICH BERGERMANN OPEN 2
LEAMOUTH BRIDGE, LONDON
LEASIDE REGENERATION LTD £1.5m 2003 TECHNIKER INVITED 2
NEW RIVER AVON FOOTBRIDGE, S/A
WARWICKSHIRE CC £2.0m 2006 SCHLAICH BERGERMANN INVITED Winner
Lintas Bridge, Paris, France
Ecology Gallery Bridge, Natural History Museum, Kensington, London, UK
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