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Bridge Architecture : Architectural Structures

Major Crossing Projects from around the world

Architecture of Bridges We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Bridge Architecture. We aim to include buildings that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both. We cover completed bridges, new crossing designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the world. The focus is on contemporary bridges but information on traditional bridges is also welcome. We have 4 pages of Bridge Design selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. Contemporary Bridge Designs : A-E Bridge Architecture : F-P (this page) Bridge Structures : Q-S Bridge Designs : T-Z Major Bridge Architecture Recent Bridge Design additions to this page: Grand Canal Bridge, Venice Design: Santiago Calatrava www.palladium.de, Barbara Burg/Oliver Schuh The first bridge to be built across Venice's Grand Canal in almost 75 years. Designed by architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, the bridge will take its place up-stream from the famed Rialto Bridge, the first bridge to span the Grand Canal. Calatrava's bridge, which was commissioned by the Municipality of Venice through a public selection process in 1999, is sited at an extremely strategic point, connecting the railway station (Stazione Santa Lucia) on the north side of the Grand Canal with the Piazzale Roma on the south. The Grand Canal bridge will be important both functionally and symbolically, not only will it connect rail travelers more directly to the city, but it will also welcome visitors to Venice with a panoramic view of the Grand Canal. Infinity Bridge, UK Design: Expedition Engineering photograph : James Newton The brief called for an iconic structure as part of the Stockton-on-Tees regeneration of the North Shore site. The resulting footbridge now links the north and south shores and provides better access to business and jobs in the area. Designed by Expedition Engineering, the slender bowstring bridge cuts a distinctive silhouette across the River Tees. A 230m-long concrete walkway is supported by a pair of asymmetric steel arches that appear to skip across the river like a pebble skimming water. Kurilpa Bridge, Australia Design: Cox Rayner + Arup photo © David Sandison Designed by the Queensland division of Australia's Cox Rayner Architects with Arup, the £35.5 million pedestrian and cycle bridge connects Brisbane's Central Business District with the city's South Bank and its major cultural precinct. This is the second project the two practices have collaborated on in the last decade following the completion of the Goodwill Bridge in 2000. Both bridges are part of a comprehensive process by the Queensland Government to interconnect two of the city's major precincts. Lee Valley Bridges, Hackney, London, UK Design: Amin Taha Architects image from architects Lee Valley Bridge Designs - 20 Jul 2011 Two bridge designs close to the London Olympics site - both bridges are intended as very economic solutions to long running access problems. The architect was instructed to develop the bridge designs to planning submission level. Bridge Designs from around the globe, alphabetical: Gateshead Millennium Bridge, UK Wilkinson Eyre Architects photo © Adrian Welch   Glasgow Bridge, Scotland Richard Rogers Partnership / Atkins picture : Steve Hosey Graphics   Golden Gate Bridge, USA Irving F. Morrow / Gertrude C. Morrow photo © Andrew McRae   Karolina Bridge, Czech Republic Eva Jiricna Architects picture from architect   Lee Valley Bridge Designs, London, UK Amin Taha Architects image from architects   Lintas Bridge, France Ian Ritchie Architects image © Jocelyne Van den Bossche   London Millennium Bridge, England Foster + Partners picture © Adrian Welch   Lower Hatea Bridge, New Zealand Knight Architects image from architects   Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, USA Santiago Calatrava picture : Santiago Calatrava LLC   Passerelle Valmy, Paris, France DFA | Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes photo : David Boureau   Peace Bridge Calgary, Canada Santiago Calatrava picture : Santiago Calatrava LLC Puentes Cascara, Spain Designers: West 8 & MRIO photo © West 8 urban design & land. architecture More Bridge Designs online soon

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Fabian Way Bridge, Port Tennant, Swansea, Wales, UK
2007
Studio Bednarski

Fenghua Bridge, Tianjin, China
2007
Marc Mimram Architects

Newport City Footbridge - over River Usk, Newport, Wales, UK
2006
Grimshaw with Atkins

Piazzale Roma Bridge, Venice, Italy
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Santiago Calatrava Architects

Puente del Alamillo, Sevilla, Spain
1992
Santiago Calatrava Architects

Calgary Bridge Design Competition

Calgary Bridge Design Contest

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Calgary Bridge Design Competition



San Diego Coronado Bridge, California, USA - Lighting Contest Winners

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Forth Road Bridge

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