Category Archives: Bridges

The practice of Zaha Hadid Architects designed the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as a third gateway connecting the Abu Dhabi Island to the Gulf toward the south shore. The project began in 1997 and was complete in 2010 with a length of 842 meters and a height of 64 meters. The bridge has a two way highway with four lanes, with a total width of 61 meters, and the bridge features cantilevered…

The French commune of Villetaneuse is the home of the Institut Galilee, a prestigious polytechnic science institute of the University of Paris North and with such an important edifice in its midst, it should seem only natural that the commune should also have a work of engineering of equal importance. The practice of DVVD tried (and managed) to do just this with the Footbridge Over the Railways they designed, a pedestrian bridge of 155 meters in length that connects areas…

Located in Paris, France, this project aims at offering a means of urban gathering through the employment of a playful and alternative mode of transportation across the Seine River. The Bridge Bounce is an inflatable bridge and it features trampolines to make the pedestrians bounce across the river, rather than just walk. Each of the inflatable modules has 30 meters in diameter and in the center of each ring there is a stretched trampoline mesh. Each of the modules is…

Built in 1889, the Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver seems like it comes from an Indiana Jones film and is sure to make your legs soften when you reach its middle. Its original designer was the Scottish engineer George Grant Mackay and made this bridge out of simple wood, while this structure was replaced a few years later by a wire cable bridge. In the year 1956 it got rebuilt from scratch and around the same period the natives started…

Completed in 2010, the Helix Bridge in Singapore was designed by Cox Architecture together with Architects 61. It provides a link across the Singapore River from the existing CBD to the new Bayfront district. Designed in a curved way to provide fluidity on each of the entries, it also permits the communication with another bridge in its center. Since the project was meant for pedestrians there was no need for a very sturdy structure and a lighter and more delicate…

The Millennium Footbridge in London links the Bankside district with the rest of the City by crossing the Thames River. The Bridge is owned by Bridge House Estates, a trust that is overseen by the City of London Corporation and it is located between the Southwark Bridge and the Blackfriars Railway Bridge. Placed in such a way as to offer a good view of the south part of St Paul’s Cathedral, it also provides access to the famous Globe Theatre…

The city of Esch sur Alzette in Luxembourg received a new landmark in 2009 with an original pedestrian bridge. It is equipped with stairs and an elevator and on the exterior, its appearance adapts to the weather outside, in a chameleonic variety. When it is sunny, its color is a sky-grey to offer a contrast with the wood on the background, while if it’s cloudy it resembles the color of the firmament. During the night it is left without any…

A new design contest was held for a future pedestrian footbridge in the city of Be’er Sheva in Israel and the ones who won the competition were the people from Bar Orian Architects. The bridge will be a standpoint in the urban development of the city and will act as a link between the university and the industrial zone that is meant to have a futuristic aspect. The climate is a major problem in this area so this is why…

This is an ongoing project designed by L & A Design Group, a Chinese architecture firm, which came up with this futuristic design. The bridge has a very modern aspect and it will function as a pedestrian spot too, located in Wuxi Xidong Central Park, in Jiangsu, China. The bridge will function as a link between the north and south shores of the park and will also feature another brilliant element, a man-made island that will be surely an attraction…

The Kurilpa Bridge is really important for Brisbane since it can serve as a public space, as a fresh design and a new image for the city and as a connection across the Brisbane river. The Brisbane Bridge was part of the desired change of the image of Brisbane since late 1990s, when the new Brisbane Magistrates Court was designed, located in Queensland`s Cultural Precinct. Other precincts that were under development in that time were South Brisbane and the northern…