Bridge architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about bridge architecture
Project • By ILLUNOX® • Bridges
Campusbridge Hasselt
Campusbrug Hasselt: A Luminous Connection for Cyclists and PedestriansThe city of Hasselt welcomes a new landmark to its urban landscape: Campusbrug, a 410-metre-long pedestrian and cycle bridge crossing the Grote Ring. Combining architectural elegance, accessibility and carefully considered lighting, the bridge creates an important connection between university campuses, public transport and urban amenities.
Architecture and StructureCampusbrug is characterised by its slender, graceful steel structure, which gently winds through the existing urban context. The design team sought to create a lightweight intervention that respects its surroundings while preserving the existing plane trees along the route.
With a low gradient of just 3.2%,... More
Project • By Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos • Bridges
Oblique Bridge
The Oblique Bridge was part of the M30 highway until the underground works in 2005 left it abandoned and slated for demolition. It is a valuable structure from 1969 by the engineer Fernández-Casado. The deck is a slender post-tensioned concrete trapezoidal slab with a complex, gently banked and curvilinear layout reflecting the ‘high-speed’ geometry of the highway.
Ana Muller
Imagen Subliminal
The undergrounding project required the demolition of one of its abutments and foundations and the cutting of the ribs, leaving the bridge partially cantilevered. Despite this damage, the structure remained standing. The Madrid Río project renovated it into a pedestrian and cycling bridge. This rehabilitation invol... More
Project • By Prostorne taktike • Bridges
Bridge over Foša
Within the contact zone of Trogir, a UNESCO World Heritage Site we have designed a new steel pedestrian bridge that redefines its role beyond a simple crossing of the sea channel. Envisioned as a vibrant social hub and an architectural landmark, the bridge integrates seamlessly into its historical surroundings while establishing a distinct identity. t subtly references Trogir’s esteemed shipbuilding heritage and maritime spirit, reinforcing a deep connection between the city’s past and its evolving urban fabric.
Darko Škrobonja
Darko Škrobonja
Darko Škrobonja
The bridge’s form is defined by a steel shell structure with variable cross-sections, shaped as an asymmetric hyperbolic parabolo... More
News • Innovations • 6 Feb 2024
Holcim and partners launch Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge
Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates company Holcim has launched Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge. Built in partnership with the Block Research Group (BRG) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zürich, Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHA CODE), and incremental3D, Phoenix demonstrates the interplay between low-carbon and circular technologies in infrastructural development.
Vincent Delesvaux
Launched at Holcim’s recently inaugurated innovation hub in Lyon, France, Phoenix demonstrates an approach to innovative and sustainable building solutions. The project is an evolution of Striatus, an earlier 3D printed concrete bridge developed by... More
Project • By Strasky, Husty a partneri (SHP) • Bridges
Lundabron
The footbridge, which is situated in the city’s recreation area, connects the river’s left bank with the island of Bölesholmarna and links up to a small bridge bridging the arm of the river. The footbridge connects pedestrian and cyclist trails situated along both river's banks; it also carries electrical and communication cables.
Larsson Fredrik
Larsson Fredrik
The footbridge consists of a prestressed concrete deck of one span of length of 179.00 m, which is suspended on two inclined suspension cables of three spans of lengths of 28.80+187.00+29.50 m. The bridge deck has a variable width - from 6.40 m in the middle of the bridge to 8.40 m at the abutments. The maximum sag of the cables is 20.90 m. The bridge dec... More
Project • By kalbod design studio • Bridges
New York Financial Bridge
Our primary goal in the NEW YORK BRIDGE project was to answer the need for more open and green spaces in the compact living and working areas in Manhattan’s financial district and the world-famous Wall Street. To achieve this, we at Kalbod Design Studio designed a suspended bridge that connects the financial district of Manhattan with the green areas of New Jersey above the Huston River while creating a magnificent view of the Statue of Liberty on the North Atlantic Ocean.
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This bridge has two access levels; one is 35 meters above the water surface and provides an impressive panoramic view. The other level is 10 meters below the first, provides an amusing pedestrian path, and offers multiple gathering spaces for people to... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Bridges
Pedestrian bridge station Agen
HAVER Architectural Mesh provides safety and protection while maintaining visual transparency on the pedestrian bridge at the train station in Agen, France.
As part of the station's barrier-free redesign, AREP architects designed a new metal bridge connecting the platforms of tracks 1 and 2. The 7 m high and 20 m long pedestrian bridge has 2 staircases and 2 elevators, enabling every traveler to cross the two tracks safely.Fall protection: HAVER Architectural Mesh meets requirements for protection and safetyThe sides of the bridge as well as the stairways are clad with architectural wire mesh EGLA-DUO 4222 from Haver & Boecker. This mesh type appears – due to the combination of flat wires and plain form of the round wires &... More
Project • By NEXT architects • Bridges
The new N69
The ‘Greenest Road of Brabant’ makes geographical connections and embodies the connection between infrastructure, the valuable landscape of forests and stream valleys, and the people with their interests. The renewal of the 8,5 km provincial road has increased the liveability and accessibility of the N69 and its border with Belgium. By constructing a high-quality road that is placed naturally in the landscape, the user experience has been optimized. Maximizing spatial quality, integration, sustainability, and ecology was therefore one of the most important project objectives in the elaboration of the integral design.
Paul Raats
The new road winds through valuable and vulnerable agricultural land, forests, and nature reserv... More
News • News • 20 Aug 2020
New office building in Antwerp takes the form of an urban bridge
In Antwerp, the new 146_Province Headquarters by XDGA (Xaveer De Geyter Architects) is a new build replacing a former complex of modernist volumes that could not adapt to current sustainability standards. A compact sculptural volume with defined triangular openings, the building is conceived as a bridge-like structure over a glazed central pavilion.
Credit: XDGA - Matthias Van Rossen
The centre of the main building features one large steel truss spanning from one core to the other. Two more trusses are integrated in the concrete side walls, their triangulation defining the form of the window openings.
CaptionCredit: XDGA - Matthias Van Rossen
The window forms, used across the building are sized and positioned to balance d... More
Project • By Banker Wire • Bridges
Dulles Corridor Metrorail Walkways
The new Dulles Corridor Metrorail Silver Line has significantly reduced the commute time between Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. In the first phase of the project, a direct route runs from Washington, D.C. to Tysons Corner, but will be eventually expanded to run all the way to Dulles International Airport. In addition to the new line, pedestrian bridges featuring more than 60,000-square-feet of Banker Wire woven wire mesh were also created and interspersed throughout the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Silver Line. The pedestrian bridges, with Banker Wire woven wire mesh, connect metro stations to parking lots – helping commuters cross busy roads more safely.
For this project, efficiency was of the utmost importance, as the bridges... More