Infrastructure architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about infrastructure architecture
Project • By Woods Bagot • Airports
Western Sydney International Airport
A debut look inside the newly completed Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) terminal reveals a design that redefines airport architecture in Australia – grounded in place, shaped by light and built for the future of aviation.
Trevor Mein
As the first major airport built in Australia in over 50 years, WSI signals a generational shift that will transform Western Sydney. Located in Badgerys Creek, the terminal is a catalyst for long-term economic, social and cultural opportunity.
Trevor Mein
From initial design concepts by COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects to the design and construction by Multiplex and Woods Bagot, the terminal blends innovation with functionality. It reflects... 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
Project • By SALT Architects • Pump stations
Cape Flats Aquifer Recharge Plant
The Cape Flats Managed Aquifer Recharge plant, commissioned by the City of Cape Town, South Africa, was built in response to the city’s water crisis. Designed by SALT Architects, the water treatment plant provides an innovative and sustainable solution that will protect Cape Town’s future water supply. Located within the Pelican Park Section of False Bay Nature Reserve (around 23 kilometres from Cape Town’s city centre), the plant addresses the critical need for sustainable water management. The project is an example of the way in which architecture can respond to essential infrastructural needs with ingenuity and flair.
Karl Rogers Photography
Karl Rogers Photography
SALT Architects
Enhancing groun... More
News • News • 21 Oct 2024
Park-and-Ride Bus Station by ateliers O-S architectes longlisted for Archello Awards 2024 Transportation Hub of the Year
Archello Awards 2024 has revealed its longlist for its projects of the year categories. The longlists celebrate the very best building products, architecture projects and firms selected from over 1,000 entries for the second edition of Archello's annual awards program.
Park-and-Ride Bus Station: longlisted for Transportation Hub of the Year
Cyrille Weiner
Paris-based ateliers O-S architectes (Vincent Baur, Guillaume Colboc, and Gaël Le Nouëne) has completed the Cesson-Viasilva Park-and-Ride Bus Station in the north-western French city of Rennes. The distinctive 32,000-square-meter (344,445-square-feet) station is a key part of the city’s sustainable mobility initiatives.
ateliers O-S architectes (Vinc... More
News • News • 10 Jul 2024
Kivinen Rusanen Architects completes an architectural Finnish substation with custom-made water-struck bricks
Finnish architectural studio Kivinen Rusanen Architects has completed the Tammisto Electricity Substation in Vantaa, a city in southern Finland (around 20 kilometers from Helsinki). This substation has served the Helsinki metropolitan area as a central power grid hub for many decades and its older systems required modernization. The studio’s approach provides an urban infrastructural facility with an architectural quality; the use of custom-made water-struck bricks laid in different masonry patterns imbues the substation with a sense of warmth and depth.
Tuomas Kivinen
Kivinen Rusanen Architects
“The architectural goal was to give a unified appearance to the new and newly improved buildings and structures on t... More
News • News • 9 Jun 2024
Wonder Bridge by SPF:a: Vital transportation link stands as a symbol of innovation and artistic expression
Spanning a busy highway in Paso Robles, California, Wonder Bridge by acclaimed architecture firm SPF:a is a striking example of modern engineering and design that seamlessly integrates functionality with aesthetic appeal. This architectural marvel serves as a vital transportation link and stands as a symbol of innovation and artistic expression.
Mike Kelley
Bisected by a busy highway with only one controlled intersection, the Paso Robles hamlet of Lost Hills was essentially cleaved in half before the construction of the Wonder Bridge. Transited by large trucks, the highway presented a significant barrier to pedestrians looking to cross safely. SPF:a was engaged to design the bridge at a location directly adjacent to Lost Hil... More
News • News • 7 May 2024
Wood Marsh emphasizes color and form in new Melbourne rail stations
Melbourne-based architectural studio Wood Marsh has completed the development of Bell and Preston rail stations as part of Victoria’s extensive Level Crossing Removal Project. The two stations embrace color and form as tools for placemaking and include new green spaces. The incorporation of Indigenous design elements helps to bolster inclusivity and foster opportunities for cultural learning.
Peter Bennetts
Peter Bennetts
Bell and Preston stations form two key parts of a considerable redevelopment taking place along the Mernda Line, a metro train line in Melbourne, Victoria. Four level crossings were removed by elevating the line, creating a green space equivalent to the size of three Melbourne Cricket Grounds.... More
News • Specification • 23 Jan 2024
10 infrastructure projects that use timber in their construction
When thinking about infrastructure projects, it is perhaps more common to visualize mass concrete behemoths, from roads to bridges and bus stations to airport terminals. The use of timber in infrastructure projects increases their aesthetic appeal, and more importantly, helps to reduce the overall amount of embodied carbon, thereby improving sustainability of the built environment.
Infrastructure projects require long structural spans and strength for high-capacity use, areas in which timber, notably mass timber, is increasingly finding favor with architects and engineers.
In a report by the World Green Building Council, “a global network catalyzing the uptake of sustainable built environments for everyone, everywhere,” the or... More
News • News • 25 Jan 2022
Simple and robust Paris Metro Line reaches great depths with an impressive structural concept
Located at the base of the Paris judicial tribunals, the new Porte de Clichy station by AZC Atelier Zündel Cristea and ARCHITRAM is part of the northern extension of Metro Line 14. Relatively bare, the station is emblematic of the extension project as a whole with its great main spaces organised and designed according to rational principles of simplicity and robustness. It is one of four new stations covering 5.8 km of tunnel tracks and serving approximately 96,000 additional inhabitants.
Sergio Grazia
Given the highly urban nature and presence of other ongoing projects in the surroundings, co-operation and joint activity with these construction projects were essential. Further to this, the great depth required for the platforms... More
News • News • 10 Jun 2021
Chybik + Kristof Architects preserve Brutalist architectural heritage while advocating for positive social change through their redesign of the Zvonarka Central Bus Terminal
In Brno, Czech Republic, Chybik + Kristof Architects have completed the redesign of Zvonarka Central Bus Terminal. The project saw the architects actively engage in preserving the existing Brutalist structure – a steel supporting frame and concrete roof – and its original identity, preserving and reflecting an important part of the city’s architectural identity.
Alex Shoots Buildings
Stressing the station’s central role in the city and the region’s sociocultural fabric, the project is further a rethink of a decaying transportation hub and public space, adapting and responding to current social needs.
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Constructed in 1988, Brno’s Zvonarka Central Bus Terminal has long been considered one... More