A freeway bridge linking historically divided sides of Washington, D.C. on either side of the Anacostia River is set to become a vibrant, High-Line-style elevated park. OMA + OLIN have been ...
Five blade-like beams slice into the sky when this cantilevered footbridge in London's Merchant Square rises to make way for boats moving along the Grand Union Canal. The movement of its dynamic ...
Messing around with money-saving shortcuts or failing to understand basic physics can have deadly consequences when it comes to engineering structures like suspension bridges, dams, towers and ...
Ubiquitous in nature and mathematics, spirals are beautiful to look at and provide a structure that's strong and stable, so it's no surprise that they turn up so often in architecture, too. ...
Shaped like an apostrophe and bearing a shark-inspired fin, the Scale Lane Bridge in Hull, England allows pedestrians to go along for the ride when it swings open to allow ships passage. Made of ...
Even ordinary bridges are complex structures, but add in multiple levels, undulating ribbons of steel, elements that dip into the water or roads that split into scissor-like blades and you've ...
Soaring above the city streets, spanning towering skyscrapers or simply providing links between buildings at lower heights, skybridges often host gardens, observation decks and even swimming ...
A digital and mechanical module that fastens onto bridges and connects via retractable strings to a wearable suit creates a 'human harp,' a musical collaboration between the user and the bridge. ...
An abandoned, deteriorating bridge in the city of Kosice in Slovakia has been rehabbed and modified to serve as an amphitheater and public gathering space that glows in bright rainbow colors at ...
Durable by design and situated by necessity in difficult to access locations, train trestles are often all that remain when railroads are closed and abandoned. ...
