Tag: Bridges
ARM Architecture’s HOTA Green Bridge opens
A sculptural bridge designed by ARM Architecture is the newest addition to the Gold Coast’s arts and cultural precinct.
Botanical healing at the end of rainbow-coloured Kids Bridge
A pedestrian bridge from Perth Children’s Hospital to Kings Park could provide the potential for healing therapies in nature.
Denton Corker Marshall completes gateway to Hobart’s war memorial precinct
Denton Corker Marshall has completed a new gateway to Hobart’s war memorial precinct, the 200-metre-long Bridge of Remembrance.
American Institute of Architects recognizes Melbourne’s Tanderrum Bridge
John Wardle Architects and NADAAA’s footbridge to the Australian Open won an award from the American Institute of Architects.
Construction begins on $40m bike and pedestrian bridge in Sydney
Work has begun on the construction of a cycle and pedestrian bridge in Sydney’s North Ryde, designed by KI Studio.
Competing bridge plan resurrected as work begins on Queen’s Wharf footbridge
The Queensland Government has set aside $230,000 to develop a business case for a bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing the Brisbane River, a day after works began on building a footbridge nearby.
Perth Stadium set to open
The 60,000-seat Perth Stadium, designed by Hassell, Cox Architecture, and HKS Sport and Entertainment, will open to the public on 21 January.
Tanderrum Bridge receives Victorian Premier’s Design Award
Tanderrum Bridge by John Wardle Architects and NADAAA has received the 2017 Premier’s Design Award for Architectural Design.
The humour of ‘aluminium and concrete’: Short film satirizes Perth’s ‘sub-par’ bridges
A comedy video produced by a group of concerned Perth locals in turn celebrates and lambasts the city’s bridges.
Australia’s first diagonal span arch bridge mooted for Parramatta
A proposed “practical and stylish” footbridge designed by Archipelago and Lat27 is set to become a new landmark of Parramatta.
Revised designs for ‘dramatic’ Queen’s Wharf bridge released
The Queensland government has released a revised design for a new bridge for the Brisbane CBD as part of the Queen’s Wharf development, designed by Grimshaw Architects.
‘Sinuous,’ ‘slender’ Perth footbridge to be constructed locally after offshore delays
A Denton Corker Marshall and Parry and Rosenthal Architects-designed pedestrian bridge linking east Perth to the new Perth Stadium will now be fabricated locally.
Denton Corker Marshall designs new bridge for Hobart
Denton Corker Marshall has been appointed to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge in Hobart that will connect two of the city’s most significant public spaces.
John Wardle Architects, NADAAA-designed Tanderrum Bridge opens
A new footbridge designed by John Wardle Architects and NADAAA not only links two public spaces but also joins together significant places of democracy and egalitarianism.
Architect selected for Swan Street Bridge upgrade
The Victorian government has awarded the contract to design the $30 million redevelopment of Melbourne’s Swan Street Bridge.
Designs for Swan Street Bridge upgrade unveiled
John Wardle Architects, BKK Architects, Sally Draper Architects and Watson Architecture and Design are in a head-to-head in a contest to design the Melbourne’s Swan Street Bridge.
A tale of two bridges
Two new footbridges in Australian capital cities opened in June and July 2014.
Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP)
Room 11 completes its award-winning work at the Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park in Tasmania.
Striking suspension
A string of new suspension bridges are opening along the 84-km New Zealand Cycle Trail.
Bridging the Suburbs
Strangeness in suburbia. Lippmann Associates have designed a series of carefully crafted pedestrian bridges for Sydney “black spots”. Catherine Martin looks at the first bridge at Fairfield.
