From 27 th to 29 th April, took place in San Sebastián-Donostia the Second Conference on Bridges, organized by the Spanish Road Association. Form and Frame had the opportunity to attend and now briefly reveals some of the highlights of those days.
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From 27 th to 29 th April, took place in San Sebastián-Donostia the Second Conference on Bridges, organized by the Spanish Road Association. Form and Frame had the opportunity to attend and now briefly reveals some of the highlights of those days. Creator of some of the most spectacular engineering works of the last century, Robert Maillart was one of the first structural designers to understand and explore the possibilities of an innovative material at the time, reinforced concrete.
Bridges ancient treaties gave preference to bridges with an odd number of openings (1 or 3) justified by increased drainage capacity through a central span, and consecrated by an identification of the beauty through the symmetry of the elevation. It is rare to find an old bridge that [...] In the northeast of England, in the municipality of Stockton-on-Tees, has constructed a new footbridge over the River Tees: “The infinity bridge”. |
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