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Frame and Form (Structure and Form) was born with the modest desire to promote and disseminate structural design culture [...]


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7 September, 2009

Bridge Week: Infinity Bridge (II)

Juan Tirado. maloregularbuenomuy buenoexcelente (1 Votes, average: 5.00 of 5)
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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 [...]

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31 August, 2009

Bridge Week: Infinity Bridge (In)

Juan Tirado. maloregularbuenomuy buenoexcelente (1 Votes, average: 5.00 of 5)
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In the northeast of England, in the municipality of Stockton-on-Tees, has constructed a new footbridge over the River Tees: “The infinity bridge”.
This original bridge was the winner of a competition proposal(open RIBA design competition)held in 2003. Formed by two unequal arcs has a design intended to transcend its own structural pattern and aspired to become the icon [...]

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