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Frame and Form (estructura y forma) was born with the modest desire to promote and disseminate structural design culture. The content of this blog is based on small articles where synthesized information is provided about accomplishments , events, history, contests and curiosities of marked structural works like bridges or buildings. These capsules of information intended [...]

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12 November, 2009

Krúsrak Bridge. Construction Video

If a picture is worth a thousand words, How much is a video? Connecting with the previous article we present an interesting visual piece on the assembly and placement of the bridge Krúsrak of Sneek in the Netherlands.

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10 November, 2009

Krúsrak Bridge. Wood at the highest level

Last 15 April a new bridge was inaugurated in the Dutch city of Sneek. The sexy wooden structure attracts attention of drivers on the motorway A7 passing beneath. This design represents an important step towards the use of sustainable materials in the higher-level structures.

It all started when the government of the Netherlands province of Friesland and the Public Works Department expressed the desire to use more wood in their buildings…