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20 June, 2011

Finalists Footbridge 2011. TECHNICAL Category Long Span

To complete the pedestrian bridges finalists according to the prestigious Footbridge Awards 2011, this article presents the best TECHNICAL footbridges opened between 2008 and 2010 whose major span exceeds 75 meters. For more information about each bridge you can click on their title links.

Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane, Australia (+ info)

Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane, Australia (c) Arup

5 October, 2009

Kurilpa Bridge

Yesterday was inaugurated “Kurilpa Bridge” and Brisbane, without doubt a special bridge for many reasons.

First, surprisingly, this design is the result of a design contest and play. This is a joint proposal Baulderstone Pty Ltd (construction company), Cox Rayner Architects and Arup Engineers.

29 December, 2008

Tensegrity, compression islands in a sea of tensions

Tensegrity, basic principle named after Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) mid-twentieth century that applies to structures that are equipped with tensional integrity (Tensegrity = tensional + integrity).Tensegrity system is one that is in a stable self-balanced and consists of a set of discontinuous compression components within [...]