Tag: Bridges
Two new car-free bridges for Perth CBD
Two proposed pedestrian and cycle bridges will provide a new gateway into the Perth CBD, spanning across the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) from the eastern banks of Point Fraser, over Heirisson Island to Victoria Park foreshore.
Plans released for Hobart bridge refurbishment
The Tasmanian government has released concept designs by GHD for a $130 million upgrade to the bridge linking Hobart’s eastern and western shores.
Concept design for Brisbane pedestrian and cycle bridge
The Queensland government has released designs for a half-kilometre pedestrian and cycle bridge that would be a “signature element” for the surrounding area.
Two more green bridges for Brisbane
Brisbane City Council has released concept designs for bridges linking West End with St Lucia and Toowong.
Another green bridge design finalized for Brisbane
Brisbane City Council has finalized its design for the $67 million Breakfast Creek pedestrian and cycle bridge that will link Newstead to Albion
Design team appointed for Kangaroo Point bridge
Brisbane architecture firm Blight Rayner and landscape architecture practice Aspect Studios are part of the consortium appointed to deliver Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point bridge.
Century old Brisbane pipe dream to become reality
A bridge connecting Brisbane CBD and Kangaroo Point, first proposed in the 1860s, will soon be a reality.
Historic Indigenous figures inspire $50m Perth bridge
Early designs for a proposed pedestrian and cycle bridge in Perth take inspiration from the stories of two key Indigenous figures associated with an island in the Swan river.
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.