Penda designs Olympic bridge made up of intersecting rings
Architecture studio Penda has teamed up with engineering firm Arup to design a bridge made up of overlapping rings for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. More
Architecture studio Penda has teamed up with engineering firm Arup to design a bridge made up of overlapping rings for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. More
British architect Crispin Wride has released his own concept for a Garden Bridge in London, which he claims is more cost-efficient than Thomas Heatherwick's proposal and more imaginative then the alternative suggested by Allies and Morrison. More
London mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen a building project for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge to ensure no more public money is committed to the £175 million scheme. More
This stepped timber bridge was built by a team of architecture students from the University of Hong Kong to provide a meeting place for residents of a rural community in southern China (+ slideshow). More
Architecture firm Allies and Morrison has revealed an alternative to Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge for London – planting trees on the existing Thames crossing at Blackfriars. More
This elevated walkway by Glenn Howells Architects meanders through the treetops at the Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire, England. More
An assortment of different pathways encourage pedestrians to "wander and get lost" on this bridge in Tehran, designed by Iranian architect Leila Araghian (+ slideshow). More
Engineering firm Ney & Partners and architects office William Matthews Associates have been selected to design a bridge for the historic English castle village of Tintagel where, according to legend, King Arthur was conceived. More
Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge has moved one step closer to reality with the appointment of a building contractor, despite calls for the project to be halted from a number of key figures. More
Architects and engineers from Arup Associates teamed up to design this curvaceous pedestrian and cycling bridge, which has been built over the inlet of the Swan River in Perth, Australia (+ slideshow). More
This weathering steel bridge by Branch Studio Architects spans a quadrangle at a secondary school in Melbourne's western suburbs, forming an art gallery and viewpoint for students en route to class (+ slideshow). More
Farrells has proposed a series of low-level bridges over the River Thames to help stimulate water-side development in east London. More
Work starts this week on a huge bridge made up of 10 pairs of arches, designed by architect Michael Maltzan to replace the iconic Art-Deco Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More
This enclosed bridge with a geometric black and white facade connects a hotel to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, helping visitors pass between the two even in the depths of winter. More
A pair of hollow red pyramids support the weight of these bridges that span the mouth of the river Elliðaár in the Icelandic capital (+ slideshow). More
Moxon Architects has designed a pedestrian bridge with an extremely thin steel base to span Regent's Canal in London, as part of the major regeneration works underway near King's Cross station. More
Architect Rafael Viñoly has completed a ring-shaped road bridge that stretches across a lagoon on Uruguay's southern coast (+ slideshow). More
A proposal for two bicycle and pedestrian bridges could connect Chicago's industrial Goose Island to surrounding neighbourhoods and transit points. More
Future Makers: the technology that startup MX3D is developing to 3D print a bridge in Amsterdam could be used to produce "endless" different structures, says Dutch designer Joris Laarman in this exclusive movie. More
The final addition to our alphabetical countdown of contemporary bridges is Zaha Hadid's Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion, which formed the gateway to the World Expo in 2008. More