Architype Review - The World's Leading Online Architectural Publication - Innovative Architects. Oasys Software. Introduction In 2006, Australia's Queensland State Government established a design brief and an extremely challenging “not to be exceeded” budget for a new bridge in the state capital, Brisbane, to “provide a link from the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in the South Bank Precinct to Tank Street in the Central Business District”.
The objective was to deliver by 2009 a landmark pedestrian and cycle bridge – “architecturally striking”, and sympathetic and complementary to its prominent location. The creative partnership of contractor Baulderstone, engineer Arup, and architect Cox Rayner produced the scheme for the 430m long tensegrity Kurilpa Bridge (Aboriginal for “place for water rats”), a bold fusion of art and science featuring a striking array of masts, cables, and flying steel spars, winning the design competition in 2007. Key statistics. Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Winner of the 2002 RIBA Stirling Prize (see link below for recent BBC Culture Show clip), this bridge across the River Tyne has become a landmark for the north-east of England and a catalyst for local regeneration.
The bridge links Newcastle’s thriving north bank with the Gateshead Quays arts and cultural quarter. The bridge is essentially two graceful curves, one forming the deck and the other supporting it, spanning between two islands running parallel to the quaysides. These pivot around their common springing points to allow shipping to pass beneath, using an innovative rotational movement similar to that of a slowly opening eyelid. Weltstadthaus Peek & Cloppenburg, Cologne 2005. Zaha hadid: heydar aliyev cultural centre - progress. First image 'heydar aliyev cultural centre' by zaha hadid architects in baku, azerbaijan all images courtesy zaha hadid architects currently under construction, 'heydar aliyev cultural centre' by internationally renowned architect zaha hadid is a new facility consisting of a museum, library and conference centre in baku, the republic of azerbaijan. playing an important role in the urban development of the site, the design will define a new neighbourhood designated for residential, offices, hotel and commercial centre arranged around a new outdoor piazza. within context exterior view main entry.