09 October 2013

Shortlist announced for Salford Meadows Bridge Competition

I discussed this contest when it was first announced in June. It was run as an open competition to design a new pedestrian bridge across the River Irwell in Salford, and I predicted the lack of other UK bridge design competitions would make this one very popular.

I didn't guess quite how popular: it attracted 172 entries, from 31 countries, which must be some kind of a record!

Salford Council have just announced the shortlist. These winning submissions will each pick up a £4,000 prize, and go forward to interviews with the judging panel in November to allow an overall winner to be selected.

There are also quite a few of the unsuccessful entries on the internet already, so I'll put together a separate post with those when I get a moment.

Atelier Zündel Cristea, Paris

Mott MacDonald with Moxon Architects, Altrincham and London

Toby Savage Design Limited with Wolfgang Buttress Studio and LDA Design, Stockport

Tonkin Liu Limited with Arup, London
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3 comments:

  1. Ed HollisOctober 10, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    Based on these images alone, my vote's with the Mott Macdonald/Moxon design.

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  2. The Happy PontistOctober 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    There's an image of the 4th design at http://www.salfordonline.com/localnews_page/45742-in_pictures_extraordinary_bridge_building_plans_for_chapel_street_salford.html, I'll add it here once I've confirmed authorship of the images.

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  3. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 10:19 AM

    It seems that, despite your earlier concerns about the feasibility of the entries, the shortlisted designs all had some pretty major bridge engineering firms behind them.

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