The Happy Pontist

Now here's a tale of woe. Nathaniel Wright exemplified the manner in which the industrial revolution wrought huge changes on British ...

Yes, yes, I know, it's not really in Manchester. Want to make something of it? No? Good. It's sometimes difficult to imagine ho...

This is the third and last of a set of "souvenir" books I'm featuring which document recent major UK bridge projects. The Or...

The Architect's Journal has revealed that a "funding shortfall" has prevented progress on Salford City Council's Salford ...

Arup and Tonkin Liu have been announced as the winners of the RIBA Salford Meadows bridge design competition. I last mentioned this scheme ...

The four shortlisted entries to the RIBA Salford Meadows footbridge design competition have been made available online , and also as part of...

Wow, now these people are quick. These unsuccessful contest entries were all up on the internet even before the finalists had been announc...

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 th...

What amazing timing, for a new bridge design competition to follow so quickly after IABSE's design contest guidelines event ! Salford ...

This is the second of two new footbridges over the River Irwell, connecting central Manchester to neighbouring Salford. I covered the oth...