The Happy Pontist

Setting out on the first day of the IABSE study tour of bridges in Switzerland, we were told by our Swiss guides that many local civil engin...

In early November, the IABSE British Group organised a trip to Switzerland to make a study tour of various classic bridges, both historic ...

RIBA have announced a new competition for the design of a £1.5m foot and cycle bridge in Leicester, connecting the National Space Centre t...

The title says it all: Arup & JDA Architects have won the River Douglas footbridge competition . As predicted here in September , the wi...

There are two new iconic bridge proposals in the news this week, both unusual variants on the classic cable-stayed bridge form, one an innov...

Steel? Psshaw. Concrete is best for iconic bridges The new chairman of the Concrete Bridge Development Group , David Ball, reckons concrete ...

This is the fourth (and, for now, final) post in a series collecting together entries to recent RIBA footbridge design competitions. The oth...