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Heirisson Island Bridge, Perth WA (18/05/2011)
The City of Perth has announced Conybeare Morrison (CM+) architects, as the preferred design team for the Heirisson Island shared path bridge.
The Australian based consultancy comprising CM+, Cardno (bridge & engineering), Context (landscape design), RBB (cost consultant), EZI (dynamics engineers) and Coffey (geotechnical engineers), were chosen from a strong field of leading practices through the open, international, design–tender process.
Colin Polwarth, Associate Director of CM+ said:
“The Heirisson Island bridge will be a significant design statement at the entrance to the sculpture park and will be an elegant, innovative, suspension bridge commensurate with Perth’s brand and stature as Western Australia’s art capital.”
Peter Boesch, Cardno bridge engineer commented that the bridge represents an advancement in engineering and a design that looks forward to the future.
The curved deck with a single span over 180 metres long is asymmetrically suspended over the Swan River supported by two feature pylons. Users of the bridge will experience panoramic, uninterrupted and elevated views over the Swan River to the city and over the sculpture park on Heirisson Island.
The long span and curving profile of the bridge will create a dynamic entry statement to the sculpture park. With gently rising and changing viewpoints towards the centre of the bridge, a floating effect to the journey across the river will be created.
Bill Morrison, CM+ Director said:
“We sought to achieve a sophisticated response to the city, the environment, culture and to create a defining sculptural entry to the wonders on Heirisson Island. We look forward to working with the City of Perth to bring this exciting structure to completion.”
To view an animation of the Heirisson Island Bridge, please go to the Animations section on the home page of this website.
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The London Promenade, London UK (17/05/2011)
Our proposal to develop a pedestrian promenade linking Festival Hall to Tower Bridge and beyond (a distance of some 3 kilometres) has been presented to the Office of the Mayor of London and we await their interest in incorporating aspects of the project for the London Olympic upgrade. The concept is to develop barrier free access on the South Bank, to link the many cultural institutions and to provide a new focus for the appreciation of London, its central open spaces and The Thames.
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