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THE LONDON BOROUGH of Wandsworth wants to build a bridge going across the Thames.
The bridge will link the Nine Elms area on the south to Pimlico on the north.
The competition brief says that it has “the potential to become one of the most expressive and visible landmarks in London” and will link the urban north shore with an almost entirely newly built south side.
The organisers want a bridge that is “inspiring, elegant and functional in its design and perfect in its execution”. It has a budget of around £40 million.
To actually build the bridge, the borough is holding an open design competition and some of the entries are spectacular:
Which one is your favourite? Let us know in the comments.
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What is Christ’s name is that last one all about?
It’s a bridge too far!
Get with the times, Charles … this is the 21st century
It looks like an oil slick.
Thank’s Jacinta, I work with Architects quiet a lot but Jaysus, that one is a bit mad!
You work with architects and you cant spell the word “quite” right!
Why would working with architects make his spelling better?
What’s with the bitchiness? anyone’s comment on aesthetics is valid as long as it’s not ignorant or offensive.
Sorry Jacinta, autocorrect is a b*tch!
Or “thanks”…
@keith ellis – genius :-)
Not sure about the practicalities of it Charles, but I do find it aesthetically pleasing.
All bridges look like that, after downing some acid.
So is Ja…….. ;)
Jacinta it’s can’t, not cant.
This really shows how much we get burned in Ireland for public projects. The Samuel Beckett bridge cost €60 million yet look at what they will get in London for £40 million, bearing in mind the Thames is way wider than the Liffey.
Those are competition entries a bit like the texaco children’s art competition. They have to prove that they can be built for £40million. Which undoubtedly some of them can’t.
I don’t know whether this will go to the right person because its on mobile.
But comparing the cost of Beckett in Dublin to London is crazy.
1. Our bridge opens and shuts.
2. Competitions are often costed cheaper with more emphasis on the sale than the structural or economic viability of the scheme. Any one of these could cost 2-3 times more
Also Spiderman, is the Samuel Beckett bridge open to traffic? It looks like this one will only be pedestrian and bikes. That I would imagine would have a huge impact on the cost.
You seem to have overlooked the small matter of them being different currencies…. £40 million GBP is about €55 million.
But the Thames is a much wider river in the heart of London which means buying land at either end which would be cheap.
The one with the waterfall flowing down the sides of it is my favourite, seriously unique.
Nothing like the new proposed bridge for ennistymon.
It’s grey I heard …
I think the Beckett bridge in Dublin looks far more functional and beautiful than these bridges..
Are you using your glasses
With a £40 million budget some of those designs would be lucky to be half built before the cash ran out.
In this country a 40M wouldnt even get a stone laid, – consultants need to be paid first from the State’s bossom don’t ya know
Each one looks like a different stage in Mario Kart!
Just don’t lose the remote control.
Love the random horse standing on bridge 39!
If there was a fire on the last one how would you know?
Bridge 60 looks like someone couldn’t think of anything and just scribbled on a page
With the shit that going on in this country, I’m sorry, I couldn’t care less what they do in London.
I like the first, third, fifth and sixth bridges. They’re modern, but not enough to make them look out of place. I especially love the water flowing out of the side of the fifth one, it’s something that I don’t think has been done before. It’s unique
The 5th……..!!
I prefer 006 but they are all lovely. Pity it’s not number 007 then it could b called ‘bond bridge’
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