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Wild designs – and fierce opposition – for another new bridge across the Thames

United Kingdom Architecture News - Feb 27, 2015 - 10:02   5200 views

Wild designs – and fierce opposition – for another new bridge across the Thames

Special spans … over 70 entries have been received in a competition for a new bridge between Pimlico and Nine Elms. Photograph: Wandsworth council

From bridges shaped like mandolins to funicular railways and twinkling pink loop-the-loops, architects unveil their ambitious schemes for a new crossing between Pimlico and Nine Elms in London. Here are the most eye-catching.There are waterfalls and go-faster striped cycle lanes, funhouses and fairy lights, as well as a handful of odd things to which no words can do justice......Continue Reading

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