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JAYSON + MICHAEL’S HISTORY BEFORE BLIGHT RAYNER
Before Blight Rayner - Kurilpa Pedestrian Bridge © Christopher Frederick Jones
Before Blight Rayner - Kurilpa Pedestrian Bridge © Christopher Frederick Jones
Before Blight Rayner - Kurilpa Pedestrian Bridge © Christopher Frederick Jones
Before Blight Rayner - Kurilpa Pedestrian Bridge © Christopher Frederick Jones
Before Blight Rayner - Kurilpa Pedestrian Bridge © Christopher Frederick Jones

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Kurilpa Pedestrian Bridge

Brisbane, 2006-09

The result of a Government-led competition setting the construction cost and asking builders to combine with an architect and produce a design expressive of the sub-tropical city. The tensegrity structure arose from a pragmatic need to minimise thickness of the deck (in order to minimise the length of ramps down at each end). This structure relies upon masts and cables for its stability rather than the deck as in conventional bridge systems. The design algorithm was orchestrated so that the structure resembles a ‘frozen ballet,’ leading from the CBD across to Brisbane’s cultural precinct.

Client

Queensland Government

 

Attribution

Michael Rayner was the Project Director for Kurilpa Bridge when working at Cox Architecture t/a Cox Rayner.

 

Project Awards

World Architecture Festival Transport Building of the Year 2011 • AIA QLD Karl Langer Award for Urban Design 2010

 

Photography

Christopher Frederick Jones