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| The bridge links two areas of very different scale.
On the one side a vast commercial development and on the other
the more delicate proportions of 19th century warehouses and
a quayside piazza. By creating a low floating structure emphasis
is placed on the horizontal stretch of water rather than the
vertical dominance of Canary Wharf. The slender form is evocative
of a brightly coloured insect touching the water as lightly
as a water skater, allowing pedestrians to feel the water as
they cross. Colour is central to the concept – like a
laser beam of light the bridge skims the dock with a piercing
lime green line, the sense of perspective exaggerated by the
tapering plan of the deck. |
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Completion
Contract Value
Span
Client
Structural Engineer
Services Engineer
Quantity Surveyor
Contractor |
1996
£1.2 million
80m
London Docklands Development Corporation
Anthony Hunt Associates
Rendel Palmer & Tritton
Bucknall Austin
Littlehampton Welding |
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