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Mcdowell+Benedetti Announced Winner of Landmark River Footbridge HullLondon based architects and urban designers McDowell+Benedetti have won a major international design competition for a new landmark opening footbridge on the River Hull in East Yorkshire.
The competition was launched by Citybuild in May 2005 to provide pedestrian access from the historic city centre to a new civic quarter being developed on the East Bank, called "The Boom".
McDowell+Benedetti' s winning scheme allows pedestrians the unique experience of riding on the bridge while it is actually opening, a world first.
The generous width of the bridge creates a new public space in its own right, linking plazas on both banks, and will feature an indoor space which can be used for meetings, events and exhibitions, or as a café or shop.
Working with structural engineers Alan Baxter & Associates and Yorkshire-based mechanical / electrical engineers and contractors Qualter Hall, McDowell+Benedetti have designed the bridge as a distinctive curving sculptural form and new riverscape landmark.
It sits level with the east and west banks and rotates 90 degrees to open the route to river traffic when required.
In contrast to the river's industrial character and muddy tones, the bridge is sleek and sensuous and clad with a robust black non-slip recycled rubber finish, which has a tactility and acoustic quality that encourag
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