I built them with an old mechano game (that was real steelwork, before the plastic Lego things) I got from my grandfather.
This is about bridges, always a challenge to architects and engineers.
This is about bridges that connect people (and sometimes disconnect them when they become, as in cold-war Berlin, a point of prisoners' exchange).
This sequence will show real bridges: ancient, newly built, and some projects. Some were destroyed and rebuilt. Some I didn't quote as they are all too well known (Roman bridges, Venice bridges not to speak of the London bridge and its singsong and the Niagara Falls Bridge).
They all have in common one thing: a visionary beauty.
Millau Viaduct - France
Henderson Waves - SIngapore
Stari Mostar -Bosnia
Lankawi Sky Bridge - Malaysia
Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge - China
Chapel Bridge Luzern - Switzerland
(A bridge I so often crossed)
Helix Bridge - Singapore
Cherrapunji Bridge - India
Creek Bridge Project - Dubai
Halsteren Bridge - Netherlands
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Project
Infinity Bridge Project - Dubai
Infinity Bridge Stockton - UK
Paddington Bridge - UK
Pearl River Necklace Bridge Hong Kong to China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzY8L4IUnU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzY8L4IUnU4
Rainbow Bridge - Tokyo
Rakotz Kromlau - Germany
Shaharah Bridge - Yemen
Capilano Suspension Bridge at Xmas - Vancouver Canada
Ohmigawd! I love Meccano. I "played" with it as both child and adult. In later life, I even hired an employee based on the fact he revealed during the interview that he played with Meccano. You owe your grandfather a great debt of gratitude.
ReplyDeleteOur Sole told me She loved bridges; I often photographed them in my travels for Her enjoyment.
Well said, Captain, well said :-)
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