Hi, I'm not sure if this is where I should be posting this but I am currently in the 4th year of architecture at Dundee University,Scotland and I am looking for precedents of buildings that bridge water like rivers or canals.Any help would be much appreciated and i apologise if this is the wrong area to be posting this.

Saw this in a book about Hugh Ferriss's renderings. It's a proposal from the 1920's by Raymond Hood to have apartments on bridges in New York. Hope this helps.

Quam,

This isn't a structure that bridges the water, but thought it was pretty cool.

http://www.h2olland.nl/thema_4.xml.html

of course this one by Aldo Rossi... The floating Theatre would travel to towns along the water ways... very cool... but not sure if this helps...

i am not sure about 'bridging' a river... but Vito Acconci's floating island on the Mur in Graz maybe a good precedent?

*dammit, so many projects i am meant to post on the travel forum!*

This one's from my home town. Still occupied.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Taylor_Bridge,_Brisbane

oh, while i am at it... another one

http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.epr.co.uk/images/Bridge-House-01_315.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.epr.co.uk/architect_offices_bridge_house.html&h=315&w=292&sz=41&tbnid=Q1a-KTf2JA7thM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=104&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbridge%2Bhouse%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D

http://www.caed.calpoly.edu/polycanyon/bridgehouse.html

thanks guys, your help has been much appreciated

and the big standard... Ponte Vecchio, Firenze :D

You did'nt tell us if it were to be contemporary... :D

Gaissau, Vorarlberg
arch. Hermann Kaufmann
Photos Ignacio Martinez

Bis

i am not sure about 'bridging' a river... but Vito Acconci's floating island on the Mur in Graz maybe a good precedent?

*dammit, so many projects i am meant to post on the travel forum!*

That is great structure, but the scale is strange. It really holds 300 people?

Houses as bridge
- PPB2 forum (http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1408&page=1&pp=10) :)

That is great structure, but the scale is strange. It really holds 300 people?

yes

ryo
Can I ask you a personnal question ?
Are you a japanese?(because I find it in your Avatar)

diller & scofidio: the blur building


computer sketch of the 'blur building'
courtesy of diller and scofidio

ryo
Can I ask you a personnal question ?
Are you a japanese?(because I find it in your Avatar)
yes, I am :D

I am like :"Oh my god..." ---- Japanese ?!

I could never tell.....

... yea, but Takeshi would be the 100% one, Digdoi is 50%, Ryo-san has some Belgian % :D :D

James Cutler, Bainbridge Island, Bridge House
(images from Cutler Anderson Architects web site)

http://www.caed.calpoly.edu/polycanyon/bridgehouse.html

Gday Bruce,

Can you tell me more about this university?, the 'experimental construction laboratory' is a amazing initiative!, that would be excellent to be involved in.