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Sep. 17, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 4 – Colour

I’ve often thought that the Australians use colour in their modern architecture so much better than we do.  (You can…
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Sep. 17, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelles in Calgary

No shortage of irony here: just as “Get Moving B.C.” is comparing us to Calgary to justify more bridges for cars,…
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Sep. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 3 – Woodward’s

Not complete yet – but now the primary tower has topped out: Say what you will about the appropriatemess of…
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Sep. 12, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Venice

Brice Maryman of Seattle sends in this passerelle in Venice by Calatrava – a bridge that not everyone in Venice…
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Sep. 11, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 2 – King Edward Village

I really like this. A commanding tower on a key intersection at Knight and Kingsway. And like a knight, King…
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Sep. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 1 – Golden Ears Bridge

I’ve been doing a bit of travelling this last week, mainly around the region.  In the next few days, some…
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Sep. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

Favourite Places

Not sure why, but Buenos Aries seems to have become the place-to-go.  Friends rave.  Like Dave Salter, who sends these…
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Aug. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-London

Stephen Rees asks whether anyone has sent a pic of the Millennium Footbridge in London – the newest passerrelle with the highest profile…
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Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelles – Even More Bridge Love

PT reader John sent in some links to his favourites: Another view from this one of the Millennium Bridge in…
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Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Bridge Love (continued)

Keep ’em coming, folks.  Here’s a favoured passerelle from PT reader Chris: The Esplanade Riel was built in Winnipeg a…
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Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle – Personal Favourites

Here’s Rob Richings favourite passerelle – the Millennium Bridge in Newcastle, UK – mentioned in the Observer article. The bridge…
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Aug. 27, 2008 / Gordon Price

Loving the Bridge

More bridges, (passerelle division). Stephen Bayley of The Observer writes here about the love affair architects have with pedestrian bridges:…
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Aug. 26, 2008 / Gordon Price

One More Thom

Architect Bing Thom always gives good quote – and Michael McCarthy passes on a few choice observations in the recent…
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Aug. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

Another City, Another Passerelle

This time it’s Singapore that’s building a low-level pedestrian bridge at Marina Bay: The design is by the Cox Group…

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