A team of Buro Happold and Explorations Architecture has won the competition to design a new foot and cycle bridge crossing the River Soar close to the National Space Centre in Leicester, England. The announcement comes just days after the same team won a competition for a rail bridge in Ireland.
The winning design is for a white concrete self-anchored suspension bridge.
The Soar project was promoted by Leicester Regeneration Company and Leicester City Council. James Sinclair of Leicester Regeneration said: "The whole process of the design competition has been really worthwhile and has allowed us to select a winner from a shortlist of exceptional proposals. The successful design spans the river with a lightness of touch and it has a gently arching deck, counterbalanced by sweeping structural cables which dip below the deck level to give a symmetrical and orderly profile and uninterrupted views of the river."
The design team will now work closely with the client to refine the design and deliver the project.
The competition was organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The other shortlisted entrants were Allies and Morrison with Price and Myers; Knight Architects with Gifford and Partners; Moxon Architects with Arup; McDowell + Benedetti with Arup and Ramboll Whitbybird.
