Overseas team wins Network Rail footbridge design competition

By Hamish Champ2018-12-14T12:50:00

Winning entry described as “bold, elegant and uncluttered”

A team of European architects has won a competition to come up with a new footbridge for Network Rail.

The design by Danish practice Gottlieb Paludan Architects and Czech Republic-based firm and bridge specialist Strasky, Husty and Partners saw off more than 120 entries from 19 countries worldwide to win the competition, jointly run by the rail infrastructure company and the RIBA.

The competition was looking for ideas that were “innovative, challenged presumptions and raised expectations for the quality of future design”.

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