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Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

Another award winner! The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge has been awarded the Figg Medal for “a single, recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering that, through vision and innovation, provides an icon to the community for which it was designed”.

New Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

BEAM Architects’ new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge features in this quarter’s BD&E magazine. For more details about the project, click here or go to the project website at this link. This is the second time this year that one of our projects has been showcased by the magazine. Last quarter, the Kingston Third Crossing was featured.

Mario M Cuomo Bridge

New York’s new Mario M Cuomo Bridge is now open. The architecture for the cable-stayed replacement of the existing Tappan Zee bridge was developed several years ago by BEaM Director James Marks for the successful contractor. The Employer’s Requirements were developed for the Project Owner by Keith Brownlie who also served on the client’s Blue Ribbon Selection Committee and Aesthetics Advisory Committee.
Click here for more information.

Image: New York State Thruway Authority

Mystic River Footbridge

The City of Boston MA has announced a commitment to fund the permitting and construction of our bridge across the Mystic River in Boston MA. Designed with AECOM, the 240m crossing will link the communities of Everett and Somerville. More information about the proposed design is available here.

Kingston Third Crossing (Waaban Crossing)

Kingston Third Crossing has now officially been named the Waaban Crossing. Work continues placing deck slabs on BEAM’s 1.2km crossing of the Cataraqui River in Ontario. BEAM is providing architectural services to a multi-disciplinary team comprising Kiewit, Hatch and SYSTRA to deliver the first bridge in North America to use an Integrated Project Delivery model.
Click here for a video which documents the installation of the 95m main span.

(Image and Video: Aerosnapper, Kingston)

BEaM are in the RIBA Journal

BEaM has appeared in the “Future Winners” feature of the RIBA journal. Keith Brownlie and James Marks discuss bridge design with Jan-Carlos Kucharek.

To read the article, click here.

Ullevål Stadium Footbridge

Our curvy new footbridge to Oslo’s national stadium is now open. The X-shaped plan form spans a major highway intersection to provide multiple routes to pedestrians and commuter cyclists. BEaM designed the bridge with EFLA Consulting Engineers.
Click here for more information.

Pinwheel Treehouse Opened

BEAM’s third luxury treehouse retreat has just opened to guests. ‘Pinwheel’ is set in a clearing between a ring of mature trees in a discreet corner of the woods at Mallinson’s Woodland Retreat.

Koolangka Bridge, Perth

The Kids’ Bridge at Perth Childrens’ Hospital is now open and has now been named the Koolangka Bridge! BEAM architects designed the original colourful proposal for the 217m long serpentine crossing to Kings Park.

Click here for a video of the installation.

(Image: Stephen Heath)

Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement

The Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach CA is now open to traffic. BEaM acted as Architect for the post-tender design and construction phase, developing technical and visual aspects of the project in accordance with the Employer’s Requirements for Shimmick Construction.
Click here to see a video of the ongoing construction.

Image: Port of Long Beach

BEAM Architects win multiple RIBA Awards

BEAM’s Woodsman’s Treehouse has been awarded an RIBA gong and was pronounced RIBA South West Small Project of the Year 2017. More information is available here at the RIBA website. The treehouse is the first of several being designed and built for Mallinson’s Woodland Retreat.