ResearchGuides: Bridges: Bridge Aesthetics

Picasso on Bridges

"What would be the best bridge? Well, the one which could be reduced to a thread, a line, without anything left over; which fulfilled strictly its function of uniting two separated distances."

- Pablo Picasso, from Stress Ribbon and Cable-Supported Pedestrian Bridges by Jiri Rasky

Beauty of Bridges

Bridgescape: the Art of Designing Bridges by Frederick Gottemoeller
Call Number: TG300 .G67 2004 quarto
Design aesthetically pleasing bridges through this analysis of line, form, color, texture, ornamentation and site placement.
Bridging the World by Robert Cortright
Call Number: TG149 .C67 2003
"Elevate bridges from pieces of the roadway to pieces of art" with over 300 unique photographs of bridges from around the world.
The Architecture of Bridge Design by Edited by David Bennett
Call Number: TG300 .A723 1997
Take a look at views on creative bridge design, both present and future, from leading architects and engineers.
Bridging: Discovering the Beauty of Bridges by Robert Cortright
Call Number: TG300 .C67 1998
View a worldwide selection of structures with "striking aesthetic features."
From One Side to the Other: Bridges by Lennart Olson
Call Number: TR654 .O49 2000 Folio