#Elevated Transport Infrastructure

Nov 04, 2015
Light Rail & Streetcars

The Netherlands’ Randstadrail

Architects and urban designers may be no fans of elevated transport infrastructure and fair enough. Rarely is the overhead viaduct, rail bridge or elevated freeway a contributor to the urban form. Typically, they sap the very life out of the surrounding area. Notwithstanding that argument, however, is the fact that tunnelling is remarkably more expensive...

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Oct 13, 2015
Design Considerations, Urban Planning & Design

The 10 Most Beautiful Examples of Elevated Transport Infrastructure – Part 2

As I said yesterday, elevated transport infrastructure don’t get no love. In this, the second of two posts, we wrap up our list of the 10 most beautiful examples of elevated public transport infrastructure from around the world. ANY CHARACTER HERE   5. Station Square, Forest Hills Gardens – Queens, New York ANY CHARACTER HERE...

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Oct 09, 2015
Design Considerations

The 10 Most Beautiful Examples Of Elevated Transport Infrastructure – Part 1

Elevated transport infrastructure don’t get no love. Architects and urban designers decry their ugliness and their ability to rip apart neighbourhoods and very few people are willing to step up and argue against that point. But to prove that elevated infrastructure isn’t always the city killer critics claim, we asked readers of The Gondola Project...

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