Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Sackler Crossing by John Pawson
John Pawson's serpentine crossing over a lake in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England, is the latest addition to our alphabetical countdown of iconic contemporary bridges. More
John Pawson's serpentine crossing over a lake in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England, is the latest addition to our alphabetical countdown of iconic contemporary bridges. More
The latest addition to our Christmas countdown of bridges is Thomas Heatherwick's Rolling Bridge in west London, which curls up like a caterpillar to allow boats to pass by. More
The letter Q in the Dezeen A-Zdvent calendar is another design by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava: the fourth bridge to be built in Venice since the 16th century. More
Three enormous helium balloons supported the hazardous elevated pathway of Olivier Grossetête's Pont de Singe, the letter P in our alphabetical countdown of iconic bridge design. More
It's day 15 in our festive countdown of contemporary bridge design. Today's entry is the eight-kilometre-long Øresund Bridge that connects Danish capital Copenhagen with Swedish city Malmö. More
The second addition to Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar by London firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects is a curved suspension bridge in Amsterdam that forks at either end to separate pedestrians from cyclists. More
These new pictures by photography duo Hufton + Crow reveal the curvaceous form of UNStudio's new transport terminal in Arnhem, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More
For the halfway point in our bridge-themed A-Zdvent calendar, we've chosen the Millau Viaduct by Foster + Partners, a colossal bridge that spans a gorge in southern France. More
The letter L in our festive countdown of bridges is the Langkawi Sky Bridge, a cable-stayed structure at the top of a mountain on Malaysia's Langkawi archipelago. More
Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). More
Buckminster Fuller's principles of tensegrity informed the structural design of the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane, the latest addition to the Dezeen A-Zdvent calendar. More
Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava has unveiled designs for three new multi-modal bridges for the growing Chinese city of Huashan (+ slideshow). More
Three 60-metre-high arches crisscross the deck of the Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge in Brasília, which provides the letter J in our alphabetical countdown to Christmas. More
Rising sea levels and a shortage of development sites are leading to a surge of interest in floating buildings, with proposals ranging from mass housing on London's canals to entire amphibious cities in China (+ slideshow). More
The letter I in our Christmas countdown of contemporary bridges is The Infinite Bridge, a circular walkway installed on the Danish coastline to offer visitors panoramic views of their picturesque surroundings. More
Studio Egret West has unveiled a "revolutionary new design vision" for London Underground stations of the future (+ slideshow). More
The double-helix structure of a DNA strand inspired the design of the Singapore Helix Bridge by Cox Architecture, the latest addition to our Christmas countdown. More
One end of this concrete funeral building in Spain by Salas Architecture + Design angles up towards the sky, funnelling light into a waiting room for mourners (+ movie). More
For day seven of our bridge-themed A-Zdvent calendar, the spotlight is on the Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, which tilts open like a blinking eye to allow tall ships to pass. More
The letter F in our festive countdown of bridges is a small looping structure built by a trio of product design students outside the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo. More