The Architecture of British Bridges

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During the Industrial Revolution, Britain was at the forefront of bridge innovation. Pioneering designers such as George and Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel created Britain' s rich bridge heritage that features many world first and we can learn much from their ground-breaking designs. Written by an experienced bridge architect, this book includes an introduction to bridge aesthetics; it gives an outline of British bridge development and advice on parapet treatment and bridge lighting. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how the best of British bridges marry aesthetic considerations with engineering ingenuity. AUTHOR: Ronald Yee is a chartered bridge architect with nearly forty years' experience of bridging that began as an officer cadet with the Royal Engineers. He is the principal of Yee Associates - an architectural and design practice specialising in the aesthetics of civil engineering - and a part-time lecturer at the University of Kent' s School of Architecture and Planning. Ronald was the architect for a number of major bridges, including Bhumibol Bridges in Thailand, Pont Vasco da Gama in Portugal, and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge in Ireland. 267 colour and 3 b/w photographs, 20 diagrams