Greenville graced with beautiful bridge

Greenville, S.C., is rightfully proud of its beautiful new Liberty Bridge, an ultralight structure that spans the Reedy River in the city’s newly refurbished Falls Park. Designed by Boston’s Rosales Gottenmoeller & Associates in partnership with Schlaich Bergermann and Partner, Stuttgart, Germany, the 380-foot-long cable-stayed suspension bridge spans 200 feet clear and employs two 100-foot-tall towers at a 15-degree angle on one side of the bridge to afford pedestrians a viewing platform and a sweeping vista of the falls. The structure, the first of its kind in the U.S., has just won the 2005 Arthur E. Hayden Medal for outstanding achievement in bridge engineering from the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania. Miguel Rosales, AIA, principal of RGA, reports that the new bridge, which the firm designed to complement rather than dominate the natural beauty of the area, has become an instant icon for the city.--AIArchitect, August 8, 2005

Urban sprawl looks different at $4 a gallon

"The imagined 'bigness' we pride ourselves on here in Dallas is in actuality a weakness. The city marketing slogan, 'Live Large, Think Big,' is really an invitation to live precariously in a world that depends entirely on the exploitation of fossil fuels." —Dean Terry on building livable city.