Design Firms OMA and OLIN Collaborate on a Garden Bridge in Washington, D.C.
, 11th Street Bridge ParkFor generations Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River has been a dividing line between Capitol Hill. – Architectural Digest
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For generations Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River has been a dividing line between Capitol Hill. – Architectural Digest
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The organizers behind the 11th Street Bridge Park have picked a design that could be the city’s most brilliant piece of architecture in decades. – Greater Greater Washington
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Like other elevated parks, the 11th Street Bridge Park project will be built on out-of-use infrastructure; in this case it’s an aging freeway that stretches over the Anacostia River. – Wired
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Rem Koolhaas’s practice manages to close the gap between two distinct Washington DC communities. – Phaidon
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The proposed new space would not only be a marquee feature in the increasingly vibrant and economically booming nation’s capital, but, as OLIN partner Hallie Boyce puts it, the proposed new cantilever bridge would “knit together two distinct communities to make it really a world class city and act as a model for social equity.” – NPR
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After a months long design competition, which was narrowed down to four final designs in September, a winner has been selected for the 11th Street Bridge Park. And it features waterfalls. And an amphitheater. And a hammock grove. – DCist
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After Wednesday’s announcement that the 11th Street Bridge Park project has been awarded to the design team of OMA and Olin, developers of the urban park gave new details about what the winning architects and landscape designers have in mind. – The Washington Post
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The 11th Street Bridge Park Competition jury unanimously selected OMA, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and OLIN, based in Philadelphia, to design a park in Southeast Washington, D.C. – Architect Magazine
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Washington, D.C. is getting its own elevated park and it’s a roomier, less polite and ultimately more community-minded affair. – Mother Nature Network
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The Anacostia River currently divides part of D.C., but plans for a new walkway might transform that, making some people near the old 11th Street Bridge hopeful. – ABC 7 – WJLA
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