Inauguration of the The Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge in Bordeaux on March 16, 2013. A true architectural and technical feat, the Chaban-Delmas Bridge, stands out as the highest vertical lift bridge…

Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century…

let’s swing a’round the clock! The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a moveable navigable aqueduct in Barton upon Irwell, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal. The…

François Valentiny (born March 13, 1953) is a Luxembourgish architect. After his studies in architecture at the Ecole d’Architecture de Nancy and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in 1980…

Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. In the late 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor was acclaimed for his…

Ralph Freeman was an English civil engineer. Sir Ralph is best remembered for his design work on the Sydney Harbour Bridge (I will write a post on March 19 on…

Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 – November 6, 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In 1936 he attended the Art School of the…

Julian Wild has been making sculpture for 30 years. After graduating from Kingston University, Wild worked as an assistant to Damian Hirst before developing his own career path. Wild has…

Peckham Library is a Stirling Prize-winning library of steel and concrete, renowned for its innovative form. Will Alsop made a name for himself with bold,