Engineering Is Art: 200 – 249
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Every weekday I stalk the internet for photographs of engineering (actually, it’s every two weeks, thanks to the wonderful world of scheduling; but let’s not let the truth stand in the way of a good image) to share with you all. The purpose is the result of a long forgotten discussion of whether or not engineering is art- to celebrate the built environment beyond the aesthetics generated by architecture.
This is the fifth gallery to come from the #EngineeringIsArt series. If none of this 50 image collection compacts your concrete; you can always look back on 000 to 049, 050 to 099, 100-149 and 150-199. And finally, here are pictures 200 to 249 in the undeniable proof that engineering is art…
- Xstrata Walkway (London) Engineering trees. (Photographer)
- Floating Bridge (US-WA) Anchoring the cables to ground. (Photographer)
- Lumina Towers (US-CA) Scaffold to the future. (Photographer)
- Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo) Real modular construction. (Photographer)
- Wacol (Brisbane) Precast tunnel linings. (Photographer)
- Tapiei 101 (Taiwan) Tuned Massive Damper. (Photographer)
- Waffle Slab (Seattle) Beautiful structural lines. (Photographer)
- Eagle River Bridge (US-MI) Timber, steel and concrete. (Photographer)
- Moira Bridge (N. Ireland) Prefabricated bridges to order. (Photographer)
- Bay Bridge (US-CA) Making a connection. (Photographer)
- O-14 (Dubai) Removing the redundancy. (Photographer)
- Adelaide Hills (Australia) Devil is in the details. (Photographer)
- Erie Canal (US-NY) This bridge is the wrong way round? (Photographer)
- Kadish Park (US-WI) Nailed it. (Photographer)
- Façade Retention (Glasgow) Saving face. (Photographer)
- Geogrid (Everywhere) Making soil reinforcement glamorous. (Photographer)
- Broklyn Bridge (US-NY) The engineering underbelly exposed. (Photographer)
- Savanna (US-GA) Big drills for big geotechnical drilling. (Photographer)
- Bird Watching (Germany) You can almost see the force lines. (Photographer)
- Royal Brougham Way Bridge (US-WA) Falsework removal day. (Photographer)
- Sudur-Mulasysla (Iceland) The road to slope failure. (Photographer)
- Bay Bridge (US-CA) Before there was a bridge… (Photographer)
- St John Cathedral (Norwich) Timber everywhere! (Photographer)
- Nalley Valley Bridge (US-WA) Balancing the cantilever. (Photographer)
- Satsop (US-WS) Climbing the cooling tower. (Photographer)
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) Making scaffolds beautiful… (Photographer)
- Winter (Chernobyl) The structures still stand. (Photographer)
- Sunderland? (UK) Nothing shy about this steelwork… (Photographer)
- CN Tower (CA-ON) Then and now. (Photographer)
- Olympic Stadium (Munich) Support network. (Photographer)
- Kathu (Thailand) A human alternative to concrete pumps. (Photographer)
- Burj (Dubai) Making holes in the sky. (Photographer)
- Bridge? (Dussseldorf) Structural enclosure. (Photographer)
- Lime kiln (Wales) Early mason construction. (Photographer)
- Phone mast (Lapland) Contact with extreme conditions. (Photographer)
- Hebden Bridge (England) Only what’s needed. (Photographer)
- Wildlife Bridge (CA-AL) Makes great crested newts look easy. (Photographer)
- Hindhead Tunnel (England) A view 5 years ago. (Photographer)
- The Stump (London) A fitting testament to an impossible skyscraper. (Photographer)
- Queens (Toronto) Pecqueqnat & Preston still trying to work it out. (Photographer)
- SR 99 (US-WA) Doing the groundwork, piles and shoring. (Photographer)
- Thomas Telford (Portsmouth) Civil Engineer. (Photographer)
- Trinity Bridge (Manchester) Structural geometry. (Photographer)
- Buncrana Pier (Ireland) Defining the coast. (Photographer)
- Big Oak Rd. Bridge (US-CA) A unique view… (Photographer)
- 122 Leadenhall (London) A fascinating demolition. (Photographer)
- Plant Simulator (US-NC) Who doesn’t want to try a virtual digger? (Photographer)
- Bridge Beam (Spain) On the road again… (Photographer)
- Golden Gate Bridge (US-CA) Inside the cables. (Photographer)
- The Alps (France) Real and man-made mountains. (Photographer)
All of the images forming the Engineering Is Art series are Creative Commons licensed; you can find out more about the person who took the photo by following the (Photographer) link on each image caption.
As a non-profit resource itself, Being Brunel employs a lot of Creative Commons material, which you can find out more about on the Attributions page.
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