[ByeByeBaby]

If we're moving the discussion here, I thought I should repost.

Wow, there's a lot of bridges there.

Not that I'm a regular or anything, but here's my three groupings and five word reviews (I haven't been reading most of the comments yet):

Dynamic - bridges that I wouldn't mind seeing built
Arup / Kasian - Extraneous curves distract from blandness.
Busby Perkins and Will - Calatravian, but nicely executed nonetheless.
Halcrow Yolles, The Reach - Neat concept: invisible cables worrying.
Infinity Engineering Team - Big nets: love/hate relationship.
Manu Chugh - Just the basics, with flair.
SPF:A/Arup (Glide) - Wonderfully understated, but not iconic.
Sturgess Architecture - McDonald's presents: two bridges humping.

Decent - bridges that would be missed opportunities, but not terrible
Bosen Lu - Actually pretty striking, grade: B+
Buckland and Taylor - New bridge genre: cable stayeadequate.
DeJong Design - Guess who really likes arcs?
Delcan and DTAH - Like curves, hate island access.
Endres Ware and Ammann & Whitney - Less terrible than it looks?
Halcrow Yolles, Eddy and Flow - World's fussiest flat concrete deck.
Marc Boutin - Free spire with every bridge!
RFR / Halsall - Yup, it's simple. Too simple.
Rosales and Partners - Look, Santiago! Two bent spires!
Rogers Stirk Harbour - Peace Bridge stole your thunder.
Saucier + Perotte - Hey, you dropped your pipe.
SPF:A/Arup (O-Bar) - A crapshoot, depends on materials.
The River's Crossing Team - Apostrophe is possessive - e.g "Calatrava's"

Disaster - hey, the competition's open to everyone
Abes Wagner - Wake me when it's over.
Arup with Falko Schmitt - Not bad, didn't rock me.
Arup and Federic Schwartz - Big pole compensates for something.
Associated Engineering 1 - Rollercoaster screams "Look at me!"
Associated Engineering 2 - Flat deck = more gimmick space.
Brett Lowe - Beware, giant triangle ahead.
CH2M Hill 1 - Bad photoshop hides bland bridge.
CH2M Hill 2 - A spike won't improve it.
Design Vision - Let's draw a crayon castle!
Erin Swift - How'd it get washed downstream?
IBI Group - Big arc: study in underwhelmingness.
Team IBHL - We've already got one, you see.
Zhiyi You - Sketchup tutorial seven: tinkertoy bridges.


Sorry, one was 6 words, but I didn't want to edit a Monty Python quote.

Key themes I noticed:
- Boy, does one white steel cable-stayed bridge look like another after a while.
- A few decent entries (O-Bar, Delcan) have terrible access for cyclists to St. Pat's. A 90 degree turn is hard on a bike, in narrow space, in a crowd, at low speed.
- The tubular ones aren't all that bad, but I'm not sure Calgary needs to become Tube Bridge City anytime soon. (If there were five being built, maybe. But with the mix of existing bridges, I'd like more variety.)