Madrid's Shell Bridge gets its concrete dome

09/2009 | newsletter | West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture

Construction is moving along at the first Shell Bridge, West 8+ MRIO designed for the City of Madrid. 100 m3 of concrete was poured inbetween the two layers of the wooden mold, moving another step closer to the desired end result: a concrete dome.

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