Following on from photography of St. Philip's Bridge, Bristol, Knight Architects also commissioned me to photograph their new footbridge across the River Thames at Taplow, near Maidenhead.
The bridge has a 35m long span and connects Boulter's Lock with the Thames Path. Designed to be slender and lightweight so as to maintain the views up and down river, it's shallow arched form echoes the wide, flat arches of Brunel's Maidenhead Bridge, nearby.
The bridge provides a new amenity for the local community and is a Chiltern's Building Design Award Winner, 2019.
This project was featured in Architecture Today.
View of footbridge from Ray Mill Island
Span of footbridge seen from Boulter's restaurant
Looking towards Ray Mill Island and local café
Detail of steel arch with hangars
Access ramp with timber railings
Detail of timber railings
Bridge symmetry
Underside of footbridge, looking towards Boulter's restaurant
View of footbridge looking towards Taplow
