Architecture studio O'Donnell + Tuomey used rows of laminated timber to create Cavanagh Bridge, which has been built over Ireland's River Lee to improve connections to University College Cork.
The Irish firm designed the pedestrian bridge as part of a wider masterplan to improve connections from the local university campus to surrounding streets.
Named Cavanagh Bridge, the crossing over the River Lee connects the college's quadrangle with the Western Road, and gives students direct access to an area of green space across the river from the university.

"The form of the bridge is articulated in three parts," explained O'Donnell + Tuomey co-founder John Tuomey. "It diagonally straddles the stream in a sinuous continuation of established pathways, rather than disrupt the natural flow with a right-angled river crossing," he continued.
"The bridge alignment is cranked to pull together various paths into a coherent confluence of pedestrian movement."

The bridge is one of three projects that O'Donnell + Tuomey has designed near University College Cork's 19th century quadrangle.
In 2005 the studio completed the Glucksman Gallery, which is located along the riverside walk from the bridge, while its Student Hub project will be open for the next university semester.
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