


2. The Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, is a project of unusually challenging proportions Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid – renowned for pushing the limits of architectural design - is the woman behind the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi. Some of her best-known projects are the mind zone for the Millennium Dome in London's Greenwich area in 1999 and a ski-jump in Innsbruck, Austria in 2001. And she will undoubtedly make her mark again with her design for the extension to Denmark's Ordrupgaard Museum in northern Zealand



As a result of geological study determined the type of foundation chosen for the mast, consisting of a large concrete as where the mast is embedded, forming a single monolithic piece gives flexibility to the weights and push wind through the steel jacket.
The very foundation is used by the architect to create a terrace overlooking the lap around the perimeter and underneath the bridge structure, exposing the bottom of the bearing structure.
It is an incomplete work on the proposal of providing for Calatrava addition to the current Alamillo Bridge, another twin bridge, perpendicular to the first willing to save the other side of the river, over a viaduct that had to cross to the island of La Cartuja.
The architect devised a human torso crowd pulling tension cable that secures the board with flexibility and balance thanks to its inclination.
The materials used in steel and reinforced concrete white, which makes full of grace and slenderness, is truly monumental sculpture



