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Viaduc de Millau
Millau Bridge |
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TYPOLOGY |
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TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN | Transport and road system infrastructures
Bridges, viaducts, causeway
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1993 - 2001
project winner of competition
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2001 - 2004 |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster? |
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| Norberto Lopez Amado, Carlos Carcas |
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| Norman Foster, Tony Hunt, George Weidenfeld, Richard Rogers, Bono, Deyan Sudjic, Paul Goldberger, Carl Abbott, Alain de Botton, Anish Kapoor, Richard Serra, Anthony Caro, Richard Long, Buckminster Fuller, Ben Cowd, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ricky Burdett, Spencer de Grey, David Nelson, Narinder Sagoo, Nigel Dancey, Loretta Law, Mouzhan Madidi, Stefan Behling, Jurgen Happ, Gerard Evenden
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Producer: Elena Ochoa
Executive Producer: Antonio Sanz
Writer & Narrator: Deyan Sudjic
Music: Joan Valent
Director of Photography: Valentin Alvarez |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| "Foster + Partners
. Millau Viaduct, Millau, Aveyron, France,1993-2004", Lotus international 139, 2009 [Landscape Infrastructures], pp. 68-73 |
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| "Viadotto di Millau, Aveyron, Francia/Millau Viaduct, Aveyron, France", L'industria delle costruzioni 399, gennaio-febbraio/january-february 2008 [Ponti e viadotti], pp. 34-39 |
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| Foster and Partners, "Il viadotto di Millau" in Alessio Pipinato (ed.), EdA esempi di Architettura 2, 2/2007 [Corridoio V. L'evoluzione nella progettazione delle infrastrutture], "Corridoio V. Gomma: Buone pratiche" pp. 52-53 |
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| "Viadotto di Millau/Millau Viaduct. Georges du Tarn. France. Foster and Partners/Eiffage", The Plan 12, dicembre 2005-gennaio 2006/december 2005-january 2006, "Structure" pp. 135-138 |
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| Anthony Hunt, "Delight. Millau Bridge, Tarn Valley, France", The Architectural review 1300, June 2005, p. 98 |
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 "La strada sospesa più alta del mondo", Casabella 734, giugno/june 2005, pp. 80-91
Jean-Marie Martin, "Un'opera che congiunge due secoli/A work spanning two centuries", Casabella 734, giugno/june 2005, p. 85 (80-91) |
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 Julia Dubreuil (ed.), Le Viaduc de Millau/The Millau Viaduct. Portfolio, Editions CEVM, Millau 2005 |
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Walter Ceretto, "Un viadotto attraverso le nuvole/Il viadotto più alto del mondo", Il giornale dell'architettura 24, dicembre 2004, "Tecnologie e materiali" pp. 1, 16
Walter Ceretto, "Come funziona un ponte strallato", Il giornale dell'architettura 24, dicembre 2004, "Tecnologie e materiali" p. 16 |
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| Valentina Croci, "Nuovi scenari ecosostenibili/New Eco Sustainable Scenarios", Ottagono 167, febbraio/february 2004, p. 148 (140-153) |
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| Elena Cardani, "Discreto e calibrato / Millau Viaduct", L'Arca 172, luglio-agosto/july-august 2002, "l'Arca2" p. 89 |
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| "Viadotto nel Sud della Francia/Viaduct in the south of France", Domus 791, marzo/march 1997 [Fuori dal centro/Outside the centre], "Notizie/News" |
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Viaduct km. 2,46
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steel 36.000 tons
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Sogelerg
EEG (Europe Etudes Gecti)
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Ove Arup & Partners |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
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| Norman Foster, Kevin Carrucan, Anne Fehrenbach, Alistair Lenczner, Tim Quick, Ken Shuttleworth |
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December 14, 2001, Laying the first stone
November 24, 2003, The piers reach their zenith
May 28, 2004, Meeting above the Tarn River
December 14, 2004, The viaduct is inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac |
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