The Competition

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Design a Bridge

Second Place
Hudson River Bridge
Submitted by: Larry Daniels, principal, DanielsDesign, a branding and communications firm.
The idea: The design centers on a three-tiered support structure. Lighting set within the structure will provide nighttime illumination, and each side of the span identifies state boundaries by utilizing a cabling system made up of NY and NJ configurations.
Meier says: “This entry is visually well-balanced. With a cabling system spelling NY/NJ, symbolically changing at mid-bridge, and not immediately discernible, it is clever, yet abstract enough not to be cloying.”

Third Place
Commercial Tower Bridge
Submitted by: Abid Ghayyoor, student of architecture technology at Humber College, Toronto.
The idea: The bridge is designed to sit on the river like the “sail of a boat” with a glass mast. The high-rise support structure is actually a building comprising condominiums, offices, restaurants, a shopping center, and a hotel.
Meier says: “The idea of a high-rise condominium tower as the support for a bridge was seen in a few entries, but this cantilevered suspended bridge has good sculptural qualities. Whether tenants would want to live with traffic all around remains to be seen, but the views would certainly have real-estate brokers vying for sales.”

Next: Come up with an original gym concept.
Judge: David Barton.

Send submissions to: The Competition, c/o New York Magazine, 444 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, or competition@nymag.com. Entries must be received no later than Friday, January 14. Entries can be described or sketched (sketches must be no bigger than eleven-by-seventeen inches). All entries become the property of New York Magazine and cannot be returned.