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Design Detail: More Modern Bridges

Footbridges can join an older structures to a new additions, or close a gulf between a house and the street. And when good design is part of the mix, they can add a decorative touch. Following this post from September, here are seven more modern footbridges from Dwell's archives.

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A bridge spans the home’s steep site for street access.
A bridge spans the home’s steep site for street access.
The plantings on this footbridge, which connects the guest pavilion to the master bedroom and media room pavilion in this house in Venice, California, will eventually grow in to create a privacy screen. Photo by Coral von Zumwalt.
The plantings on this footbridge, which connects the guest pavilion to the master bedroom and media room pavilion in this house in Venice, California, will eventually grow in to create a privacy screen. Photo by Coral von Zumwalt.
The plan for this house in Phoenix, Arizona, was simple: Two rectangles are connected by a bridge that traverses a desert wash. The effect of the light shining into the glass-walled living room is what first attracted Sette and Shikany to the house. Photo by Daniel Hennessy.
The plan for this house in Phoenix, Arizona, was simple: Two rectangles are connected by a bridge that traverses a desert wash. The effect of the light shining into the glass-walled living room is what first attracted Sette and Shikany to the house. Photo by Daniel Hennessy.
A stream runs under the orange entry bridge of the custom home built by Potomac Valley Builders.
A stream runs under the orange entry bridge of the custom home built by Potomac Valley Builders.
The frosted-glass bridge unites the original 1950s structure (right) to the new addition, which is sheathed in Cor-ten steel panels.
The frosted-glass bridge unites the original 1950s structure (right) to the new addition, which is sheathed in Cor-ten steel panels.
Designed by Frank Harmon this residence features deep roof overhangs shade the interior from high summer sun.
Designed by Frank Harmon this residence features deep roof overhangs shade the interior from high summer sun.