THING OF THE WEEK

LEGO BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER… The world’s biggest bridge made entirely from Lego bricks will soon be on display at The Capital Building on Old Hall Street in Liverpool. At around one thirtieth of the new Mersey Gateway bridge’s river span, the LEGO bridge will be 31 metres long and stand 3 metres high. Designed for the Institution of Civil Engineers, it will be made up of 200,000 individual LEGO bricks and weigh three quarters of a tonne. It was originally built and given the Guinness World Record in September 2016, and will be rebuilt in Liverpool to be open to the public from Friday 11 August. Marvel at the original bridge being built here


FROM THEN… Allied London’s massive Trinity Islands proposals is on the list at Manchester City Council’s planning committee next week. This scheme may be familiar to many on the MIPIM circuit, where the undulating glass towers and sky bridges were first revealed by Allied chief Michael Ingall. The design has been refined somewhat over the last few years, after being reworked last year due to public criticism. Let’s see if the final version by architect Child Graddon Lewis gets the planning seal of approval on Thursday…

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