Budapest Issues Building Permit for Bridge Designed by UNStudio

A building permit for the New Budapest Bridge, designed by UNStudio, was finalised, concluding a four-year-long planning process.

The New Budapest Bridge envisions a new gateway across the Danube river that will connect the neighbourhoods of Ujbuda and Csepel in the Hungarian capital.

UNStudio and Buro Happold Engineering, the duo behind the design, have completed the tender design and the entire design package has now been submitted.

If completed, the project would realise a half-century urban planning scheme for the Hungarian capital that was set in place in 1985, writes Hungarian Deputy Minister Balázs Fürjes.

A much-needed link over the river in the post-industrial southern area of Budapest, the bridge will breathe new life into this up-and-coming area, and its design directly connects it to the urban DNA of its location.

The bridge, which will span 220m, is a cable stayed structure with two steel pylons, and is designed to create an elegant urban landmark to identify Budapest’s south, and its structural typology is unique for Budapest.

Find out more about the project here.