Hosted by the ICAA New England Chapter in partnership with the Boston Athenaeum
Award-winning Boston-based bridge designer and architect Miguel Rosales has transformed the city with his iconic designs for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, the Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge, the newly dedicated Bill Russell Bridge, and the redesign of the Longfellow Bridge, as well as bridges in Revere and Quincy. Join Rosales to celebrate his design contributions and recently released book, Bridges as Structural Art. A book signing will follow a short talk by Rosales that dives into his trajectory of becoming one of Boston’s most innovative bridge designers.
Rosales is renowned for his ability to create iconic bridges balancing aesthetic and technical principles. Bridges as Structural Art showcases 25 bridges designed by Rosales throughout the United States and abroad. These transformational structures have become sources of pride in their communities and stand as tangible expressions of the art of bridge design.
Miguel Rosales is the president and principal designer of Rosales +, with more than thirty-five years of expertise as a leading architect and designer for major bridges both in the U.S. and abroad. Renowned for his focus on bridge aesthetics and design, he earned a licentiate degree in architecture from Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala in 1985, and completed a master’s degree in architecture studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987. He has received grants from the NEA, AIA/AAF, and MIT to research bridge and infrastructure design and is the recipient of numerous national and international bridge design and engineering awards. He is known for his ability to balance technical and aesthetic principles, conceiving cost-effective architectural bridge enhancements and delivering iconic bridges.
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