On World Bicycle Day: 22 Inspiring Architectural Cycling Projects

No،ays bicycles are not only used for sports or as a recreational activity, as more and more people are c،osing bicycles as their main means of transportation. Architecture plays a fundamental role in promoting the use of bicycles, as a properly equipped city with safe bicycle lanes, plentiful bicycle parking s،s, and open areas to ride freely will encourage people to use their cars much less.

Cities are now positioning themselves as a key promoter of sustainable mobility, and Denmark and the Netherlands are currently the leading countries in the field of architecture for bikes. They are considered a cyclist\'s paradise because of their excellent infrastructure and architecture, making them a worldwide reference.

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To cele،te World Bicycle Day, discover below a list of projects by BIG, NL Architects, Monk Mackenzie Architects, and Landlab, a، others, that serve as inspiration for the development of contemporary cities, in ways that integrate bicycles through a diversity of means such as parks and public ،es, pavilions and cultural centers, bridges and parking lots and, of course, bicycle paths.

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Parks and Bicycle Lanes

Vanke Community A1-B2 and Bus Station / UV Architecture /Huayi Design

LightPathAKL / Monk Mackenzie Architects + Landlab

Cycling through the Trees / Burolandschap

Superkilen / To،ek 1 + BIG Architects + Superflex

Karen Blixens Plads Public Square / Cobe

Bridges\xa0

Melkwegbridge, Purmerend, NL / NEXT architects

Twisted Valley / Grupo Aranea

Lex van Delden Bridge / Dok Architecten

Hovenring, Circular Cycle Bridge / ipv Delft

Peace Bridge / Santiago Calatrava

Bicycle Pavilions\xa0

Denmark Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010 / BIG

Bicycle Club / NL Architects

Electra BikeHub / Andrey Ukolov + Ekaterina Osipova

Bicycle Parking

Bicycle Hotel Lillestrøm / Various Architects

Cuypersp،age / Benthem Crouwel Architects

Bicycle Parking Main Station Karlsruhe / TAFKAL

Bicycle Parking / Ector Hoogstad Architecten

Strawinskylaan Bicycle Parking / wUrck

The South Entrance / Tengbom

Bicycle Stores

VOYAGE 798 Coffee House / atelier suasua

VÈLO7 Cycle S،p / mode-lina architekci

Distrito Fijo Cycling Club / DCPP arquitectos

Editor\'s Note: This article was originally published on February 24, 2017, and updated on June 03, 2020.

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