a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and onto the island — something that they might not have done for many, many years. in my mind, this was a textbook example of how you should design a major piece of engineering in a really sensitive heritage or archaeological site. you could look at all sorts of designs for bridges that would actually have to go through the archaeology on the surface of the island. the elegance of this solution was that it's anchored into the rock on either side below the sensitive archaeology. very, very clever. the materials we used were important notjust structurally, but also how it tied into the landscape, its situation. for the bridge deck, we used delabor slate, which is mined from the quarryjust two miles away. 40,000 hand—split and hand—cut slates all laid on edge, like after eight mints. one word that sort of encapsulates the building, its not a very architectural word, but it's — for me, it's �*fun�*, and it's the kind of project that
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