Sometimes Niemeyer's instant buildings can veer towards the glib, or the vacuous, as with the brand new National Museum at Brasilia, a white 80-metre concrete dome wrapped around, inside and out, with a twisting, elevated walkway.
The stadium also has dedicated elevated walkway access to the Allegheny Station of the Light Rail/Subway system.
The five-level structure with a capacity of 1,043 vehicles is being built to replace the parking spaces that will be lost because of the transit center and elevated walkway.
The venue's centerpiece was a huge outdoor courtyard, sandwiched between a vast warehouse known as the Great Hall and a smaller indoor space called the King's Hall and encircled by a 360 degree elevated walkway offering visitors panoramic views of New York City.
M. Paul Friedberg, Peavey's original designer has developed alternative concepts that would retain many of the site's signature design elements while adding new features including an elevator and an elevated walkway (above left) to address accessibility concerns.
The waterfront of the Ribeira consists of a series of public spaces at different elevations and slopes: the Cais de Ribeira promenade, the elevated walkway, the tower base, and the steps and ramp down to the water.
View from primary elevated walkway.
The elevated walkway forms a broad smile around the spring.
Jorge Colombo sketches pedestrians on an elevated walkway, using Brushes, an application for the iPhone.
Across an elevated walkway from the second floor is a guesthouse over the garage.
As the bells strike: Head for the Promenade Plantée, an elevated walkway that runs through the 12th arrondissement.
