Hector Beade-Pereda
Director, Knight ArchitectsHéctor is design director at Knight Architects and bridge designer with a worldwide reputation. His foremost aim as a designer during his 24-year career has been to create bridges that improve the quality of the built world. In this time, he has been meaningfully involved in every stage of the bridge project lifecycle, from conception to completion.
This extensive expertise, combined with his commitment to beauty and excellence and academic background in structural engineering, has allowed him to be responsible for the conception of numerous award-winning bridges that meet the project requirements.
Héctor was awarded the prestigious IABSE Prize 2016 in recognition of his holistic approach to bridge design. He has contributed to the bridge industry by writing more than eighty articles and papers, has participated as a speaker and member of the scientific committee at numerous conferences, and frequently acts as a jury member in infrastructure and architecture Awards.
My Speaker Sessions
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Keynote 2: Harmonising Bridge Design in a Climate Emergency
- The ideal bridge should be functional, sustainable, structurally coherent, aesthetic, and durable, as well as respectful of the history, culture and society of the site, appropriate to the environment and on the right scale with regard to the problem.
- In this presentation I will explain my view on how to achieve holistic bridge designs, in the context of the current climate emergency.
