2024-11-23T16:46:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/137355586/cheeky-a-folly-for-london-winners-announced Julia Ingalls 2015-09-24T06:19:00-04:00 >2018-08-01T13:45:22-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4r/4r9eirigs62rarfa.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>While <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/12450131/heatherwick-studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>'s proposed <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130175688/as-garden-bridge-procurement-process-is-headed-for-review-london-group-claims-that-30-new-parks-could-be-funded-instead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garden Bridge</a> hasn't attracted universal acclaim, it has spurred an <a href="http://www.afollyforlondon.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unusual competition</a>. A purposefully free-to-enter satirical contest known as "<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/129420910/satirical-folly-for-london-competition-mocks-garden-bridge-project" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Folly for London</a>"&nbsp;encouraged anyone and everyone to submit "absurd, illogical, egotistic and obtrusive designs for&nbsp;the public green space on London&rsquo;s South Bank which would be sacrificed for The Garden Bridge." Judged by Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, journalist&nbsp;Owen Hatherley and political cartoonist&nbsp;Martin Rowson, the overall winner, "Green Fire of London" is a perennial flame fueled by trees culled from London's parks to "free up vast tracts of new land for developers to use for luxury constructions." It beat out entries in a variety of categories, including Absurd Transport Infrastructure, Priapic Humour, and Greenwash.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/vr/vrtk4i59319nfce9.jpg"></p> <p>Some of the honorable mentions, including "Jesus Square &amp; Bridge" took a subtler approach, proposing the construction of an underwater bridge that would allow any species wal...</p>