Miguel Rosales

Miguel Rosales (born in Guatemala in 1961) is president and principal designer of Rosales + Partners, a transportation architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Miguel Rosales is an Architect specialized in bridge aesthetics and design. He has more than 20 years of experience in urban design and bridge architecture. His thorough understanding of both structure and design allows him to conceive bridges that are both innovative and visually outstanding. Working closely with the community and accepting their input on the design, he creates bridges that become sources of pride and symbols of the areas in which they are built.

Mr. Rosales was the lead architect and urban designer for Boston’s Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge over the Charles River and the Liberty Bridge in Greenville, South Carolina. His current major U.S. bridge projects include the East End Bridge over the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky; the new Phyllis Tilley Memorial Pedestrian Bridge over the Trinity River in Fort Worth, Texas, and four pedestrian bridges across the Belt Shore Parkway in New York City. He has received grants from the NEA, AIA/AAF, and MIT to research bridge and infrastructure design and is the recipient of several awards including a 1993 Young Architects Design Award from Progressive Architecture magazine.

Education

• The Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
• Diploma in Architecture, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, 1985
• Program in Historic Preservation, University of Florida, 1984

Awards and Publications

• Move Massachusetts Design Award for his role as the Lead Architect and Urban Designer for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston. 2002

• Individual Research Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
  • Publication on Infrastructure Design for the Future

• Advanced Study & Research Scholarship, AIA/American Architecture Foundation
  • Research on Swiss and Spanish bridge structures

• Research Grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Bridges of Christian Menn, Switzerland

• 1993 P/A Young Architects Award
  • Published in Progressive Architecture

• AIA Urban Design Award of Excellence
  • Plan for Charles River Crossing/Interchange, Central Artery/Tunnel Project, 1993

• "A Textbook Case of Community Participation: Des Moines, Iowa, bridge project designed with local issues in mind"
  • Bridge Builder, February/March 1999

• "Spanning the Charles"
  • Structures, January 2000

• "Aesthetics in Bridge Engineering"
  • ACEC/MA Insights, May/June 2000

• Masterpieces: Bridge Architecture + Design by Chris van Uffelen
  • Braun Publishing AG, 2009

• Greenville - Imprints of a City
  • CityStory, 2011

Completed Projects

• Puente Centenario, Panama Canal, Panama

• Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts

• Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy River, Greenville, South Carolina

• George Washington Carver Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa

• I-235 Pedestrian Bridges, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge
  • 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge
  • 44th Street Pedestrian Bridge

• East Locust Street Streetscape Improvements, Des Moines, Iowa

• Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and Maryland Interchange, Washington, DC

Current projects

• I-74 Quad Cities Environmental Impact Study, Quad Cities, Iowa
  • I-74 Mississippi River Bridge

• Brent Spence Bridge Replacement, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Bruce Vento Regional Trail Bridge, Saint Paul, Minnesota

• Esplanade Pedestrian Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts

• Fore River Bridge Replacement, Quincy-Weymouth, Massachusetts

• Lakefront Connector Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, Cleveland, Ohio

• Longfellow Bridge Restoration and Rehabilitation, Boston, Massachusetts

• North Coast Harbor Pedestrian Bridge, Cleveland, Ohio

• Ohio River Bridges Project, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Kennedy Interchange
  • East End Bridge

• Pedestrian Swing Bridge, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

• Phyllis Tilley Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, Fort Worth, Texas

• Trinity River Vision Bridges, Fort Worth, Texas

• Wonderland Pedestrian Bridge, Revere Beach, Massachusetts

External links

• Rosales + Partners official website
• Yo Creo en Guatemala Spanish profile of Miguel Rosales
• PBS: BUILDING BIG: Who Builds Big?
• A trio of pedestrian bridges proposed by Boston architect Miguel Rosales could change the face of Cleveland
• Cleveland City Planning Commission praises Miguel Rosales bridge design for North Coast Harbor
• Bridge architect Miguel Rosales lands commissions for three pedestrian bridge projects in Cleveland
• Architect Miguel Rosales wants to bring beauty to Cleveland bridge: Tastemakers
• MIGUEL ROSALES' NEW BRIDGES CROSS CLEVELAND: Famed designer builds three pedestrian bridges in Cuyahoga County
• A bridge to the public
• Falls Park on the Reedy
• Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge | foundations
• Renowned Architect Designs a New Pedestrian Bridge for Revere Beach
• FortWorthology:Phyllis Tilley Memorial Bridge Progress
• Zakim Bridge architect pays to keep the lights on
• Fort Worth receives funding for State Highway 199, Henderson Bridge improvements
• Bold design sought for Brent Spence Bridge replacement
• Rosales + Partners wins national competition for Gateway Pedestrian Bridge in Washington DC
• Panama Bridges 90 to 100 meters
• ONE BRIDGE, TWO BRIDGE, OLD BRIDGE, NEW BRIDGE
• Famous Bridges Around the World
• State seeks upgrade to Charles footbridge
• New Trinity River Vision Bridge Designs Revealed
• New Trinity River bridge designs will trim project costs
• Hill Resident Will Design Leverett Pedestrian Bridge
• Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River