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Westbank goes BIG in Toronto

The 2016 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, has found a new life – introducing a dramatic urban development that brings BIG’s radical geometries to Toronto. The 27-metre-long pavilion, constructed of 1800 lightweight components of fibreglass, has been installed...

BIG’s Shenzhen Energy Mansion completes in China

BIG’s Shenzhen Energy Mansion has completed in China. The undulating headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company has a rippled skin that has been developed by BIG, Arup and Transsolar to improve the sustainable performance of the building and create a progressive workplace fit...

House plants steal the spotlight under BIG and Artemide’s new life-enhancing lamp

As outdoor living spaces become fewer and further between in our urban environments, we’ve become increasingly interested in bringing plant life in. If, like us, you struggle to keep your leafy companions green and growing, you’ll love the new offering...

Bjarke Ingels joins WeWork as chief architect

Global co-working network WeWork announces Bjarke Ingels as chief architect. The Danish architect, the founder of BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, will bring his expertise and vision to WeWork to create a design language across all buildings, campuses and neighbourhoods. Ingels, who will...

Es Devlin triptych reimagines BIG’s new residential project in New York, The Eleventh

As the set design maverick Es Devlin says herself, ‘I am an outsider [here]. I don’t know architecture. I don’t know the rules of developing land into architecture, into residences. This is not my field.’ Nevertheless, that fresh perspective...

At work with Bjarke Ingels

We went behind the scenes at BIG to find out more about Ingels and his work. Here we recap some Wallpaper* and BIG highlights over the past few years from our visit to his studio back in 2014 to discuss...

The making of the new Noma, Copenhagen’s No.1 restaurant

What’s next for Bjarke Ingels Group?

Bjarke Ingels Group is making moves with new buildings on the rise from Copenhagen to New York City. While in 2016 BIG brought us the pixelated curves of Coconut Grove in Miami and the Serpentine Pavilion, and in 2017, the dramatic ‘Bunker museum’ and the...

Up for debate: architect-activists gather for Rising Architecture Week

Many European Capitals of Culture don’t get to be capital of much else. So when they’re crowned, you’d better believe they’re ready. Aarhus, Denmark’s second city and a provincial agricultural hub, has been sharpening up of late – if not...

Big time: a new documentary follows Bjarke Ingels on his journey to the top

BIG Time is a filmic portrait of Bjarke Ingels, recorded over a period of five years from 2011 to 2016, which documents the starchitect’s professional career alongside his personal life. Following Ingels through preparation for his biggest project to date, filling...

Garden party: art and nature collide at ARoS’ inaugural triennial in Aarhus

As far as Erlend G. Høyersten, director of Denmark’s lauded Aros Aarhus Art Museum, is concerned, there’s never been a better time to unveil an ambitious art triennial. ’Not only does the museum’s inaugural fair coincide with Aarhus’s year-long celebrations...

Speakers corner: we’re all ears ahead of the blockbuster line-up at Vision 2017

Now in its third year, built environment symposium Vision takes place at Olympia Central in west London and is aimed at architects, designers, specifiers and their clients working in the commercial, health, education and retail sectors. Big names featuring in...