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Danish superstar Bjarke Ingels joins the Wallpaper* Design Awards grand jury

New fatherhood has not slowed down the Danish architectural superstar, who signed on to judge this year’s Awards despite being on paternity leave. His practice continues to grow in international reach – recently topping out Vancouver House, a sort of...

At work with Bjarke Ingels: the NYC studio expands to Dumbo

Behind the scenes at BIG. From the latest expansion of the NYC studio to an open plan office in Dumbo, to our visit to his studio back in 2014 to discuss his designs for Vancouver House in Canada, to his modular Serpentine Pavilion in 2016 and his designs...

OMA and BIG join forces for the launch of 79&Park and Norra Tornen in Stockholm

OMA and BIG’s new residential towers in Stockholm are pillars of modernity, efficiency, sustainability, luxury and, incongruously, affordability (apartments in both buildings start at around four million Swedish Krona, or about £345,000). While Reinier de Graaf, partner at OMA, and Bjarke Ingels...

WeWork and BIG reimagine education with WeGrow, a new school in New York

Class is back in session this autumn as WeWork reveals its first foray into education: WeGrow, a school reimagined as an educative playscape at the heart of New York City, for three-to-nine year olds. Realised in partnership with Danish architects...

BIG’s prefab modular residence in Copenhagen is a template for affordable living

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has designed an apartment block in Copehagen for Lejerbo, a nonprofit social housing association that rents accommodation to lower-income residents. The prefab, modular design, covered with timber planking opens up small balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows for...

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...

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...