Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is a
Copenhagen
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architects
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and
builders
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operating within the fields of
architecture
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,
urbanism
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,
research
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and
development
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Arts
*Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
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. The office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout
Europe
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and the
Middle East
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Julien De Smedt
Julien De Smedt (born 1975 in Brussels, Belgium) is the founder and director of JDS Architects based in Brussels, Copenhagen, Belo Horizonte and Shanghai. Projects include the VM Housing Complex, the Mountain Dwellings, the Maritime Youth House ...
established the company PLOT in Copenhagen in January 2001, as a focus for their architectural practice. Ingels established BIG in late 2005 after he and De Smedt closed down PLOT. This drew acclaim for its first completed commission, the Mountain, a residential project in Copenhagen which had been started by PLOT. Over the next couple of years, BIG's projects included a waste-to-energy plant which doubles as a ski-slope in Copenhagen, Denmark, the
West 57th Street
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mixed-use tower in midtown Manhattan for Durst Fetner Residential, the National Art Gallery of Greenland in
Nuuk
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, the headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company in
Shenzhen
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, and the Kimball Art Center in
Utah
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.
In 2009 a plan was mooted for turning
Boyuk Zira
Boyuk Zira (Böyük Zirə), also known as Nargin, is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is one of the islands of Baku Archipelago located in the Baku bay near Baku city. Nargin Island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the follow ...
Island into a carbon-neutral eco-resort and recreation centre with a profile based on
Azerbaijan
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's seven best-known peaks. The cost of the project, known as "The dream island", by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), would have been around two billion US dollars.
In December 2009, the company's partnership was expanded to include Thomas Christoffersen, Jakob Lange, Finn Nørkjaer, Andreas Klok Pedersen, David Zahle, CEO Sheela Maini Søgaard, and Kai-Uwe Bergmann. In 2010, they opened a branch office in
New York City
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, where they were commissioned to design the
VIA 57 West
VIA 57 West (marketed as VIΛ 57WEST) is a residential building located at 625 West 57th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. The pyramid shaped tower block or "tetrahedron", designed by the Dan ...
courtscraper for Durst Fetner Residential.
At a lecture at the Royal Academy in July 2015, BIG proposed turning the Battersea Power Station in London into "the world's tallest Tesla coils."
In 2015, BIG added four new partners: Beat Schenk and Daniel Sundlin in New York and Brian Yang and Jakob Sand in Copenhagen.
In May 2016, BIG partnered with
Hyperloop One
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SYSTRA
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to develop a test of the high-speed, low friction
Hyperloop
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concept.
In March 2017, BIG signed a lease for an office in the Brooklyn neighborhood
Dumbo
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, keeping its Manhattan office at the same time. The firm, then 250 people in Manhattan's financial district, all moved to Dumbo.
After an Instagram post showing that 11 of 12 partners at BIG were men, BIG CEO Sheela Maini Sogaard defend the firm's gender balance and stated they had created a "pipeline of diverse talent" that would eventually be "trickling up" into the partner group.
In March 2018, BIG was named as the first high-profile architecture firm to be commissioned to design a public structure in
Albania
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, specifically the replacement building for the aging
National Theatre of Albania
The National Theatre of Albania ( sq, Teatri Kombëtar) was the main theatre in Tirana, Albania. In March 2020, the National Theatre of Albania was selected by Europa Nostra among the 7 most endangered monuments in Europe, as an exceptional exam ...
. Plans to demolish and replace the old national theater with a building by BIG resulted in the National Theatre Protest in Albania in 2019, as the old building was considered historic. The demolition on 17 May 2020 resulted in continued protests and detainment of protestors by authorities.
The company has met with criticism for designing for repressive regimes. The firm in 2019 designed renderings for Wildflower Studios, Robert De Niro's movie studio in Queens, New York.
BIG released a revision of its design proposal for the new
Oakland Ballpark
Howard Terminal Ballpark is a proposed baseball stadium to be built in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland, California. It would serve as the new home stadium of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball, and replace the Oaklan ...
in February 2019, retaining its rooftop park with community access and developing "3.3 million square feet of housing, 1.5 million square feet of commercial and office space, a hotel and a performance center in the area surrounding the stadium." They've also worked on zoo enclosures. It was building a city layout for
Toyota
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in January 2020, to replace a former factory site near Mount Fuji. In February 2020, BIG took its first sofa design commission, for a Danish furniture company.
In July 2021, BIG added seven additional partners for a total of 24: Andy Young, Lorenzo Boddi, João Albuquerque, Douglass Alligood, Lars Larsen, Giulia Frittoli, and Daria Pahhota.
Divisions
BIG IDEAS Lab
Launched in 2014, the division is part R&D lab, part incubator for BIG design concepts that can be spun off into independent products or companies.
The lab was founded to build the steam-ring generator for the
Amager Bakke
Amager Bakke (Amager Hill), also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant and recreational facility in Amager, Copenhagen Denmark, located prominently within view of the city's downtown.
The facility ...
- the Copenhagen power plant with a ski slope on its roof - which will "puff" every time it emits a tonne of carbon dioxide. It is now working on numerous BIG collaborations and spin-off projects, including a smart internet-connected lock named Friday, "a company that creates water from super-efficient dehumidification", and Urban Rigger - floating student housing for coastal cities built from repurposed shipping containers. The first are scheduled to be built in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016.
Other projects include Fingerprint Façade, Window Garden, and a gigantic Tesla coil for the Battersea Power Station in London.
Projects
Completed projects
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Copenhagen Harbour Baths
The Copenhagen Harbour Baths (Danish: Københavns Havnebade) are a system of recreational bathing facilities along the waterfront of Copenhagen, Denmark. There are currently four harbour baths, the first and best-known of which is located at Islan ...
, Designed by BIG & JDS, Copenhagen (completed 2002)
* Maritime Youth House, Designed by BIG & JDS, Copenhagen (completed 2004)
* Psychiatric Hospital, Designed by BIG & JDS, Helsingor, Denmark (completed 2005)
* VM Houses, Designed by BIG & JDS, Ørestad, Copenhagen (completed 2006)
* M2 Hill House, Denmark
* Sjakket Community Building, Designed by BIG & JDS, Copenhagen (completed 2007)
*
Mountain Dwellings
Mountain Dwellings ( da, Bjerget) is a building in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of apartments above a multi-story car park. The building was designed by the Danish architectural practicPLOT Gyeonggi
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, Korea
*
8 House
8 House ( da, 8 Tallet), also known as Big House, is a large mixed-use development built in the shape of a figure 8 on the southern perimeter of the new suburb of Ørestad in Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of the ...
EXPO 2010
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, Shanghai, China
* Times Square Valentine, New York City, USA (completed 2012)
* Superkilen, innovative park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen (competition win 2008, completed 2012)
* Heinemann Regionals Taxfree Store,
Copenhagen Airport
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, Copenhagen, Denmark
*
Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
,
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northe ...
1200 Intrepid
1200 Intrepid is an office building located in The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. It was designed by architectural firm BIG, which is led by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. It was built by Turner Construction. Construction began in 2015 and was comp ...
- office building in Philadelphia
* Warehouse 421,
Mina Zayed
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VIA 57 West
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,
New York City
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, United States (completed 2016)
* Tirpitz Museum, Blåvand, Denmark (completed 2017)
*
LEGO House
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,
Billund, Denmark
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(completed 2018)
*79&Park, Stockholm, Sweden (completed 2018)
*Isenberg Business Innovation Hub at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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H-B Woodlawn
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Secondary School, Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Amager Bakke
Amager Bakke (Amager Hill), also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant and recreational facility in Amager, Copenhagen Denmark, located prominently within view of the city's downtown.
The facility ...
, Copenhagen, Denmark (completed 2017)
*
Vancouver House
Vancouver House is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Overview
Construction of the skyscraper began in 2016 and was expected to be finished by the end of 2019, but completion was postponed to summer of ...
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Audemars Piguet
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Museum, La Maison des Fondateurs, La Vallée de Joux,
Le Brassus
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New York City
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New York City
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, New York, United States
* Grove at Grand Bay, Miami, Florida, United States
* Hualien Residences, Hualien, Taiwan
* Serpentine Summer Pavilion 2016, London, England, United Kingdom
*
Washington Redskins
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Stadium (name change pending), Washington D.C., United States
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Google
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North Bayshore Campus, Mountain View, California, United States
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Google
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King's Cross Campus,
London
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, Switzerland (competition win, November 2011)
* Faroe Islands Education Centre, Thorshavn,
Faroe Islands
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(competition win, December 2009)
* Shenzhen International Energy Mansion,
Shenzhen
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, China (competition win, September 2009)
* Honeycomb / Albany Marina Residences, Building One, Nassau, Bahamas,
* Vancouver House,
Vancouver
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, BC, Canada
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Telus Sky
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Tower, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* Zootopia, Givskud, Denmark
* New Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (competition win, April 2009)
* New Tallinn City Hall,
Tallinn
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,
Estonia
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(competition win, June 2009)
* World Village of Women Sports,
Malmö
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, Sweden (competition win, November 2009)
* National Gallery,
Nuuk
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,
Greenland
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(competition win, February 2011)
* Paris PARC, Paris, France (competition win, November 2011)
* Koutalaki Ski Village,
Levi
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, Finland (competition win, 2011)
* Kimball Art Centre,
Park City, Utah
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, United States (competition win, February 2012)
* Cross # Towers,
Seoul
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, South Korea
* Maison de l'Économie Créative et de la Culture en Aquitaine,
Bordeaux
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, France (competition win, April 2012)
* The Red Line,
Tampere
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, Finland (competition win, May 2012)
* Rose Rock International Finance Center,
Tianjin
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, China
* Phoenix Observation Tower,
Phoenix
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* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
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* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
, Arizona, US
*
Smithsonian Institution
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South Campus Master Plan, Washington D.C., United States
* NYPD 40th Precinct, Bronx, New York, United States
* The Spiral, New York City, New York, United States
* Metzler High-Rise, Frankfurt, Germany
*
Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) ...
Malaysia Square, London, England, United Kingdom
* King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Frederiksborgvej 73, Copenhagen, Denmark
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* Västerås Travel Center,
Västerås
Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049.
Västerås is the se ...
, Sweden
* Vinterbad Bryggen, Copenhagen, Denmark
* Saint Thomas Church Extension, Copenhagen, Denmark
* Pittsburgh Lower Hill Master Plan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
* Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
*
Esbjerg Towers
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,
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)
, Denmark (Cactus Towers)
*London Bridge
* 3 West 29th Street, New York City
*
Central Embassy
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Extension,
Bangkok
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,
Thailand
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Ecuador
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Ecuador
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Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
'' and ''Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium'')
* 2014 Honor Award,
American Institute of Architects
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(for the ''
Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
'')
* 2014
Royal Institute of British Architects
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Awards European National Winner (for the ''
Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
'')
* 2014 European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier (for the ''
Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
'')
* 2014 Archdaily Cultural Building of the Year (for the ''
Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
'')
* 2014 Re-thinking the Future, First Award (for ''Vancouver House'')
* 2014 Den Nordiske Lyspris (for ''Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium'')
* 2014 World Architecture Festival Cultural Category Winner (for the ''
Danish Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark ( da, M/S Museet for Søfart) is a maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day.
The museum was o ...
'')
* 2015
American Institute of Architects
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National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design (for ''The DryLine'' resiliency project)
* 2015 Global Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction, Bronze (for ''The DryLine'' resiliency project)
* 2015 National Council of Structural Engineers Associations Awards, Excellence Award in Structural Engineering (for ''Grove at Grand Bay'')
* 2015 World Architecture Festival Future Project of the Year (for ''Vancouver House'')
* 2016 American Institute of Architects Honor Awards, Regional and Urban Design Award (for ''Smithsonian South Campus Master Plan'')
* 2016 Building Design Magazine World Architecture 100 Awards, 2nd Most Admired Architectural Practice
* 2016 American Institute of Architects New York Chapter design Awards, Honor Award (for ''2 World Trade Center'')
* 2016
International Highrise Award The International Highrise Award (german: Internationaler Hochhaus Preis) is an international award in architectural design. The award is bestowed to "a structure that combines exemplary sustainability, external shape and internal spatial quality, n ...
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VIA 57 West
VIA 57 West (marketed as VIΛ 57WEST) is a residential building located at 625 West 57th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. The pyramid shaped tower block or "tetrahedron", designed by the Dan ...
* ''Hot to Cold: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation'',
Taschen
Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.
History
The company began as Taschen Comics, ...
- 2015
* ''Yes Is More: Yes Is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution'',
Taschen
Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.
History
The company began as Taschen Comics, ...
- 2009
* ''Museum in the Dock'', Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing - 2014
* ''Superkilen Book'', Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing - 2013
* ''AV Monograph BIG'', Arquitectura Viva - 2013
* ''Being BIG by Abitare'', Abitare - 2012
* ''BIG Red Book'', Ada Edita Global Architecture - 2012
* ''BIG Pink Book'', Archilife - 2010
* ''BIG Bjarke Ingels Group Projects 2001-2010'', Design Media Publishing Ltd - 2011
* ''A Project as an Icon, an Icon as a Project'', in ''STUDIO Architecture and Urbanism magazine'' Issue#03 Icon,
Milano
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