Tag: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

The award-winning architectural studio BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, with offices in Copenhagen, London, New York, Barcelona, and Shenzhen, employs professionals from the ranks of architects, designers, and engineers, as well as theoreticians working in the area of architecture, urbanism, research and building development. Many of the designs by BIG, which was founded in Copenhagen in 2005 under the direction of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, are unique in their use of pioneering technologies and often stand out for their defiance of traditional conventions and dimensions, as in the case of Amager Bakke, a state-of-the-art waste incinerator in Copenhagen that doubles as a ski slope, the LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, which resembles the bricks of the famous building set, or the Méca (Maison de l’Économie Créative et de la Culture en Nouvelle-Aquitaine) in Bordeaux, France. The studio’s portfolio also includes designs for residential buildings, museums, and exhibition centers