Bjarke Ingels

Author: Stephan Salat

In 2005, Bjarke Ingels opened his own office, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), after having
co-founded PLOT Architects in 2001 and collaborated with Rem Koolhaas at OMA. Through a series of award-winning design projects and buildings, Bjarke Ingels has created an international reputation as a member of a new generation of architects that combines shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility, and humor.

In 2004, he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for the Stavanger Concert House, and the following year he received the Forum AID Award for the VM Houses. By practicing what Bjarke Ingels likes to describe as 'programmatic alchemy,' BIG often mixes conventional ingredients, such as living, leisure, working, parking, and shopping into new forms of symbiotic culture.

Alongside his architectural practice, Bjarke has been active as a Visiting Professor at Rice University's School of Architecture and most recently at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

 

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