Bjarke Ingels

Danish architect · Denmark · Architects · Born 1974 · age 52

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Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

A life in dates

2024“This idea of a power plant so clean that we can turn it into a mountain meadow is part of an idea that we call hedonistic sustainability...”In their words30 January 2024| From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source.Read the whole statement

“One... way to explain... the power of architecture... is to explain the Danish word for design, which is "Formgivning," which...”In their words30 January 2024| From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source.Read the whole statement

“As human beings we have the power to imagine our world, to create... and cocreate... and to cohabit it.”In their words30 January 2024| From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source.Read the whole statement

“This is , the capitol of Albania... We were invited to imagine their National Theatre. ...It is pinched to perform a gateway between the Plaza... and...”In their words30 January 2024| From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source.Read the whole statement

“We designed and built MÉCA, la Maison de l'économie créative de Aquitaine. It's a... regional art foundation, and a library and...performance center... on the waterfront of in ...”In their words30 January 2024| From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source.Read the whole statement

“In Amsterdam we... opened the Slicehouse. ...We put a floating solar farm in the water... There's a public promenade where people can overlook... Amsterdam. It's...”In their words30 January 2024| From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source.Read the whole statement

2017C. F. Hansen MedalAwardNiels PrizeAward2011Betonelement PrizeAward2010European Prize for ArchitectureAward2005Eckersberg MedalAward2002Nykredit Architecture PrizeAward1974Born2 October 1974

Also in Deutsch

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VM Houses in Ørestad, Denmark

Mountain Dwellings

8 House

Construction work at the Danish Maritime Museum

"Yes Is More", Copenhagen, 2009

In their own words 10

Bjarke Ingels

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This idea of a power plant so clean that we can turn it into a mountain meadow is part of an idea that we call hedonistic sustainability...
Jan 30, 2024, | From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source., Own words
A decade after, we opened the Danish Pavilion in Shanghai.
Jan 30, 2024, | From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source., Own words
One... way to explain... the power of architecture... is to explain the Danish word for design, which is "Formgivning," which...
Jan 30, 2024, | From LEGO House and Masterplanet to Vltava Philharmonic Hall, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning channel. A Source., Own words

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Awards

C. F. Hansen Medal2017

Niels Prize2017

Betonelement Prize2011

European Prize for Architecture2010

Eckersberg Medal2005

Nykredit Architecture Prize2002

About this person

Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels was born 2 October 1974 in Denmark. He broke through designing two housing complexes in Ørestad - VM Houses and Mountain Dwellings - that bent the language of residential architecture into something stranger. In 2006 he founded Bjarke Ingels Group, which swelled to 400 people by 2015 and began landing projects that read like provocations: the 8 House complex, VIA 57 West in Manhattan, Google's North Bayshore headquarters with Thomas Heatherwick, and the Amager Resource Center waste-to-energy plant with a ski slope and climbing wall grafted onto its exterior. He moved to New York in 2012, the same year BIG won a post-Sandy competition to reimagine Manhattan's flood defenses. The Wall Street Journal named him Innovator of the Year for architecture in 2011; Time put him on its 100 Most Influential list in 2016.

Country

Denmark

In common with Bjarke

Santiago CalatravaBoth received European Prize for Architecture

Marco CasagrandeBoth received European Prize for Architecture

Kim UtzonBoth received Betonelement Prize Julien De SmedtBoth received Nykredit Architecture Prize

Alessandro MendiniBoth received European Prize for Architecture Susanne UssingBoth received Nykredit Architecture Prize

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