Branching Out: 9 Architects Who Created Innovative Products
Design process B-and-Bee © Hannes Geipel, Achilles Design Everyone would like to be their own boss. The unique skillset that is acquired with an architectural education is particularly beneficial when...
View ArticleHitting the BIG Time: Bjarke Ingels on Entrepreneurship and Architecture
Henrik Werdelin, partner at venture development firm Prehype, has released a podcast episode in which he speaks to Danish architect Bjarke Ingels about entrepreneurship, business and the convergence of...
View ArticleMaking BIG Ideas Happen Through Design With Jakob Lange
Do you want to get an inside look into the minds of the initiators and performers of the architectural community? If so, we heartily welcome you to “Archipreneur Insights”! In this interview series, we...
View ArticleHow the Bjarke Ingels Group Reinvented the Skyscraper
Creative innovations often occur when two separate, perhaps even conflicting, ideas get thrown together. We can see a fine example of this sort of innovation in Manhattan. Danish design firm BIG...
View Article5 of the Most Innovative Architecture Firms
© unsplash | Ian Schneider The AEC industry is notoriously slow to adopt new technologies. Cumbersome organizational structures and high financial stakes make it difficult for AEC professionals to...
View ArticleManhattan High-Rise Meets European Courtyard in BIG’s Courtscraper
BIG’s VIΛ 57 West, a new addition to the New York City skyline, was completed this fall. | photo: Nic Lehoux Welcome to our projects series where we present benchmarks of urban living – self developed...
View Article17 Inspirational Archipreneur Quotes that will Motivate You in 2017
In our interview series Archipreneur Insights we have spoken with more than 40 Archipreneurs. Experts and entrepreneurs in the field of architecture, building and development have answered our...
View ArticleBIG Completes Subtle Mutation of the Classic Skyscraper in Shenzhen
The new home for Shenzhen Energy Company looks different because it performs differently: the building skin is developed to maximize the sustainable performance and workplace comfort in the local...
View ArticleNoma 2.0 Opens in a Culinary Garden Village Designed by BIG
Noma is situated between two lakes and within the community of Christiania, the new restaurant is built on the site of a protected ex-military warehouse once used to store mines for the Royal Danish...
View ArticleWeGrow Creates a New School Designed by BIG
BIG and WeWork’s collaboration and belief in creativity manifests through the first WeGrow school in New York City. The interactive learning landscape supports a conscious approach to education,...
View ArticleBIG Unveils Oceanix City at the United Nations
As part of UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda, floating cities non-profit OCEANIX, the MIT Center for Ocean Engineering, BIG and partners propose a vision for the world’s first resilient and sustainable...
View ArticleIsenberg School of Management opens Business Innovation Hub by BIG
Designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Architect of Record Goody Clancy, the copper-clad Business Innovation Hub at the heart of the University of Massachusetts Amherst adds 70,000SF of...
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