BIG

Surface acting as spatial structure.

BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is an international architecture studio known for large-scale projects that combine formal experimentation with pragmatic problem-solving. Their work often begins with diagrams—simple shape manipulations that explain circulation, program, and environmental strategy in clear visual logic.

The studio’s buildings typically feature strong silhouettes: stacked volumes, warped slabs, sculpted atriums, and hybrid typologies that merge housing, workspace, landscape, and public space. These gestures are not purely expressive; they are presented as rational responses to site constraints, user flows, or density.

BIG frequently addresses urban infrastructure—bridges, flood protection, energy systems—treating them as opportunities for public life rather than purely technical solutions. The resulting designs blend engineering clarity with a sense of play and accessibility.

Materiality varies widely, but projects share a consistent interest in daylight, circulation, and large-scale spatial experience. Renderings and communications play a key role in the studio’s culture, emphasizing transparency and public storytelling.

Across global cities, BIG has produced museums, power plants, residential towers, and masterplans, shaping contemporary architectural discourse around optimism, scale, and the capacity of design to integrate multiple systems.

BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is an architecture studio known for large-scale, diagram-driven projects that blend formal experimentation with practical urban and environmental strategies.

BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is an architecture studio known for large-scale, diagram-driven designs that merge bold form with pragmatic urban and environmental strategies.

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