type architectural practice industry architecture urbanism interior design landscape design product design research and development founded 2005 headquarters copenhagen new york city london key people bjarke ingels founder and creative partner andreas klok pedersen beat schenk brian yang daniel sundlin david zahle finn norkjaer jakob lange jakob sand kai uwe bergmann sheela maini sogaard thomas christoffersen partners number of employees 400 website www.big.dk bjarke ingels group often referred to as big is a copenhagen and new york based group of architects designers and builders operating within the fields of architecture urbanism research and development . the office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout europe north america asia and the middle east . as of 2016 the office has over 400 employees from 25 countries . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 big ideas lab 2 projects 2.1 completed projects 2.2 under construction 3 awards 4 exhibitions 5 publications 6 references 7 external links history edit bjarke ingels and julien de smedt established plot in copenhagen in january 2001 as a focus for their architectural practice . ingels established big in late 2005 after he and de smedt closed down plot . this drew acclaim for its first completed commission the mountain a residential project in copenhagen which had been started by plot . over the next couple of years big s projects included a waste to energy plant which doubles as a ski slope in copenhagen denmark ; the west 57th street mixed use tower in midtown manhattan for durst fetner residential ; the national art gallery of greenland in nuuk ; the headquarters for the shenzhen energy company in shenzhen ; and the kimball art center in utah . in december 2009 the company s partnership was expanded to include thomas christoffersen jakob lange finn n rkjaer andreas klok pedersen david zahle ceo sheela maini s gaard and kai uwe bergmann . 2 in 2010 they opened a branch office in new york city where they were commissioned to design the w57 courtscraper for durst fetner residential . 3 in 2015 big added four new partners beat schenk and daniel sundlin in new york and brian yang and jakob sand in copenhagen . in may 2016 big partnered with hyperloop one deutsche bahn and systra to develop a test of the high speed low friction hyperloop concept . 4 big ideas lab edit launched in 2014 the division is part r & d lab part incubator for big design concepts that can be spun off into independent products or companies . the lab was founded to build the steam ring generator for the amager bakke the copenhagen power plant with a ski slope on its roof which will puff every time it emits a tonne of carbon dioxide . 5 it is now working on numerous big collaborations and spin off projects including a smart internet connected lock named friday 6 a company that creates water from super efficient dehumidification and urban rigger 7 floating student housing for coastal cities built from repurposed shipping containers . the first are scheduled to be built in gothenberg sweden in 2016 . 8 other projects include fingerprint fa ade 9 window garden and a gigantic tesla coil for the battersea power station in london . 10 projects edit completed projects edit mountain dwellings in restad copenhagen denmark 8 house in restad copenhagen denmark copenhagen harbour baths designed by big & jds copenhagen completed 2002 maritime youth house designed by big & jds copenhagen completed 2004 psychiatric hospital designed by big & jds helsingor denmark completed 2005 vm houses designed by big & jds restad copenhagen completed 2006 m2 hill house denmark 11 sjakket community building designed by big & jds copenhagen completed 2007 mountain dwellings restad copenhagen completed 2008 gyeonggi museum of modern art gyeonggi korea 8 house restad copenhagen 2010 12 danish expo pavilion 2010 expo 2010 shanghai china times square valentine new york city usa completed 2012 superkilen innovative park for the ethnic inhabitants of the n rrebro district of copenhagen competition win 2008 completed 2012 heinemann regionals taxfree store copenhagen airport copenhagen denmark danish maritime museum helsing r denmark completed 2013 gammel hellerup gymnasium sports hall & cultural building hellerup denmark completed 2013 & 2015 warehouse 421 mina zayed abu dhabi united arab emirates 13 the big maze national building museum washington d.c completed 2014 west 57 new york city united states completed 2016 14 under construction edit two world trade center new york city new york united states 15 the big u new york city new york united states 16 grove at grand bay miami florida united states 17 lego house billund denmark 18 hualien residences hualien taiwan serpentine summer pavilion 2016 london england united kingdom 19 washington redskins stadium washington d.c. united states 20 google north bayshore campus mountain view california united states transitlager dreispitz basel switzerland competition win november 2011 21 amager resource center copenhagen denmark competition win 2011 22 faroe islands education centre thorshavn faroe islands competition win december 2009 23 shenzhen international energy mansion shenzhen china competition win september 2009 24 honeycomb albany marina residences building one nassau bahamas 25 vancouver house vancouver bc canada 26 audemars piguet museum la maison des fondateurs la vall e de joux la brassus switzerland 27 telus sky tower calgary canada zootopia givskud denmark 28 bl vand bunker museum varde denmark 29 new tamayo museum mexico city mexico competition win april 2009 new tallinn city hall tallinn estonia competition win june 2009 30 world village of women sports malm sweden competition win november 2009 31 national gallery nuuk greenland competition win february 2011 32 paris parc paris france competition win november 2011 33 koutalaki ski village levi finland competition win 2011 34 kimball art centre park city utah united states competition win february 2012 35 36 37 38 39 cross towers seoul south korea 40 maison de l conomie cr ative et de la culture en aquitaine bordeaux france competition win april 2012 41 the red line tampere finland competition win may 2012 42 rose rock international finance center tianjin china 43 phoenix observation tower phoenix arizona us 44 europacity paris france 45 smithsonian institution south campus master plan washington d.c. united states nypd 40th precinct bronx new york united states the spiral tower new york city new york united states 46 1200 intrepid philadelphia pennsylvania united states metzler high rise frankfurt germany battersea power station malaysia square london england united kingdom king street west toronto canada 47 79 & park stockholm sweden frederiksborgvej 73 copenhagen denmark wilson secondary school arlington virginia united states 48 v ster s travel center v ster s sweden vinterbad bryggen copenhagen denmark saint thomas church extension copenhagen denmark pittsburgh lower hill master plan pittsburgh pennsylvania united states kistefos museum jevnaker norway 49 50 awards edit west 57 on display in louisiana museum of modern art 2008 forum aid award for best building in scandinavia in 2008 for mountain dwellings 2008 world architecture festival award for best residential building for mountain dwellings 2009 uli award for excellence for mountain dwellings 51 2011 prix delarue french academy of architecture paris 52 2013 progressive architecture award for kimball art center 53 2013 red dot award product design best of the best architecture & urban design for superkilen 54 2013 international olympic committee award gold medal 55 for superkilen 2013 archdaily buildings of the year for superkilen 2013 mies van der rohe award finalist for superkilen 2013 den danske lyspris for gammel hellerup high school 56 2014 architizer a awards jury winner for the danish maritime museum and gammel hellerup gymnasium 2014 honor award american institute of architects for the danish maritime museum 2014 royal institute of british architects awards european national winner for the danish maritime museum 2014 european prize of architecture philippe rotthier for the danish maritime museum 2014 archdaily cultural building of the year for the danish maritime museum 2014 re thinking the future first award for vancouver house 57 2014 den nordiske lyspris for gammel hellerup gymnasium 2014 world architecture festival cultural category winner for the danish maritime museum 2015 american institute of architects national honor award for regional and urban design for the dryline resiliency project 2015 global holcim award for sustainable construction bronze for the dryline resiliency project 58 2015 national council of structural engineers associations awards excellence award in structural engineering for grove at grand bay 2015 world architecture festival future project of the year for vancouver house 2016 american institute of architects honor awards regional and urban design award for smithsonian south campus master plan 2016 building design magazine world architecture 100 awards 2nd most admired architectural practice 2016 american institute of architects new york chapter design awards honor award for 2 world trade center exhibitions edit 2007 big city storefront for art and architecture new york 59 2009 yes is more danish architecture centre copenhagen 60 61 2010 yes is more capc bordeaux 2014 the big maze national building museum 62 2015 hot to cold national building museum 63 publications edit hot to cold an odyssey of architectural adaptation taschen 2015 64 yes is more yes is more an archicomic on architectural evolution taschen 2009 museum in the dock arvinius orfeus publishing 2014 superkilen book arvinius orfeus publishing 2013 av monograph big arquitectura viva 2013 being big by abitare abitare 2012 big red book ada edita global architecture 2012 big pink book archilife 2010 big bjarke ingels group projects 2001 2010 design media publishing ltd 2011 a project as an icon an icon as a project in studio architecture and urbanism magazine 65 issue 03 icon milano edited by romolo calabrese 2012 article references edit big bjarke ingels group . big.dk . retrieved 2016 04 20 . young danes think big . architectural record . retrieved 2011 05 23 . nyc design with a twist . world architecture news . retrieved 2011 05 24 . alissa walker . here s what the first full scale test of the hyperloop will look like updated . gizmodo . gawker media . retrieved 11 may 2016 . https vimeo.com 107682946 http www.fridaylock.com http www.urbanrigger.com http www.wired.co.uk article architect bjarke ingels http big.dk projects hum http www.archdaily.com 780533 jakob lange on founding big ideas and the diverse future of architectural practice big architects hill house has a garden on top . inhabitat.com . retrieved 2016 04 20 . 8 house . arcspace . retrieved 2011 01 27 . warehouse421 home . www.warehouse421.ae . retrieved 2016 04 20 . vi 57 west . www.via57west.com . retrieved 2016 04 20 . http www.big.dk projects 2wtc http www.nytimes.com 2014 10 26 nyregion after hurricane sandy new york rebuilds for the future.html smprod nytcore iphone & smid nytcore iphone share http miami.curbed.com archives 2014 07 03 grove at grand bay construction photos.php http www.wired.com 2013 06 lego house serpentine pavilion and summer houses 2016 . serpentine galleries . retrieved 2016 04 20 . redskins hire world renowned firm big for new stadium . www.redskins.com . retrieved 2016 04 20 . transitlager by big . dezeen . retrieved 2011 11 21 . http news.nationalgeographic.com news energy 2013 08 130801 amager bakke europe waste to energy . missing or empty title help faroe islands education centre by big and fuglark . dezeen . retrieved 2009 12 15 . shenzhen international energy mansion by big . dezeen . retrieved 2009 11 26 . http www.dezeen.com 2014 01 27 big bjark ingels honeycomb housing bahamas . missing or empty title help shape shifting in vancouver . world architecture news . retrieved 2012 04 18 . big chosen to expand headquarters of swiss watchmaker audemars piguet in la vall e de joux . bustler . retrieved 2014 06 30 . http www.wired.com 2014 08 a zoo designed to trick animals into thinking you arent watching . missing or empty title help http inhabitat.com bigs blavand bunker museum preserves denmarks wwii history . missing or empty title help tallinn city hall by bjarke ingels group . dezeen .