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Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Bjarke Ingels
- Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels (Danish pronunciation: ['pja?k? 'p?nk??? 'e??l?s]; born 2 October 1974) is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). In Denmark, Ingels became well known after designing two housing complexes in Ørestad: VM Houses and Mountain Dwellings.
- In 2006 he founded Bjarke Ingels Group, which grew to a staff of 400 by 2015, with noted projects including the 8 House housing complex, VIA 57 West in Manhattan, the Google North Bayshore headquarters (co-designed with Thomas Heatherwick), the Superkilen park, and the Amager Resource Center (ARC) waste-to-energy plant — the latter which incorporates both a ski slope and climbing wall on the building exterior. Since 2009, Ingels has won numerous architectural competitions.
- He moved to New York City in 2012, where in addition to the VIA 57 West, BIG won a design contest after Hurricane Sandy for improving Manhattan's flood resistance, and are now designing the new Two World Trade Center building.
- Ingels and his company are the subject of the 2017 documentary BIG Time. In 2011, the Wall Street Journal named Ingels Innovator of the Year for architecture.
- and in 2016 Time Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People.
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