Feature:
Young designers
ADVICE
ARCHITECTS
Renowned Danish architect
Bjarke Ingels offers his
architectural advice to
aspiring architects and
explains why architecture
is fundamentally important
for the world we live in.
Bjarke Ingels is considered one of the greatest architects of our time, with projects such as the BIG U, which
contains a plan to fortify the whole south tip of Manhattan against future storms and rising sea levels.
His architectural vision evolves around a philosophy that could be described as a pragmatic utopianism,
combining everyday needs with sustainable solutions to the climatic challenges. Ingels (born 1974) is a
founding partner of BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group located in Copenhagen and New York. Bjarke Ingels was
interviewed by Kasper Bech Dyg in New York in December 2014. AD
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