Bjarke Ingels
Founder of BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) | Revolutionary architect creating sustainable, imaginative buildings
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Bjarke Ingels is a revolutionary architect who challenges traditional design boundaries. As founder of BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), he has designed landmark structures worldwide that are simultaneously functional, sustainable, and stunningly imaginative.
His buildings reimagine what architecture can do. Bjarke's keynotes explore how design can solve complex problems while inspiring wonder.
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Floating cities, the LEGO House and other architectural forms of the future
Design gives form to the future, says architect Bjarke Ingels. In this worldwide tour of his team's projects, journey to a waste-to-energy power plant (that doubles as an alpine ski slope) and the LEGO Home of the Brick in Denmark -- and catch a glimpse of cutting-edge flood resilience infrastructure in New York City as well as an ambitious plan to create floating, sustainable cities that are adapted to climate change.
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