Bjarke Ingels
Founder of BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) | Revolutionary architect creating sustainable, imaginative buildings
Bjarke Ingels is a Creativity speaker who has appeared at 9 events including DLD and Milan Design Week, most recently in 2026.
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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.
Talks6
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.
Hedonistic sustainability
3 warp-speed architecture tales
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| Event | Year | Location | Talks |
|---|---|---|---|
| DLD | 2026 | 🇩🇪Munich, Germany | 1 |
| Milan Design Week | 2025 | 🇮🇹Milan, Italy | 1 |
| Brilliant Minds | 2025 | 🇸🇪Stockholm, Sweden | 1 |
| Brilliant Minds | 2022 | 1 | |
| Masters of Scale Summit | 2022 | 1 | |
| TED2019 | 2019 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada | 2 |
| TEDxEast 2011 | 2011 | 1 | |
| TEDGlobal 2009 | 2009 | 🇬🇧Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1 |
| DLD Conference 2021 | 1 | ||
| DLD Conference 2026 | 1 |
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| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| David DeutschQuantum physicist | Revolutionary computational possibilities researcher at Oxford | 2 | TED 2019, TEDGlobal 2009View shared history → |
| Es DevlinStage Designer | Immersive Art & Interdisciplinary Experiences | 2 | Milan Design Week 2025, TED 2019View shared history → |
| Sarah KayPoet & Educator | Inspiring Authentic Self-Expression | 2 | TED 2019, TEDxEast 2011View shared history → |
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