Constructed in just 18 months, the building is made of local mass timber, low-carbon concrete, and recycled steel,and is set to become the first industrial building to achieve the highest environmental BREEAM Outstanding rating.

BIG HQ is BIG’s first example of fully integrated LEAP design – a collaboration between Landscape, Engineering, Architecture and Product designers. Everything from door handles to concrete columns – from urban design to glass facades has been given form by …

The Smile is BIG’s reinterpretation of a 100+ Year zoning law: the landmark 1916 Building Zone Resolution which enforced the construction of “stepped façade” towers in order to allow light and air back into the streetscapes of New York City.

The building replaces the 50-year-old Amagerforbraending plant and is the single largest environmental initiative in Denmark. The new breed of waste-to-energy plant is topped with a ski slope, hiking trail, climbing wall, an urban recreation center, and environmental education hub, turning the power plant into a destination.

The buildings within Freedom Plaza are placed at the perimeter of the site to maximize space for the multilevel, universally accessible green spaces – roughly thesize of Bryant Park– which include a children’s play area, dog run and event lawn with …

On the exterior, all three buildings feature a first-of-its-kind “dragonscale” solar skin roof equipped with 50,000 silver solar panels that generate a total of nearly seven megawatts of energy.

The Vancouver House emerges from the ground, expands as it rises, appearing like a Genie let out of the bottle. What seems like a surreal gesture is in fact a highly responsive architecture – shaped by its environment.

The 830,000 sq ft high-rise combines the density of the Manhattan skyscraper with the communal space of the European courtyard, offering 709 residential units with a lush 22,000 sq ft garden at the heart of the building.

Tropical trees provide shade for travelers, and the forest courtyard lines the main functions of immigration, security, and luggage. The airport architecture is composed of modular mass timber frames providing flexibility and expandability, resembling a stylized mountain range at a distance.

"Rather than building all the housing and then activating the leftover space with public programs, we proposed to design the public space first and then turn the leftover areas into plots for future housing developments." Bjarke Ingels— Founder & Creative Director, BIG