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Bjarke Ingels
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Key facts
- Born
- Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels , ( 1974-10-02 ) 2 October 1974 (age 51) , Copenhagen , Denmark
- Alma mater
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
- Occupation
- Architect
- Practice
- Bjarke Ingels Group
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bjarke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- design
- Image
- Bjarke Ingels in Frankfurt.20150617.jpg
- Residence
- VM Houses
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Encyclopedic overview
Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈpjɑːkə ˈpɔnkɒ ˈe̝ŋˀl̩s]; 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.
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