BIG HQ: When architects design for themselves

Let's Talk Architecture

Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG – is one of Denmark’s most internationally acclaimed architecture studios, with high-profile projects across the globe. Not long ago, the firm moved into its own seven-story raw concrete-and-glass headquarters, prominently located on the harbour in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn district.

But what happens when a firm like BIG gets the chance to design its own headquarters? What role did sustainability play in the process, and what can the new BIG HQ tell us about the company behind the name?

Join us as founder of BIG, Bjarke Ingels, invites host Michael Booth on an exclusive tour of BIG HQ and shares the thinking behind the building’s design – and what it’s like to be both architect and client.

Let's Talk Architecture is a Danish Architecture Center podcast. Sound edits by Munck Studios.