Reinterpretation of the courtyard house

Roofs have always played a significant role in the work of BIG. This is also evident in the lakeside pavilion on Jinji Lake in Suzhou, where its two-layered, translucent roof structure filters subdued light into the interior.

Architectural intelligence

At a time when reason and foresight are becoming less influential in world affairs, this Architecture Biennale may be just the response we need. Carlo Ratti, the Biennale Director, will be staging his exhibition “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective” at the Giardini and the Arsenale, as well as many other locations in Venice, from 10 May 2025. Will this Architecture Biennale offer fresh insights into the critical issues of our time?

Piranesi in the industrial harbour

The Bjarke Ingels Group has built its new headquarters in Copenhagen's North Harbour. The Brutalist-style building conceals a networked working environment at all levels. 

Hanging gardens on 66 storeys

With the office tower known as the Spiral in New York City’s Hudson Yards, the Bjarke Ingels Group have completed their tallest building to date. A spiral of planted balconies winds around the entire structure.

A vertical oasis

Under the title CapitaSpring, BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) have completed a 280-m skyscraper with a biophilic design.

A desert construction for paying guests

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Icon are planning the El Cosmico Hotel in the Texan town of Marfa.

Building on a large scale

Robots are constructing the world’s largest 3-D residential community: In the Texan city of Georgetown, the BIG studio is building 100 houses.

Spiral repetition

This residential building by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in Aarhus is based on a modular concept and generous outdoor areas. It fits into the master plan for its district in the northern part of the Danish city.

Residential block on and above the water

Amsterdam’s waterside situation has inspired many sensational building designs. The latest example: the Sluishuis, which is located in the IJburg district and features 442 apartments and retail spaces that meet plus-energy standards.

Best of 2022

The various book series in the Edition Detail selection range from construction atlases to monographs featuring building details, as well as the Detail praxis books, which provide information about implementing specific building tasks. These three books have particularly inspired our readers this year.

Sustainable construction

BIG and Heatherwick Studio drape a solar canopy above the internet moguls.

A Spectacular Roofscape

The first Google campus – designed by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios in collaboration with Google’s design and engineering team – has opened in Silicon Valley.

A ribbon of corten steel

The Flugt museum has been developed on the grounds of the former Oksbøl refugee camp. In this project, BIG have connected the two long buildings of the hospital with a softly curving volume.

Eleven winners and three special awards

For the first time in two years, the German Lighting Design Awards have again been conferred in person.

DETAIL Award 2022

At the beginning of June, Vestre opens its new production facility in the middle of the Norwegian forest. The world's most sustainable furniture factory, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, is the first industrial building in Norway to be classified as "Outstanding", the highest environmental seal of approval according to Breeam. We would like to introduce the winner of the Detail Readers´ Award 2022.

Book Talk

How does the Bjarke Ingels Group turn its architectural vision into reality? With which technical details and what self-sufficiency?

Science-Fiction will soon become reality

We asked Bjarke Ingels, BIG founder and creative director, and Kai-Uwe Bergmann, BIG partner and Bjarke's long-time friend, about their optimism in these pandemic times and their plans to create a habitat on the Moon. They joined our interview from Copenhagen and New York.

New book release

The new monograph published by Edition Detail shows the design, construction and technical means with which BIG's buildings have been transformed into reality. The volume documents 20 built projects.

In den Entwürfen der Architektengruppe begegnen sich Utopie und Pragmatismus. Zukunftsorientierte Abenteuer sind bei BIG längst Realität. Wie diese aussehen kann, zeigen die vielen Architekturhighlights des weltweit tätigen Think Tanks.

Approval agency for Hyperloop

With speeds approaching 1,000 km/h, the Hyperloop could one day replace domestic flights.

Maiden voyage on Hyperloop

With speeds approaching 1,000 km/h, the Hyperloop could one day replace domestic flights.

In Arlington, Virginia, this fanned-out school building with its expansive rooftop gardens has added a new accent to the urban environment.