BIG employees to hold protest over practice’s plans to slash UK workforce

The Architects’ Journal BIG employees to hold protest over practice’s plans to slash UK workforce Employees at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) are set to demonstrate outside the practice’s London offices tomorrow (3 February) over plans to lay off almost half its UK workforce The post BIG employees to hold protest over practice’s plans to slash UK workforce appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Gino Spocchia

In pictures: ZHA misses out in Hungarian Natural History Museum contest

The Architects’ JournalIn pictures: ZHA misses out in Hungarian Natural History Museum contest Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won a competition for the new Hungarian Natural History Museum – selected from a raft of practices including Zaha Hadid Architects, Lina Ghotmeh Architecture and Mecanoo The post In pictures: ZHA misses out in Hungarian Natural History Museum contest appeared first on The Architects’ JournalMerlin Fulcher

Bjarke Ingels Group designs modular timber airport for Bhutan

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group has designed Bhutan’s second international airport as part of Gelephu Mindfulness City near the Bhutan-Indian border and the Himalayas. The 68,000-sq-m Gelephu International Airport will… The post Bjarke Ingels Group designs modular timber airport for Bhutan appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Bjarke Ingels Group to turn Danish Aldi into Museum for Paper Art

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group is to redevelop an Aldi supermarket as the Museum for Paper Art. The store, in the north of the Jutland peninsula, will be expanding from… The post Bjarke Ingels Group to turn Danish Aldi into Museum for Paper Art appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Bjarke Ingels-designed art village tops out in China

Construction on the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by ARTS Group, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Front Inc. has topped out in Jiangsu province, close to Shanghai. The 60,000-sq-m… The post Bjarke Ingels-designed art village tops out in China appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Architectural Digest - Inside A Sustainable Power Plant With A Ski Slope On Its Roof, 09032023

Architectural Digest visits Copenhagen, Denmark to tour CopenHill — an innovative, climate-positive waste-to-energy plant towering above the city’s downtown that doubles as an urban ski slope.

City Beautiful - An Introduction to District Heating Systems, 25012023

District heating is the process of heating buildings by capturing waste heat from a power plant through co-generation. That heat is transmitted via steam or hot water. Many cities in the world have used this system, and it's increasingly attractive when paired with low-carbon power sources. Is steam the technology of the future?