Bjarke Ingels

Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels is a popular Danish architect who is also the founder of Bjarke Ingels Group. He founded this company in 2006, and by 2015, it had around 400 staff. He became well known in Denmark after he designed two houses in Mountain Dwellings and Orestad: VM Houses. He has won various architectural competitions throughout his career journey. His company, BIG, has also won a design contest in 2012.

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Biography and Early Life

Ingels was born on 2 October 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an engineer father and a dentist mother. While growing up, he always wanted to become a cartoonist but later started learning architecture with the intention to grow his drawing skills.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Bjarke Ingels in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Bjarke Ingels’s age is 46 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 2 October 1974. Though, he is 6′ 1″ in feet and inches and 185 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 165 lbs in Pound and 75 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Ingels studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Although at first, he wanted to become a cartoonist, he also wanted to perfect his drawing skills thus went for architecture while in school. With time, his interest in architecture grew, and he went ahead to further his education at Escola Tecnica Superior dÁriquitectura, which is in Barcelona.

He did his first set up while in his third year in Barcelona, winning his first competition. He later returned to Copenhagen, where he earned his diploma in 1999. Ingels has visited various professors from Rice University School of Architecture, the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and the Yale School of Architecture.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Ingels is not married yet. He has been dating Ruth Otero since 2016, whom he met at Burning Man and is a Spanish architect. The two have one child together named Darwin Otero Ingels.

He owns an apartment he bought in 2016 and is located in New York’s Dumbo neighborhood.

Is Bjarke Ingels Gay?

No. Ingels has a straightforward sexual orientation, and he is neither gay nor bisexual. He has been dating Ruth Otero since 2016 and is even blessed with a child. They have not been faced with any issues in their relationship and seem to be happy together.

Professional Career

Ingels began his career in 1998 by working for Rem Koolhaas in the Metropolitan Architecture office in Rotterdam. He stopped working here in 2001 and returned to Copenhagen, where he set up an architectural practice Plot with his Belgian OMA partner, Julien de Smedt. The company became very successful and even received Golden Lion Award during the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2004.

PLOT completed such projects as 2500 m2 of an open swimming pool and Maritime Youth House. PLOT was disbanded in 2005, and Ingels started Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in January 2006. The company grew very first, and by 2016, it had 400 employees. The first project BIG was involved in was the 25 meter high Mountain Dwellings which was on the VM house site. The project combined 10 000 m2 of housing with 20 000 m2 of parking and parking space and contained a mountain view all over the building.

The project was completed in October 2008 and received World Architecture Festival Housing Award. Another of BIG’s projects was the 8 House which was commissioned by store Frederkslund Holding and Danish Oil Company. The project was completed in 2010, becoming the largest development in Denmark and Scandinavia.

Other of Ingel’s projects include designing a pavilion with the shape of a loop for the Danish World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. He also designed the National Library of Kazakhstan in Australia, in 2009 which resembles a giant metallic doughnut.

He is a co-founder of the KiBiSi design group alongside Jens Martin Skibsted and Lars Larsen. He has written a book with the title “Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution.” He has appeared in several documentary films like “My Playground,” “Genre de Vie,” and also appeared in the first season of “Abstract: The Art of Design.”

Awards

Ingels has received various awards as an individual and even for his companies. His company with Smedt, received Golden Lion Award in 2004. His company, BIG, received World Architecture Festival Housing Award after the completion of their first project. The company was also awarded Forum AID Award and the MIPIM Residential Development Award in 2009. Ingels was included by Fast Company magazine in 2010 on the list of 100 most creative people in business.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Bjarke Ingels in 2021

As of 2021, Ingels has a total estimated net worth of $5 million. He has acquired much of his wealth from his architectural career, having designed various projects. He has also written a book and has appeared in various documentaries about architecture.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• His dream career was to become a cartoonist, but his love for drawing lead him to the architectural job.
• He released a video about architecture in 2014 called Worldcraft.

Bjarke Ingels is one of the most successful architects we have. He has given different ideas on the architectural field, which has won various awards. He has designed houses for various successful companies like Google and Danish World Expo 2010 pavilion.