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  • BIG's Amager Bakke was the most significant building of 2018

    BIG's Amager Bakke was the most significant building of 2018

    We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with BIG's ski-jump-topped power plant, the studio's signature building that combines sustainability with fun. More about BIG's Amager Bakke was the most significant building of 2018

    Tom Ravenscroft | 24 January 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Copenhill waste-to-energy plant and ski slope by BIG in Copenhagen, Denmark

    Amager Bakke operator has "no plans to close down" ski slope on roof of BIG power plant

    The operator of the BIG-designed Copenhill ski slope has denied that it will need to close, following reports in the Danish press that it may be forced to shut permanently due to the deterioration of its skiing surface. More about Amager Bakke operator has "no plans to close down" ski slope on roof of BIG power plant

    Tom Ravenscroft | 25 August 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Hufton + Crow photographs of Amager Bakke, the power station and ski slope designed by BIG in Copenhagen

    BIG's Amager Bakke power station photographed by Hufton + Crow

    Architecture photography studio Hufton + Crow has captured the chimney of Amager Bakke, a waste-to-energy power station covered by a ski slope designed by BIG, rising from the mist. More about BIG's Amager Bakke power station photographed by Hufton + Crow

    India Block | 21 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Copenhill waste-to-energy plant and ski slope by BIG in Copenhagen, Denmark

    BIG opens Copenhill power plant topped with rooftop ski slope in Copenhagen

    BIG has completed the "cleanest waste-to-energy power plant in the world" in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is topped by an artificial ski slope that is open all year round. More about BIG opens Copenhill power plant topped with rooftop ski slope in Copenhagen

    Lizzie Crook | 8 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Suspected murderer Peter Madsen worked on BIG's smoke-ring-blowing power plant

    The Danish inventor on trial for committing murder aboard his self-built submarine helped Bjarke Ingels Group develop the distinctive smoke-ring-blowing chimney of its Copenhagen power plant, Dezeen has learned. More about Suspected murderer Peter Madsen worked on BIG's smoke-ring-blowing power plant

    Jessica Mairs | 4 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • SLA have unveiled plans for a ski slope atop BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant

    SLA Architects' ski park atop BIG's Copenhagen power plant to open this year

    With BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant due to open in Copenhagen later this year, this movie in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores how its year-round rooftop ski slope designed by SLA Architects was conceived. More about SLA Architects' ski park atop BIG's Copenhagen power plant to open this year

    Calum Lindsay | 29 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG

    BIG launches Kickstarter campaign for smoke-ring-blowing chimney at Copenhagen power plant

    Bjarke Ingels has become the latest architect to use crowdfunding to finance a project, launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for development of a power plant chimney that will blow smoke rings (+ movie) More about BIG launches Kickstarter campaign for smoke-ring-blowing chimney at Copenhagen power plant

    Anna Winston | 17 August 2015 | 36 comments
  • BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant

    Video reveals trial of smoke-ring-blowing chimney for BIG's Copenhagen power plant

    News: as construction of BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant continues in Copenhagen, a video has surfaced showing a successful trial for the building's smoke-ring-blowing chimney (+ movie). More about Video reveals trial of smoke-ring-blowing chimney for BIG's Copenhagen power plant

    Amy Frearson | 25 February 2015 | 8 comments
  • BIG Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant

    BIG's combined power plant and ski slope is "turning science fiction into fact"

    Movie: in the final part of our series of exclusive video interviews with Bjarke Ingels, the architect compares his design method to the family game of Twister and claims BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant will "transform people's perceptions" about public utility buildings. More about BIG's combined power plant and ski slope is "turning science fiction into fact"

    Benedict Hobson | 12 July 2014 | 12 comments
  • Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG

    Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG

    Here are the latest renderings of BIG's combined power plant and ski slope that blows smoke rings, which commenced construction in Copenhagen yesterday (+ slideshow). More about Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG

    Amy Frearson | 5 March 2013 | 3 comments
  • Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG

    Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design a power plant for Copenhagen with their design that will blow smoke rings and double up as a ski slope. More about Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG

    Rose Etherington | 27 January 2011 | 25 comments

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