The 2,800-m² Dymak HQ in Odense, Denmark, has been delivered and marked with a celebration attended by Dymak staff, the BIG design team, and project collaborators. The circular headquarters is organized around a central courtyard and defined by a radial timber structure and an undulating roof with integrated solar panels, and will become Dymak’s new home when staff move into the building in early 2026. The project has received DGNB Gold certification along with Heart and Diamond distinctions, reflecting its performance across sustainability, indoor climate, and architectural quality.
I AM MSHRM, a modular pavilion made from 3D-printed recycled plastic and mycelium, opened at Herningsholm College in Denmark. Designed together with Danish AM Hub, MDT and Naturpladen, the installation explores how additive manufacturing and bio-based materials can support circular construction, allowing the pavilion to be disassembled, reassembled and reused.
On the opening day, 150 students took part in workshops and discussions about the future of building, imagining how technology and new materials could address climate challenges in 2125.
Earthworks and land preparation are now underway for the Gelephu International Airport – the first major infrastructure component of the Gelephu Mindfulness City masterplan. At the groundbreaking ceremony, His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema, and Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck were joined by over a thousand Desuup and Gyalsup volunteers to offer zhabtog – a tradition of voluntary service that has shaped communities and nation-building throughout Bhutanese history. His Majesty addressed the nation at the project site, calling the airport a vital link for Bhutan’s future and a legacy for generations to come.
Rooted in Bhutanese culture and ecology, the airport design draws inspiration from the nation’s four forest ecosystems – evergreen oak, cool broadleaf, warm broadleaf, and subtropical – and will incorporate traditional craftsmanship, landscape zones of native flora, and future connections to the broader Mindfulness City.
Main construction of the new airport will begin in April 2026, with inauguration set for December 2029.
In Seville, the European Commission has broken ground on the Joint Research Center. Rooted in the principles of the New European Bauhaus, the dome-shaped building will be powered by an energy-generating canopy of solar panels that shades a central square, garden and research spaces beneath. Developed in collaboration with HCP, Buro Happold and Argenia, the research center will be built using local limestone, wood and ceramics.
The groundbreaking was marked by an event in Seville, opened by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and joined by Commissioners Ekaterina Zaharieva and Jessika Roswall, regional leaders, and BIG Founder & Creative Director Bjarke Ingels, who presented the design for the new campus.
The Joint Research Center is slated for completion in 2028.
The Athletics, BIG, and HNTB officially broke ground on the A’s Ballpark in Las Vegas, Nevada, signaling the next chapter for the Major League Baseball team as they make their new home in ‘The Entertainment Capital of the World.’
“This groundbreaking is a great milestone for our almost decade-long collaboration with the A’s. It marks the end of a long journey to find the new home for the A’s, and on a personal note, the groundbreaking of our first baseball stadium. The A’s Armadillo is unlike any other ballpark, and will not only be a great home for the team and the sport, but also a striking new architectural character in the string of pearls along the Las Vegas Strip.”– Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG
Sitting on nine acres between Tropicana and Reno Avenues, the 33,000-capacity Athletics Ballpark is designed to echo the vibrancy of Las Vegas. Framing views of The Strip, the expansive cable-net glass wall creates an open, outdoor feel, inviting the energy of the city inside. The roof, composed of five overlapping shells inspired by baseball pennants, serves as a tribute to the sport’s legacy while defining the ballpark’s silhouette. These arched “pennants” attenuate direct sunlight glare and welcome indirect natural light through northern oriented clerestory windows. During the day, the structure’s metal cladding shimmers under the desert sun; at night, it reflects the dazzling lights of Las Vegas.
Set to open ahead of the 2028 MLB season, the ballpark is designed in collaboration with Thornton Tomasetti, Henderson Engineers, CAA ICON, Mortenson, McCarthy Building Companies, and more.
During 3daysofdesign, the biggest design festival in the Nordics, BIG turned their headquarters in Copenhagen into a live showcase of material exploration through products, prototypes and objects.
On the ground floor, a curated display featured prototypes for 1966, a collection of lava stone tables created with NeroSicilia; Shylights by Dutch duo Studio Drift; a new tile collection for Huguet Mallorca; barstools developed in collaboration with Muller Van Severen & Valerie Objects; Stellar Nebula lamps designed for Artemide – featuring the new 160mm size; and a solid travertine timepiece designed in collaboration with SolidNature and Humans since 1982. Extending to the 6th floor, a material library presented a collection of 55 cubes in stone, earth, concrete, metal, glass, wood, and fabric. Seven tables showcased the cover materials of the first seven Domus issues curated under Bjarke Ingels’ guest editorship, each displaying the full-scale prototype used on its respective cover, engraved with the Domus logo and reflecting the material theme of the issue.
As part of the Nordics’ largest design festival, 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, BIG is opening the doors to its HQ for the exhibition MATERIALISM. On view June 18–20 from 10:00 – 18:00, the exhibition spans the ground floor and 6th floor of the headquarters and invites the public to explore seven materials through furniture, objects, installations, and prototypes.
Curated in parallel with Bjarke Ingels’ guest editorship of Domus throughout 2025, each piece corresponds to one of the first seven issues, each dedicated to a different material – from stone and earth to glass and fabric. Talks will take place daily with speakers such as David Mahyari (SolidNature), Biagio Amarù (Nero Sicilia), Carlotta de Bevilacqua (Artemide), Lonneke Gordijn (Studio DRIFT), and Bjarke Ingels in conversation with Bang & Olufsen.
The first phase of East River Park is officially open to the public, marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the NYC Department of Design and Construction. Following the original 2014 vision for 10 miles of protective park and public realm in the wake of Superstorm Sandy known as the BIG U, this quarter-mile stretch on Manhattan’s east side brings a variety of new amenities to the Lower East Side community, including basketball and tennis courts, picnic and BBQ areas, a multi-use turf field, open lawn space, and inviting zones for nature exploration and water play. Part of the larger $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project that will protect 110,000+ New Yorkers, the opening marks a major milestone in New York City’s efforts to reduce flood risk and build a more resilient waterfront.
“With the opening of the first phase of East River Park, we see the first physical manifestation of a decade-long vision: an archipelago of parks forming an elevated, undulating new landscape – a “Park-ipelago” if you will. Each island of green is devoted to a use and character decided by the community. Rather than separating the city from the waterfront, we’ve designed a public realm that invites people in with new connections across the FDR, transforming flood protection into a tapestry of everyday experiences. The result is infrastructure that not only strengthens but also enhances the city’s coastline. It protects, connects, and inspires – proof that the future of our cities can be both safe from flood and full of life.” – Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG
ESCR is designed and developed under the leadership of the NYC Department of Design and Construction with local residents of the Lower East Side, and in collaboration with our many partners, including AKRF, MNLA, ONE Architecture & Urbanism, Arcadis, Jacobs, and others.
Designed by BIG in collaboration with Atelier Verticale, CityWave Milan’s 140-m-long canopy has topped out, marked by a ceremony held during Salone del Mobile Milano. The sweeping roof structure, clad entirely in photovoltaic panels, forms a shaded pedestrian plaza for the city of Milan that unifies CityWave’s two courtyard buildings – a modern homage to the traditional porticos found throughout Italy. The canopy will become one of the largest urban rooftop solar installations in the world, with completion slated for 2026.
“This topping out is a major milestone for what has become a long-standing engagement with the urban development of Milano and the architectural culture of Italy. Through my guest editorship of DOMUS, I feel as if fully immersed in the deep heritage of Italian design. What we have attempted here is to resist the temptation to add yet another tower to the already majestic urban ensemble of CityLife, and rather create a truly inviting urban space as a gateway to this new neighbourhood. The solar roof of the timber canopy uniting the two buildings provides shade and shelter for the life of the city, and serves as an urban gesture of environmental and social performance. Like a 21st century interpretation of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, CityWave is a direct continuation of the pursuit of providing new forms of public space for the city.”– Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG
