JUDGE BJARKE INGELS
ARCHITECT
New fatherhood has not slowed the Danish superstar, who signed on to judge this year’s Design Awards despite being on paternity leave. His practice grows in international reach, recently topping out Vancouver House, a supercharged take on the Flatiron building; completing its first skyscraper in Asia (home to Shenzhen Energy Company); and winning commissions from Albania to Ecuador. Its biggest triumphs, though, are still in its birthplace of Copenhagen: the opening of the new Noma, last February, showed that Ingels is as adept at finesse as at grand statements, while an autumn exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg showcased collaborations with the likes of Ai Weiwei and Es Devlin, firmly installing BIG in our cultural firmament.