In the world of architecture, there's a chance Bjarke Ingels will go down as one of the greats. The Danish founder of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is building a baseball stadium for the old Oakland A's in Las Vegas, an opera house in Hamburg, and making plans with NASA for buildings on the moon. (He even brought some synthetic moon dust as a housewarming gift.) Stephen Dubner and Bjarke Ingels tackle some of the big questions about design: Why don't architects make royalties? How do you design buildings that give back to the community? And is architecture the highest form of art? Bjarke Ingels explains why he loves oxymorons, Burning Man and the city of New York, and reveals what's on his architecture bucket list. It's a conversation about design that teaches us all how to build the world we want to live in. #betterinperson #freakonomicsradio #bjarkeingels Airs weekly on Tuesdays. Don't miss an episode! Subscribe NOW: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjf7anLJA4NqUv8kPFIJWA?sub_confirmation=1 Introducing ChatGPT Work - Put ChatGPT to work on your most ambitious ideas and projects. Download the new ChatGPT desktop app today at www.chatgpt.com ABOUT BETTER IN PERSON: Everyone has a public story. Stephen Dubner wants the rest. On Better in Person, Dubner invites remarkable people into his home for a kind of conversation that’s hard to find: curious, free-wheeling, even profound. They talk, play, eat and drink, argue and laugh. The result? Less interview, more shared discovery. This is how a conversation works. FOLLOW BETTER IN PERSON: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterinpersontv TikTok: http://tiktok.com/betterinpersontv FOLLOW STEPHEN DUBNER: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenjdubner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-dubner-2a066578/ Substack: https://stephendubner.substack.com FOLLOW FREAKONOMICS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freakonomics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freakonomics/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freakonomicsradio Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freakonomics LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freakonomics-media/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@freakonomics Chapters: 00:00 Meet Bjarke Ingels 03:34 The First Building That Caught My Attention 08:20 Why Architecture Is Undervalued 10:20 Competing to Build the World's Biggest Projects 14:29 Utopian Pragmatism Explained 18:27 Rethinking the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 21:20 Bjarke’s Book "Yes Is More" 26:17 Where Creative Thinking Comes From 28:34 Is Architecture the Highest Form of Art? 30:30 Bjarke's Architecture Bucket List 34:48 Bjarke's Take on New York City 36:57 The Buildings He Wishes He Designed How a Great Architect Thinks ft. Bjarke Ingels | Better in Person https://youtu.be/u9Y7Bo84F2w