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Floating cities, the LEGO House and other architectural forms of the future

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Design gives form to the future, says architect Bjarke Ingels. In this worldwide tour of his team's projects, journey to a waste-to-energy power plant (that doubles as an alpine ski slope) and the LEGO Home of the Brick in Denmark -- and catch a glimpse of cutting-edge flood resilience infrastructure in New York City as well as an ambitious plan to create floating, sustainable cities that are adapted to climate change.

Design gives form to the future, says architect Bjarke Ingels. In this worldwide tour of his team's projects, journey to a waste-to-energy power plant (that doubles as an alpine ski slope) and the LEGO Home of the Brick in Denmark -- and catch a glimpse of cutting-edge flood resilience infrastructure in New York City as well as an ambitious plan to create floating, sustainable cities that are adapted to climate change.

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Check out FORMGIVING from June 12th to January 5th at BLOX, the home of the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. From the Big Bang to life on Mars, FORMGIVING takes visitors on a journey across time and space to sense how the world around us has evolved from the past to the present.

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Bjarke Ingels

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Bjarke Ingels believes that architecture is the art and science of making sure our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Check out FORMGIVING from June 12th to January 5th at BLOX, the home of the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. From the Big Bang to life on Mars, FORMGIVING takes visitors on a journey across time and space to sense how the world around us has evolved from the past to the present.