ParametricArchitecture Competitors

BIG is a Copenhagen, New York, London, Barcelona, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Zurich, and Bhutan-based global architecture firm operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, and research & development. The office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania. BIG’s architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes, not least due to the influence from multicultural exchange, global economic flows, and communication technologies that all together require new ways of architectural and urban organization. We believe that in order to deal with today’s challenges, architecture can profitably move into a field that has been largely unexplored. A pragmatic utopian architecture that steers clear of the petrifying pragmatism of boring boxes and the naïve utopian ideas of digital formalism. Like a form of programmatic alchemy, we create architecture by mixing conventional ingredients such as living, leisure, working, parking, and shopping. By hitting the fertile overlap between pragmatic and utopia, we as architects once again find the freedom to change the surface of our planet to better fit contemporary life forms. BIG is committed to supporting its new parents and their families, and is a proud member of Pledge Parental Leave. While on leave, BIGsters will continue to receive all employee benefits previously provided including health insurance and will remain eligible for salary increases and bonuses, as well as 52 weeks of job security. We offer 18 weeks of total paid leave in addition to accrued vacation to extend the paid leave for primary caregivers, and 4 weeks paid leave for secondary caregivers.

Dezeen is the world's most influential architecture and design magazine. Our mission is simple: to bring you a carefully edited selection of the best architecture, design and interiors projects from around the world, and to set the agenda for the global design community. Dezeen receives over three million visitors every month, and has readers in every corner of the globe. It has over five million social media followers, with 3.2 million Instagram followers and over three million followers on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. It has won over forty awards for publishing excellence including digital publisher of the year, best use of video, best branded entertainment and commercial partnership of the year. Founded in 2006 by Marcus Fairs, Dezeen has an in-house creative team called Dezeen Studio, which produces branded content and events for partner brands. It also has Dezeen Jobs, a recruitment website; Dezeen Awards, which is the most desirable global awards programme in the design sector; the Dezeen Day conference and other services for the design community.

Founded in 1999, designboom is the world’s first online architecture and design magazine, asking ‘what if?’ since day one. At the intersection of imagination and progress, we cover architecture, art, design and technology through the lens of utopian optimism, spotlighting ideas that challenge conventions, spark curiosity and shape a better future. With over 50,000 published stories, designboom is a global platform for creative professionals and cultural explorers alike. Our editorial spans in-depth project features, interviews, studio visits, product innovations, exhibitions, and critical reflections on contemporary design. Beyond publishing, we act as talent scouts and trend forecasters, internationally recognized for our design competitions, engaging thousands of professionals worldwide. With a global network of editors across Milan, Athens, Berlin, Tokyo and New York, designboom reaches millions of readers each month and extends its voice across social platforms, connecting a vast community of creatives through storytelling, video and digital experiences.