--- product_id: 254674458 title: "BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History" price: "SAR 437" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/254674458-big-formgiving-an-architectural-future-history store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # 65+ global projects shaping the future Insights spanning 5 to 50 years ahead 700+ pages of visionary architecture BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History **Price:** SAR 437 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🚀 Shape tomorrow today with BIG’s architectural future history! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History - **How much does it cost?** SAR 437 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/254674458-big-formgiving-an-architectural-future-history) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Future-Ready Insights:** Exclusive essays and photography reveal BIG’s bold vision for architecture’s role in shaping our planet. - • **Collector’s Must-Have:** A chunky, beautifully crafted volume that’s a centerpiece for any architecture or design library. - • **Global Impact, Local Detail:** 65+ projects worldwide, from LEGO House to ocean ecosystems, redefining space and purpose. - • **Architectural Odyssey Unfolded:** Explore BIG's visionary timeline from the Big Bang to distant futures. - • **Sustainability Meets Innovation:** Discover projects that blend culture, climate, and cutting-edge design for a greener tomorrow. ## Overview BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History is a 700+ page visionary book by Bjarke Ingels Group, presenting over 65 global projects that fuse sustainability, innovation, and culture. Structured around six evolutionary themes, it offers exclusive essays, award-winning photography, and speculative designs that look 5 to 50 years into the future, making it a definitive resource for professionals passionate about architecture’s role in shaping a sustainable and vibrant world. ## Description Formgiving . An Architectural Future History by BIG ( Bjarke Ingels Group ), is a visionary attempt to look at the horizon of time . The Danish word for "design" is "formgivning," which literally means to give form to that which has not yet taken shape . In other words, to give form to the future . Using our power to give form, rather than allowing the future to take shape, is more important now than ever, as humankind's impact on the planet continues to increase and pose ever greater challenges to all life forms. Architecture plays a special role by proposing spaces for our lives that are fragments of the future in the making. William Gibson's words embody architecture's role perfectly: "The future is already here--it's just not evenly distributed." With Formgiving , BIG presents the last part of its trilogy, which began with Yes is More , one of the most successful architectural books of its generation, and continued with Hot to Cold. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation . The book is presented in a timeline, stretching from the Big Bang into the most distant future . Projects are structured around six strands of evolution--"Making," "Sensing," "Sustaining," "Thinking," "Healing," and "Moving"--the multimedia-based, interdisciplinary concepts encompassing the building industry. Culture, climate, and landscape, as well as all the energies derived from the elements--the thermal mass of the ocean, the dynamics of currents, the energy and warmth of the sun, the power of the wind--are incorporated into these projects. Throughout more than 700 pages, Bjarke Ingels presents his personal selection of projects , including the 12,000-square-meter LEGO House in Denmark, the human-made ecosystems floating on oceans, the redesign of a World War II bunker into a contemplative museum, and the ski slope-infused power plant celebrating Copenhagen's commitment to carbon neutrality. Through architecture and design, BIG gives shape to a sustainable and simultaneously colorful world . Bjarke Ingels: "To feel that we have license to imagine a future different from today, all we have to do is look back ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, to realize how radically different things were then than they are today. The same will be true if we can look ahead with the same clarity of vision. As we tackle the complexities of everyday life, these six evolutionary trajectories allow us to place a firm gaze on the horizon of time to prevent us from being derailed by the random distractions of today. Since we know from our past that our future is bound to be different from our present, rather than waiting for it to take shape on its own, we have the power to give it form." More than 65 projects document BIG's global work through the eyes of their users, from the drawing board to global construction sites and finished projects . Throughout the book are insights into developments that reach five, ten, or fifty years into the future, and evidence of BIG's intransigence to reach beyond the ordinary, and beyond worlds, to contribute to the future with each project. Each step not only reveals a world that resembles our dreams but also already tries to realize these dreams pragmatically. We have the power to create the world of tomorrow! The book features: previously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels, award-winning photography by Laurian Ghinitoiu, Iwan Baan, and Rasmus Hjortshøj, among others, planetary proposals for habitats on the Moon and research centers on Mars, 20 LEGO master-builder models of BIG's work, a glimpse of Masterplanet--BIG's ongoing work on a collective, crowdsourced masterplan guide for sustaining our planet . Review: Excelente todo - Excelente producto y entrega super rapida Review: Beautiful as expected - As expected this is a beautiful book. Inevitably the spine will get cracked because it is so chunky and so very interesting. I love the speculative terradorming bits and the lego builds too ## Features - Item Trademark: TASCHEN - manufacturer: TASCHEN - Item Weight: ounces, pounds, 4.373750, 69.98 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #37,324 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Architecture Study & Teaching #11 in Sustainable & Green Architecture #29 in Art Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 406 Reviews | ## Images ![BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ooEeLISnL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excelente todo *by C***S on 18 October 2024* Excelente producto y entrega super rapida ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful as expected *by U***C on 28 February 2021* As expected this is a beautiful book. Inevitably the spine will get cracked because it is so chunky and so very interesting. I love the speculative terradorming bits and the lego builds too ### ⭐ The cover is intriguing, but the inside turns out to be a design and editorial failure. *by T***E on 28 December 2025* Great projects. Poor editorial. Poor print. Poor typesetting. Poor composition. ## Frequently Bought Together - BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History - Big. 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