21 Oct 2017
Big Time
Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years while he is struggling to complete his largest projects yet, the Manhattan skyscraper W57 and Two World Trade Center.
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Álvaro Siza Vieira 
Fátima Campos Ferreira Eduardo Souto Moura
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