In recent years, the ever-increasing profile of Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG have been hard to miss. For an office that is barely 10 years old, the number and scope of their projects is astonishing; to cope with demand, the firm has grown to employ almost 300 people. This growth, though, did not happen by accident. In this article, originally published on DesignIntelligence as “The Secret to BIG Success,” Bob Fisher speaks to the firm’s CEO and Partner Sheela Maini Søgaard in order to uncover the business plan behind the BIG phenomenon.