mr. ingels started here in copenhagen, where he grew up. ther an engineer, his mother a dentist. >> ingels: i wanted to be a cartoonist, but there was no cartoon academy. so i enrolled in the royal danish art academy school of architecture. but then i really got smitten by architecture. we don't want any verticals. >> safer: from the beginning, ingels says he set out to disrupt modern architecture's tyrany of what he calls "the formulaic, boring box." >> ingels: when i started studying architecture, people would say, you know, "can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?" because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days-- architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles. and today, it just becomes very practical. >> safer: after graduation, ingels lasted just two years working for famed architect rem koolhaas before setting out on his own. in 2005, he formed big --for the bjarke ingels group-- from his tiny apartment in copenhagen. >> ingels: denmark is one of the smallest countries on the