JDS / Julien De Smedt Architects have just signed the contract to execute their first French project for the city of Lille. The project that houses a youth hostel, a kindergarten and offices is the result of an invited competition that JDS won in collaboration with EGIS,…

JDS Architects’ Holmenkollen Ski Jump has been announced as the winner of the 2011 ECCS Structural Steel Design Award today at the ECCS Congress in Potsdam, Germany. The award recognizes outstanding design in steel construction emphasizing the many advantages of steel in construction, production, economy…

JDS/Julien De Smedt Architects has shared with us the proposal for a mixed-use development in Hangzhou, China which recently won the Belgian firm the First Prize in the invited competition. The design team also included engineering firm China CUC. The Hangzhou Gateway program includes offices,…

JDS / Julien de Smedt Architects have been announced winners of the 1st prize for an invited competition to design a police department in the heart of Old-Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium.

Last week, Bustler reported that the Taipei Pop Music Center competition had announced three finalists and four honorable mentions. Here’s a first glimpse at the entry that won Danish office JDS Architects / Julien de Smedt an honorable mention…

The Belgian architect Julien De Smedt (b. 1975) of JDS Architects has been awarded the Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2009. Julien De SmedtThe prize goes to De Smedt because he combines typological innovation…

Julien De Smedt, of JDS Architects, gave a public lecture at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Design’s George Gund Hall on March 5, 2009. Topic: “Embracing Diversity”. Watch the video of the lecture here on Bustler: