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IaaC Conference Hall, June 19th
`Advancing in basic architecture`
Julien De Smedt
Julien De Smedt was born on December 3rd 1975 in Brussels, Belgium to French art enthusiast Jacques Léobold and Belgian artist Claude De Smedt. After attending schools in Brussels (St Luc, La Cambre, Sint Lukas), Paris (Belleville), and Los Angeles (Sci-Arc) he received his diploma from the Bartlett School of Architecture, London, in 2000. During 1997-1998 and 2000-2001, he worked at OMA, Rotterdam. In 2001 he co-founded the office PLOT. Among other awards and recognition titles he received the Henning Larsen Price in 2003 and an Eckersberg medal in 2005. In 2004 the Stavanger Concert Hall was appointed world’s best concert hall at the Venice Biennale and the maritime youth house was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe award and won the AR+D award in London.
In 2006 Julien De Smedt founded his current office, JDS, in Copenhagen. In 2007 he won the international competition for the new Holmenkollen Skijump in Oslo, Norway, currently under completion for the world championships 2011.
In 2008, JDS opened offices in Brussels and Oslo.
In 2009 The Mountain Dwellings project received the price of best residential building at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona and at MIPIM in Cannes.
JDS is the laureate of the dutch Maaskant Prize 2009.