Julien De Smedt
- January 5, 2024
- Architect
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Julien De Smedt |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Date Of Birth | Dec 3, 1975(1975-12-03) |
| Age | 49 |
| Birthplace | Brussels |
| Country | Belgium |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
Julien De Smedt Biography
| Name | Julien De Smedt |
| Birthday | Dec 3 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Brussels |
| Birth Country | Belgium |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Julien De Smedt is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on December 3, 1975 in Brussels, Belgium. Julien De Smedt (born 1975 in Brussels, Belgium) is the director and founder of JDS Architects based in Brussels, Copenhagen, Belo Horizonte and Shanghai. The projects comprise those of the VM Housing Complex, the Mountain Dwellings and the Maritime Youth House and the Holmenkollen Ski Jump.
In 2007, JDS had their first major project in the world-class competition for the New Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo which is one of Oslo’s most famous landmarks. Other significant prizes include a housing project in the docklands of the past in Arhus, Denmark, and an Harbour Development project that is currently underway in Copenhagen.
Alongside other awards and awards, De Smedt received the Henning Larsen Prize in 2003 and the Eckersberg award in the year 2005. In 2004, the Stavanger Concert Hall was appointed World’s Best Concert Hall at the Venice Biennale, and the Maritime Youth House won the AR+D award in London and was nominated to receive an award called the Mies Van der Rohe Award. The year 2009 was the year that De Smedt received the Maaskant prize of Architecture, and in 2011, he was awarded the WAN-World Architecture News “21 to 21′ award, which recognizes the most influential designers of today’s 21st century. De Smedt has delivered talks and has been displayed at various locations across the globe. His academic achievements include visiting professorships at Rice as well as Lexington University. JDS Architects released 2 monographs called PIXL to XL as well as Agenda, which are available worldwide.
Julien De Smedt Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Architect |
| House | Living in own house. |
Julien De Smedt is one of the richest Architect from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Julien De Smedt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
De Smedt was born in Brussels. After attending school that were located in Brussels, Paris, Los Angeles and London and London, he was awarded an honorary diploma at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London in the year 2000. He later moved to Rotterdam to work for the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Rem Koolhaas.
In 2001, he traveled to Copenhagen to establish the architectural firm PLOT along with OMA co-worker Bjarke Ingels. PLOT soon achieved rapid success and gained notable international and national acknowledgement for their imaginative designs. The company was awarded numerous commissions and awards in competitions in addition to the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2004 for their proposal to design an all-new music venue in Stavanger, Norway. The first major project that they had to be implemented included the multi-award winning VM Houses in Orestad, Copenhagen in 2005. Despite the accolades and the attention it received, PLOT was disbanded in January of 2006, in addition to Julien De Smedt founded Julien De Smedt Architects (often known by the name of JDS) and his former partner established Bjarke Ingels Group.
Since 2013 Julien De Smedt is also board member of Magazine A10. The magazine was established by architecture critic Hans Ibelings and graphic designer Arjan Groot in close collaboration with initial shareholder RSM Group. Currently A10 is published by A10 Publishers, founded by Reinhart Reynders and Benno Savelkoel of RSM Group.
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Julien Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Julien De Smedt celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.