The Holmenkollen Ski Jump model will be part of the upcoming “New Nordic Identity & Architecture” exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. More information about the exhibition can be found here.
HOLMENKOLLEN SKI JUMP TO BE PART OF NEW NORDIC IDENTITY & ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION AT LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
5 May, 2012 at 17:29
Antwerp Police Department Underway
4 May, 2012 at 15:52
The city of Antwerp will soon have a new police station in the heart of Oud-Berchem. Facade work and the interior finishes are still under construction as the project is due for completion in the end of 2012. See more about the project here.
Stoop exhibited in Malmö
27 March, 2012 at 15:45
BIRKEGADE ROOFTOP RECEIVES COMMENDATION
21 March, 2012 at 18:19
JULIEN JUDGES BRACKET’S MAGAZINE THIRD ISSUE: AT EXTREMES
19 March, 2012 at 12:06
The forthcoming issue of Bracket will contain submissions on the topic of ‘at Extremes’ selected by a jury composed of Keller Easterling, Michael Hensel, Alessandra Ponte, François Roche, Hashim Sarkis, Mark Wigley and Julien De Smedt.
The term extreme is defined as outermost, utmost, farthest, last or frontier. Bracket [at Extremes] seeks to understand what new spatial orders emerge in this liminal space. How might it be leveraged as an opportunity for invention? What are the limits of wilderness and control, of the natural and artificial, the real and the virtual? What new landscapes, networks, and urban models might emerge in the wake of destabilized economic, social and environmental conditions?
Bracket [at Extremes] will examine architecture, infrastructure and technology as they operate in conditions of imbalance, negotiate tipping points and test limit states. In such conditions, the status quo is no longer possible; systems must extend performance and accommodate unpredictability. As new protocols emerge, new opportunities present themselves. Bracket [at Extremes] seeks innovative contributions interrogating extreme processes (technologies, operations) and extreme contexts (cultural, climatic). What is the breaking point of
architecture at extremes?
Visit www.brkt.org for more information.
AI WEIWEI DIRECTS ORDOS 100 DOCUMENTARY
28 February, 2012 at 13:13
Photo by Julien De Smedt
Ordos 100 is a project in inner Mongolia to build 100 villas designed by 100 architects from 27 countries that was curated by Herzog & De Meuron and Ai Weiwei.
A documentary about the project was directed by Ai Weiwei, following 100 architects gathered in Ordos for a first visit to the site in January 2008. The film Ordos 100 documents a total of three site visits, during which time the master plan and design of each villa was completed. Ordos 100 still remains unrealized at this time.
See our contribution to the Ordos 100 project, Big Brother House.
Watch the entire documentary below.
TEASER: BELGIAN CHAPTER OF THE 27 PROJECT
24 February, 2012 at 14:03
We’re excited to present the teaser for the Belgian chapter of ’27: a Journey through contemporary architecture in Europe’ where the crew is accompanied by Julien to decrypt the complexities of his home country. More about the 27 Project can be found here.
JULIEN DE SMEDT ANNOUNCED AS WAN AWARD JUDGE
10 February, 2012 at 18:41
After receiving last year’s WAN Award for Leading Architects in the 21st Century, Julien De Smedt will judge this year’s issue of the award alongside with Patrick Schumacher, Craig Dykers, Peter Murray, Reiulf Ramstad and Andrew Best.
The WAN AWARDS 21 for 21 category is an initiative aiming to highlight 21 architects who could be the leading lights of architecture in the 21st Century: outstanding, forward-thinking people and organisations who have the demonstrable potential to be the next ‘big thing’ in the architectural world.
JDS UNVEILS MINI STACKED AND STOOP AT STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR
6 February, 2012 at 22:45
JDS Architects unveils two new products at the Stockholm Furniture Fair currently underway in the snowy capital from the 7th until the 11th of February. Pictured above is the next evolution of the Stacked project, Mini Stacked, the wall-mountable and scaled down little brother of Stacked. And pictured below is Stoop, a public bench that redefines the public bench with multiple seating levels inviting people to sit in a way that is less prescribed, more flexible and more social.
For those attending the Stockholm Furniture Fair, you can see Mini Stacked at the Muuto display and Stoop can be found at the Vestre display. Any further questions concerning the JDS product line can be directed to Julien De Smedt or our product designer, Wouter Dons,who can also be found in Stockholm until the end of the week.
JDS SELECTED FOR VEJLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION
27 January, 2012 at 18:13
JDS and KLAR in cooperation with Mr. François LECLERCQ Architecte, KUBEN Management, ARUP and Jens Kvorning have been selected for a competition to design an architectural vision for a sustainable future in Vejle, Denmark. More information about the project can be found here.