DHD Architectes

DHD Architectes is a French architecture practice. Founded some forty years ago by architect Pierre Billard, the practice took the name Billard-Durand Architectes in the 1990s with the arrival of Éric Durand, before evolving with the addition of Frédéric David and Nicolas Huet in 2001, then Pierre Allal in 2023. Based in Saint-Contest, near Caen, in Normandy, it now brings together a team of around twenty staff. DHD Architectes' core business is designing housing and property-development projects, as well as operations in the industrial and educational sectors, through three in-house areas of expertise: architecture and urban planning, works management and BIM management. Its projects include the Palais des Sports de Caen la Mer, the Saint-Joseph gymnasium in Caen and the Normandy Regional Council building in Caen — landmark sports and institutional facilities in the Caen metropolitan area. DHD Architectes emphasizes a culture of listening and excellence serving its projects and their occupants, driven by a cross-functional organization that fosters communication, innovation and staff empowerment.