Biography

François Jean Victor VALENTINY

1968	Studies of joiner
1975	Studies of Architecture at the University «Ecole d’architecture de Nancy», France and the «Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien», Austria
1980	Diplome « Magister architecturae »
1980	Founding of the architects’ office Hermann & Valentiny in Luxembourg and Vienna
1980, 1981	Assistant at the «International Summer Academy» in Salzburg
1987–1992	Visiting Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Architecture
1991	First representative of Luxembourg at the Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Italy
1991-1994	Member of the Design Advisory Committee, City of Salzburg, Austria
1997-2006	Member of the Architecture and Urban Advisory Committee, City of Trier, Germany
2000-2005	Member of the Advisory Committee «Deutsches Architektur Museum» Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Since 2002	Founder and publisher of the first Luxembourgish architectural magazine A-DATO
2003-2007	Member to the board of directors, Foundation of Architecture and Engineering, Luxembourg
2004+2006	Luxembourg’s Commissioner at the Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Italy
2006-2007	President of the Foundation of Architecture and Engineering, Luxembourg
Since 2009	Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzbourg
2010	Co-founder of the festival «Musica em Trancoso – MeT» , Trancoso, Brazil
2011	Chair as Master Professor at «De Tao Master Academy», Peking, China, « Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts »

1980	Sponsorship award by the Federal Ministry for Science and Research, Vienna, Austria
1988	Award for the most beautiful construction in steel, CBLIA Staalprijs - Brussels
1989	Luxembourg’s Architectural Award for the most beautiful realisation in concrete
1994	German state prize in the field of planning and design
1995	Architectural Award of Sachsen-Anhalt, German
1998	Luxembourg’s Architectural Award for the best concrete building
2007	Gold decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
2007	Honored for his overall architectural oeuvre in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Abroad

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