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 » |
HONORS AND AWARDS
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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