François Valentiny

1953 Born in Remerschen (LU) 1970 Completion of carpentry apprentice in Virton (BE) 1975-1976 Architecture Studies at the University of Nancy (FR) 1980 Diploma Magister architecturae with distinction from the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna (AT) 1980 François Valentiny and Hubert Hermann found Hermann & Valentiny Architects 1980 Project at the Rauchstraße in Berlin for the IBA 1980- 1981 Assistant position at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg (AT) 1991 H&V become Luxembourg’s first representatives at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2000-2003 Professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Art at Leipzig (DE) 2000-2005 Member of the advisory committee to the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) 2004- 2006 Luxembourg’s commissioner for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2006-2007 President of the Fondation de l´Architecture et de l´Ingénierie à Luxembourg 2006 Inauguration of the „Haus für Mozart“ in Salzburg 2007 Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich for his extraordinary achievements for the planning of the opera house Haus für Mozart in Salzburg 2010 "Green heart of Europe" pavilion for the World Expo in Shanghai Since 2011 Professor at the DeTao Masters Academy and the Shanghai Visual Arts Institute (China) 2014 Inauguration of the“Teatro l’Occitane“ for the "Musica em Trancoso - MeT" festival in Bahia (Brazil) 2014 Inauguration of the Valentiny Foundation in Remerschen 2018 Großes Verdienstzeichen des Landes Salzburg