Prof. François Valentiny studied architecture at the Ecole d’Architecture de Nancy and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Then he formed a partnership with Hubert Hermann, founding the architects’ office Hermann & Valentiny in Luxembourg and Vienna.

In 1997 he founded Hermann & Valentiny et Associés SARL, and in 2002 he founded and published the first Luxembourg architecture magazine Adato. From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the administration committee of the Fondation de l’Architecture et de l’Ingénierie in Luxembourg and in both 2004 and 2006 he was Luxembourg’s commissioner for the Venice Architecture Biennale. 

He was made Président of the Fondation de l’Architecture et de l’Ingénierie in Luxembourg for the year 2006/2007 and in 2007 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria. In 2008 he was honored for his overall architectural work in the Grand Duchy and abroad and received the Luxembourg Architecture Prize 2007 and in 2009 became a member of the "Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea" in Salzburg, Austria.