In October 2016 the 35th Korean Architecture Festival took place in Seoul South Korea; during the International Exhibition, architects from all over the world were invited to submit high quality projects for the award “100 Architects of the year”.
The project Musica em Trancoso has been selected and Francois Valentiny has been chosen as one of “100 architects of the year” 2016 by the Korean Institute of Architects. The project Musica em Trancoso by VALENTINY hvp architects has been published in the 2016 edition of the "International invitational Exhibition 100 architects of the year 2016“.
In addition, he was also awarded the Holzbaupreis Eifel 2016 for his creation of the Biodiversum project in Remerschen, near the Moselle river between Schengen and Remich.
In the forest and wood region of Eifel, the cross-border mountain range in Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany, timber construction has a very strong tradition. In order to demonstrate the performance and application diversity of wood, to document the positive experiences with the future material wood and thus to present imitative and forward-looking examples for builders, architects, engineers and timber construction companies, the Eifel timber construction prize was now offered for the third time after 2012 and 2008.
They were looking for outstanding projects, which were created using wood or wood materials and which are a good example of the planning and building culture in the Eifel region. Innovative components, systems and concepts were also approved for the promotion and development.
