Foundation
The office was founded by Prof. Donata Valentien and Prof. Christoph Valentien in 1971. In 1982, the office was relocated to Weßling/Bavaria following Christoph Valentien's appointment as full professor at the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Design at the Technical University of Munich. Since October 2015, the office has been located in Munich, where it has been run by Christoph Valentien and Dayana Valentien since 2018. Since July 2021, the office has been back in Weßling.

Chamber references
Bavarian Chamber of Architects
Christoph Valentien Member No. 133531 (Landscape Architect)
Christoph Valentien Member No. 40232 (Urban Planner)
Dayana Valentien Member No. 189005 (landscape architect)

Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects

Donata Valentien Member No. 28264 (landscape architect)

VAT identification number DE 813348886

Main areas of work

are ecological, landscape planning and urban development reports, competitions as well as design and implementation plans at national and international level. The majority of the projects were created in interdisciplinary teams.

Tasks
Expert and planning activities in the following areas:

• Landscape planning
• Urban open space planning
• City planning
• Ecological and urban development reports

Consultancy activities
Christoph Valentien - various advisory groups and design advisory boards, as well as jury activities
Dayana Valentien - Freiham South advisory group and jury activities
Donata Valentien - various advisory groups and design advisory boards, as well as jury activities

Key activities
sind ökologische, landschaftsplanerische und städtebauliche Gutachten, Wettbewerbe sowie Entwurfs- und Ausführungsplanungen auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene. Ein Großteil der Projekte ist in interdisziplinär besetzten Teams entstanden.

Awards

• 2018 Bavarian Architecture Prize to Donata Valentien and Christoph Valentien for their life's work as landscape architects, urban planners and university lecturers
• 2014 Bavarian State Competition 2014, Model Urban and Local Redevelopment, Prize winner for redesign of the market square, main and bridge streets in Ochsenfurt
• 2011 Design Prize City of Shanghai, Shanghai Exploration and Trade Association for Chenshan Botanical Garden
• 2011 CEDA - Design Prize Category Public Projects in China, CEDA - China, Exploration and Trade Association for Chenshan Botanical Garden
• 2010 - Lower Saxony State Prize for Architecture 2010, Shortlisted for Gardens of Nations and Wolfsburg-Westhagen City Axis
• 2008 Award for Good Buildings in Franconia 2008 for the renovation of the old town of Ochsenfurt
• 2008 Special Award in the category "Sustainable Urban development" at the 7th European Urban and Regional Planning Awards 2008 for the Human Rights Square together with Messestadt Riem
• 2006 German Urban Development Award for the Human Rights Square together with Messestadt Riem
• 2000 SRL - Urban, Regional and State Planning: Pioneering Projects in Urban Design and Urban Renewal (Promenade Messestadt Riem)
• 1996 German Urban Development Award from BfG Bank (Walter Hesselbach Prize): Special Recognition for "Redesign of the Historic Core of Ravensburg"
• 1994 Award for Exemplary Building in the Ravensburg District, Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects
• 1995 Fritz Schumacher Prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S. Hamburg, TU Hannover