VALENTINO ARCHITECTS NAMED WINNERS AT THE XIX DIN L-ART ĦELWA ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AWARDS
Valentino Architects’ adaptive-reuse project Stilla San Lazzru Guesthouse has been declared one of two recipients of the Prix d’Honneur in the ‘Rehabilitation and Reuse of a Building’ category at the XIX Din l-Art Ħelwa Architectural Heritage Awards, alongside Chris...
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS WIN TOP HONOURS AT THE 2025 PREMJU EMANUELE LUIGI GALIZIA AWARDS
Valentino Architects has achieved outstanding success at the Premju Emanuele Luigi Galizia 2025 Awards, receiving multiple awards across categories and the President’s Award for Best Overall Project. The practice was awarded the Hospitality Design Award for the Malta...
VIP TERMINAL MALTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NOMINATED AT THE EU MIES AWARDS 2026
Valentino Architects’ VIP Terminal Malta International Airport has been nominated for the 2026 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards, Europe’s most prestigious architecture prize recognising excellence in design and built...
MALTA LIMESTONE – ‘LOAF OF SLICED BREAD’ PLAYBOOK
The Malta International Airport VIP Terminal project has been awarded the Hospitality Design Award at the 2025 Premju Emanuele Luigi Galizia, organised by the Kamra tal-Periti. It also played an integral role in Valentino Architects receiving the President’s Award –...
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS NAMED WINNERS AT THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2025
Valentino Architects has been awarded an International Architecture Award 2025 for Dar San Rokku in the Restoration/Renovation category. Organised annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, in collaboration with The European Center for...
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS JOIN JUDGING PANEL FOR THE IRAN THESIS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Earlier this year, Sandro Valentino was invited to form part of an international judging panel for the Iran Thesis of the Year Award 2025. The award – now in its fifth year – celebrates exceptional academic work in the fields of architecture, urban design, and...
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS RECEIVE HONOURABLE MENTION AT THE ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER BEST OF DESIGN 2024 AWARDS
Dar San Rokku, located in in Ħaż-Żebbuġ, has received an Honourable Mention in the Adaptive Reuse – Residential category at The Architect’s Newspapers Best of Design 2024 Awards. Every year for the past 12 years AN has celebrated outstanding built and unbuilt...
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS NAMED WINNERS AT THE XVIII DIN L-ART ĦELWA ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AWARDS
Valentino Architects’ conversion project Dar San Rokku was named the winner of the Prix D’Honneur in the category for ‘Rehabilitation and Reuse of a Building’ at the XVIII Din l-Art Ħelwa Architectural Heritage Awards Competition. This year marked the 18th edition of...
INSIDE:OUT – DESIGNING ARCHITECTURE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
The third and final part of the Understanding Interior Space course of the M.Arch. Master of Architecture 2023–24 involved the students collating all material and research gathered previously to collectively design a new vision for the Ħal Far Tent Village (HTV). The...
INSIDE:OUT – RESEARCHING ARCHITECTURE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
The second part of the Understanding Interior Space course of the M.Arch. Master of Architecture 2023–24 was dedicated extensively to research. The main objective of this segment was for the students to gain a deeper understanding of the complex urban, architectural,...
INSIDE:OUT – PERMANENCE IS NOT THE OPPOSITE OF TEMPORARY
The 2023-24 academic year at the University of Malta saw Sandro Valentino lead the Understanding Interior Space course of the M.Arch. Master of Architecture. Run alongside US-based multidisciplinary designer William H. Dodge, the module was designed to guide students...
THE MILL HOUSE NOMINATED FOR ARCHDAILY’S 2024 BUILDING OF THE YEAR AWARDS
One of the world's most popular architecture websites, Archdaily, has announced its nominations for the 2024 building of the year awards this week. Valentino Architects’ 'The Mill House' has been included in the running for the 'Houses' category this year. The winning...
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS NAMED WINNERS AT THE XVII DIN L-ART ĦELWA ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AWARDS
Valentino Architects’ conversion project The Mill House (Dar il-Mitħna) was named the winner of the Prix D’Honneur in the category for ‘Adaptation of Historical Buildings to New Uses’ at the XVII Din l-Art Ħelwa Architectural Heritage Awards Competition. This year...
PRACTICE PARALLELS
Yana Fenech, designer at Valentino Architects, lists parallels between creative processes through the experience of her own painting practice. --- Intuitive LinesAs with the starting point for an architectural project, paintings often begin their life in sketchbooks....
VALENTINO ARCHITECTS JOIN JUDGING PANELS FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL
Last month Valentino Architects joined the Architectural Review’s New Into Old judging panel for the 2023 edition of their award series. Sandro Valentino was named one of three judges in an award that celebrates “the creative ways buildings are adapted and remodelled...
TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE: GĦALLIS EXHIBITION OPENING
Earlier this month Valentino Architects travelled to Venice for the 2023 Time, Space, Existence opening event – a large-scale architectural exhibition hosted by the European Cultural Centre (ECC), opening in parallel with the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale. GĦALLIS...
GĦALLIS: TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE – VENICE 2023
Forming part of the 2023 Time, Space, Existence showcase hosted by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) in Venice, GĦALLIS is a small-scale exhibition that highlights Malta’s need for retrofit and a shift in focus for heritage conservation. Valentino Architects together...
TORRI TAL-GĦALLIS: ADAPTABLE HERITAGE RETROFIT
Torri tal-Għallis, a 17th century watchtower sited in Salina, Malta, was introduced as a potential site for renewal in 2021 as part of the first year M. Arch module titled ‘Understanding Interior Space’, led by Sandro Valentino. The tower was originally built in 1658...