09.00 - 09.30

Participant Registration and Check-in

09.30 - 09.45

Opening Ceremony: SHARE KOSOVO 2026, International Architecture Forum 

Perparim Rama, Mayor of Pristina, Kosovo

Florin Mindirigiu, Fondator SHARE Architects

Bledion Baraliu, President, AAK - Association of Architects of Kosovo

09.45 - 11.40   Session 1  

KEYNOTE: Francois Valentiny

Founder of VALENTINY hvp architects, Luxembourg

In 1991 H&V became Luxembourg’s first representatives at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. From 1991 to 1994 Valentiny was Member of the Architectural Committee, the Gestaltungsbeirat of the City of Salzburg, Austria. From 2000 to 2003 François Valentiny was a professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Art at Leipzig, Germany. From 2000 to 2005 he became a member of the advisory committee to the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt. From 2003 to 2007 Valentiny was a member of the administration committee of the Fondation de l´Architecture et de l´Ingénierie à Luxembourg (today LUCA, Luxembourg Center for Architecture) which’s president he became from 2006 to 2007. 2004- 2006 François Valentiny was Luxembourg’s commissioner for the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2006 the opera building, das Kleinen Festspielhaus „Haus für Mozart“ in Salzburg was inaugurated. Three years later François Valentiny became a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste in Salzburg. In 2010 Valentiny hvp architects & partners designed the "green heart of Europe" pavilion for the World Expo in Shanghai. Since 2011 François Valentiny has been a professor for "Community Planning and Green Architectural Design" at the DeTao Masters Academy (DTMA) and the Shanghai Visual Arts Institute (SIVA) in China. In 2011 Francois Valentiny founded together with Sabine and Carlo Lovatelli, Dominique and Reinold Geiger the "Musica em in Trancoso - MeT" festival in Bahia (Brazil). 

National Partner, EVEREST

Coversation: 

"Building on Memory: Inspiring Architecture in Heritage Structures"

SHARE OPERA OMNIA Awards Ceremony

SHARE Architecture Awards

Dialogue with the Kosovo Finalists of the SHARE Architecture Awards 2025

Ideal Vejsa - MADEN GROUP, Category Winner Completed Buildings 

Ajhan Bajmaku - DIEFORM SPACE, Category Winner Future Projects

Burim Bajraktari - MODIUM STUDIO, Honorable mention

Visar Geci - 1010, Honorable mention Completed Buildings

MODERATED CONVERSATION - SHARE SOCIETY

11.40 - 12.10  COFFEE BREAK 

12.10 - 14.20 SESSION  2 

Baton Arifi

Partner PATRIA Studio, Kosovo

Armand Vokshi, 

Founder of Avatelier, Albania

Partner: TITAN SHARRCEM

Francesco Fresa

Partner PIUARCH, Italy

Project: FENDI Factory

The Fendi Factory is a 14,000 sqm complex set in the Tuscan countryside; it provided an opportunity to restore the natural landscape through architectural design, making the building an integral part of it and ensuring a close relationship between interior and exterior, beneficial to the occupants

Andy Young

Partner BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark

Andy joined BIG in 2016 as Technical Director of the London office and has been a Partner since 2021. He has over 35 years of experience in the design and construction of large-scale projects, with a particular focus on the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Andy has led some of BIG’s most prominent projects, including East Side Tower in Berlin and all BIG’s London projects. 

14.20 - 15.00  COFFEE BREAK AND EXHIBITION VISIT

15.00 - 17.15  SESSION 3 

Bernard Storch

Partner, PLP Architecture, UK

Bernard Storch is one of PLP Architecture’s leading creative voices, recognised for his life-centric design approach, which strengthens the relationship between people, nature, and the built environment.

Among his reference projects are a major mixed-use development in Riyadh, where he led the early design stages, including master planning, massing, and initial architectural concepts aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. In the UAE, he has led the design of significant waterfront and mixed-use schemes, including Dubai Creek Beach. In the Netherlands, he was part of the senior design team for Tower Ten, a major extension of the World Trade Center Amsterdam campus in the Amsterdam Zuidas district.

Tae Young 

Senior Architect and Project Lead, Snøhetta Norway

Tae Young is one of Snøhetta’s most experienced architects and project managers. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a part of Snøhetta since 2005. Tae Young has contributed to several of the firm’s most notable projects, including the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet and the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture in Saudi Arabia. Most recently, he has led many of Snøhetta’s international projects, including the Balkan region. In recent years, he has focused on sustainable design, advancing energy-positive buildings.

John McElgunn

Senior Director, RSHP (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners), UK

John joined Richard Rogers Partnership (now RSHP) in 2001, becoming a Partner / Director in 2016. John’s role in the practice keeps him heavily involved in live projects, communications, finance and the search for new projects. Working with private developers, he has been involved in some well-known projects including: The Leadenhall Building, One Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, NEO Bankside next to Tate Modern and 99 Bishopsgate one of the latest towers in the City of London. He has also led some of the practice’s cultural projects, including the British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre in London (shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2017) and the Louvre Conservation Centre in Liévin, France. Currently, he is working on a major extension to the British Library in London. John continues to work across sectors and countries with live projects in London and the Middle East

MODERATED CONVERSATION