Qemal finished his secondary education in Austria and in 1931 he graduated from Vienna University of Technology, with the title of architect engineer.

[1] Qemal Butka distinguished himself in the construction of villas in Tirana, Durrës and other Albanian cities, which still stand today as testimony of a very solid architecture.

[1] From 21 October 1935 to 7 November 1936 Qemal Butka was nominated as mayor by Mehdi Frasheri, then Prime Minister of Albania.

[2] In 1939, after Fascist Italy invaded Albania, Butka emigrated to Turkey via Greece along with Albanian writer Branko Merxhani.

[1] In the US Butka worked as an architect in prestigious studios, whereas his wife, Cecile, participated in the construction project of the Twin Towers of New York City.