PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
1999-presentXavier Vendrell Studio. Chicago/ Barcelona.
1989-1998Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects. Barcelona. Spain
1983-1988Xavier Vendrell Architect. Barcelona. Spain
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2000-presentBoard of Directors Chicago Architectural Club
1983-presentMember of The Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya.
Licenced architect number 16384-8
PROFESSIONAL JURIES
2000Member of the Jury for the Millennium Park Design Competition,Chicago.
Member of the Jury for the Burnham Prize Competition 2000. The Chicago Architecture Club. Chicago
Member of the Jury for the IV Spanish Brick Architecture award. Madrid.
Jury for the Steedman Traveling Fellowship Competition. Washington University.
St. Louis. School of Architecture.
I.D. 2004
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
FAD AWARD of Architecture 1997. School Riumar. Deltebre, Tarragona. **
Selected III Show of Spanish Young Architects. A. Camuñas Foundation. Madrid
For the Marbella Sports and Cultural Center.**
Selected II Biennale of Spanish Architecture 1991-1992. Comillas. Santander 1993.
For the Park of Poblenou in Barcelona. And For the Nautical School in Barcelona**
Interior Design Award of the National Association for the Development of Natural Stone for Restaurant Refugi. Sevilla 1990.
FAD AWARD Finalist 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997
FAD AWARD Selection 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000
PRIZES AND MENTIONS IN COMPETITIONS
2001 Finalist Chicago Housing Authority Competition, Chicago
2000 Chicago Architecture: Issues for the New Millennium. Invited Competition at The Art Institute of Chicago (Proposal selected) **
1996 First Prize competition for Park of the North. Terrassa. Barcelona.
1994 Mention in International Competition Hellersdorfer Graben. Area in Berlin
1994 First Prize Competition Fontsanta Park. Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Barcelona **
1988 Finalist Competition for a Monumental Fountain at the Olympic Village. Barcelona
1988 First Prize Open Competition for the Olympic Village. "Park of Poblenou and Athletic Track". Barcelona.**
1986 First prize in the competition for the rehabilitation of the Golferichs House, Barcelona . (with C. Ribas and P.J. Ravetllat)
1984 Mention/Finalist competition for a News Stand prototype in Girona. 1984.
MONOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS
XAVIER VENDRELl: RETROSPECTIVE THOUGHTS ON WORK IN PROGRESS
Graham Foundation. Chicago, January-March 2002
XAVIER VENDRELL. ARCHITECT.
The University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Nov-Dec 2000
RUISANCHEZ-VENDRELL, ARCHITECTS
School of Architecture. University of Navarra. Pamplona. March 1999.
SELECTED EXAMPLES PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONS
TERRITORIES: CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001
RECONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES. Professional Works 1994-1999. C.O.A.C. Barcelona March/April 1999
CATALONIA CIVIL WORKS. Antwerpen. Belgium November 1998
LANDSCAPE URBANISM. The Graham Foundation. Chicago. April/May 1997. Storefront for Art and Architecture. New York, 1997
ARQUITECTURA A CATALUNYA. L’era democratica 1977-1996. Centre d’Art Santa Monica. Barcelona. June/sept. 96.
WWW. [World-Wide-Work]. An exhibition of global architecture by fax. Curve. Architecture Gallery. Victoria. Australia. May/June 1995
III MUESTRA DE JÓVENES ARQUITECTOS ESPAÑOLES. Fundación Antonio Camuñas. Madrid .1994.
II BIENAL de ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA 1991- 1992. Santander. July-August 1993. MOPU. Madrid. Febr./March 1994
BARCELONA 1981-1992. TRANSFORMAZIONI URBANE E REALIT¬ZAZIONI SPORTIVE. Florència ( Italy ). Feb. 1991.
BARCELONA VENTE. A CONCISE VIEW OF RECENT WORK BY BARCELONA ARCHITECTS. University of Waterloo. Ontario. Canada February-March 1991.
BARCELONA. LA CIUTAT I EL 92. (Barcelona. The City and the Year 1992) Biennale de Arquitectura de Venetia. Italy 1991
Martin Gropius Bau. Berlin. Germany. 1991, E.U.R. Roma. Italy. 1992, Tokyo. Japan. 1992
LA GENERACIÓ DEL 80. (The 80’s Generation) ETSAB. Barcelona. February 1988.
NOVA ARQUITECTURA MUNICIPAL. (New Public Architecture) Diputació de Barcelona. June 1987.
SELECTED EXAMPLES: LECTURES, SYMPOSIUMS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Professionals and/or Magicians. Graham Foundation. Chicago. January 2002
Transforming Urban Landscapes. Nashville Urban Design Forum. Tennessee. August 2000.
Recent Work. Constructing Ideas. Centro de Arquitectura y Diseño. Colegio de Arquitectos. Rosario Argentina. Aug. 2000.
Landscape Urbanism: “Chicago as a Tabula Verde. Chicago Architecture Club. Chicago. March 2000
Own Work. Colegio de Arquitectos de Extremadura. Badajoz. Spain. October 1994.
Recent work. C.O.A.C. Demarcació de Lleida. Spain. May 1994.
The experience of young architecture. COAC. Barcelona. October 1993.
Parks in Industrial Areas. In search of a Contemporary Landscape. The Academy of Fine Arts. Vienna. May 1999
The Poblenou Park. Seminar: Endurance of the Urban Public Spaces. Colegio Arquitectos. Valencia Jan 94.
Sports Facilities and Park at Poblenou. Barcelona Seminar: Progetti & realizzazioni lungo il mare. Rimini (Italy).October 1993.
The Construction of the Garden Space: The Poblenou Park. Seminar: Constructive Solutions. C.O.A.C. Barcelona. April 1993.
SELECTED EXAMPLES: LECTURES, SYMPOSIUMS IN UNIVERSITIES
Recent Wor.k. Auburn University. Rural Studio, Alabama, February 2002
Affordable housing. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana. Mexico. August 2001
What Park? Territories: Contemporary Landscape Design. Harvard Design School, 2001
Design innovation in North America and Europe. Chicago is History, School of Architecture. UIC, Chicago, 2001
The Intervention of the Architect in the City. FADU. School of Architecture of Buenos Aires. Argentina. August 2000
Landscapes and Architecture. University of Colorado at Denver. College of Architecture and Planning. April 2000
Site, Construction, My Favorite Movies and Other Circumstances. Auburn University. Alabama. February 2000
Landscape Urbanism. Between Barcelona and Chicago. Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze. Florence. Italy. November 1999
Practicing Landscape Urbanism. Barcelona UIC. School of Architecture. University of Illinois at Chicago. 1999
Own Work. School of Architecture. University of Navarra. Pamplona. March 1999
Recent Work. School of Architecture. University of Texas at Arlington. November 1997
Recent Work. UIC. School of Architecture. University of Illinois at Chicago. October 1997.
Interventions in the Open Space.Seminar: Paisatge versus intervenció. University of Girona. Spain. July 1994.
Landscape in the Limits. Seminar: Espacio público del siglo XX. Universidad Menéndez y Pelayo. August 1994.
Reflections on Architecture/Landscape. Seminar: Paisajes de Arquitectura. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. July 1995.
PUBLICATIONS: WRITINGS
My favorite movies and other circumstances. The Chicago Architectural Journal 10, Chicago, 2002
Impossible Urbanism. Afterword in Stalking Detroit. Actar, Barcelona 2001
Lines, limits, horizons, departures. Dimensions 15. University of Michigan. April 2001
Demolition Rubble. Quaderns n. 196.C.O.A.C. Barcelona. September/October 1992.
Romantic realism. Quaderns n. 186.C.O.A.C. Barcelona. September 1990.
Norman Foster o Foster Associates ? AB n.18 Butlletí Demarcació Barcelona C.O.A.C. February 1989.
Looking Back... interview to Federico Correa. A 30 Publicacions d'Arquitectura nº0.Barcelona. February 1986.
Minimal Architecture.... interview to Jordi Garcés. A 30 Publicacions d’Arquitectura nº1. Barcelona. March 1986.
The imprint of apprentice. A 30 Publicacions d'Arquitectura nº1. Barcelona. March 1986.
Interwiew to Josep Llinás. A 30 Publicacions d'Arquitectura nº3. Barcelona. May 1986.
TEACHING: POSITIONS
2001-present Professor with Tenure. UIC. The University of Illinois at Chicago. School of Architecture.
2000 Visiting Critic, FADU. School of Architecture of Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Visiting critic at A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, School of Architecture, The University of Michigan.
1999-2001 Associate Professor. UIC. The University of Illinois at Chicago. School of Architecture.
1999 Jens Jensen Distinguished Critic of Landscape Urbanism. UIC. The University of Illinois at Chicago. School of Architecture.
1990-1998 Assosiate Professor. Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya.
Visiting Distinguished Professor. School of Architecture. The University of Illinois at Chicago. (fall 1997-spring 1998)
Visiting Professor. Design studio professor, School of Architecture.Washington University. St. Louis. (spring 1994,fall 1996)