SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
FAD AWARD Finalist 2009. COAC Barcelona
AIA Chicago. Distinguished Building Award Honor Award. 2008
For 1875 Case Study, with Wheeler Kearns Architects. Xavier Vendrell Studio as a collaborator in Design
and Landscape Architecture
AIA Chicago. Architecture Award. Citation of Merit. For Abello House. 2007
AIA Chicago. Sustainible Design Award. Citation of Merit. For Abello House. 2007
Finalist of the IV Biennal d’Arquitectura Alejandro de la Sota. Tarragona, July 2005 Project: Abello House.
Finalist of the Premi d’Arquitectura J.A. Coderch. Award for the house in Tarragona, Spain. March 2005
AIA Chicago. Interior Architecture Award. Citation of Merit. October 2004
AIA Chicago. Sustainible Design Award. Special Recognition for Material Use. October 2004
FAD AWARD of Architecture 1997. School Riumar. Deltebre, Tarragona. (Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects)
Selected III Show of Spanish Young Architects. Camuñas Foundation, Madrid. For the Marbella Sports Pavillion. (Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects)
Selected II Biennale of Spanish Architecture 1991-1992. For the Poblenou Park and for the Nautical School in Barcelona. (Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects)
Interior Design Award of the National Association for the Development of Natural Stone for Restaurant Refugi, Sevilla, 1990 (with J. Val)
FAD AWARD Finalist 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2009
FAD AWARD Selection 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000
PRIZES AND MENTIONS IN COMPETITIONS
2009 First Price in the design competition for 48 Unists Public Housing in Mongat, Barcelona. IMPSOL. With DATA AE
2008 First price design competition for the Barcelona Police District Headquarters. Barcelona. With DATA AE
2007 First Price Competition for Public Housing in Besalu. Spain. Institut Catala del Sol. Generalitat de Catalunya. With DataAE
2006 First price competition for a Civic Center and Historical Archive in Sant Feliu del Llobregat, Barcelona. With DataAE
2001 Finalist Chicago Housing Authority Competition, Chicago. (with Wheeler-Kearns Architects and R. Feldman)
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. (Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects)
1994 Mention in International Competition Hellersdorfer Graben Area, Berlin. (Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects)
1994 First Prize Competition Fontsanta Park. Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Barcelona. (Ruisanchez- Vendrell Architects)
1988 First Prize Open Competition for the Olympic Village. Poblenou Park and Athletic Track. Barcelona. (Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects)
1988 Finalist Competition for a Monumental Fountain at the Olympic Village, Barcelona. (with B. Figueres and J. Orbañanos)
1986 First prize in the competition for the rehabilitation of the Golferichs House, Barcelona. (with C. Ribas and P. Ravetllat)
1984 Mention/Finalist competition for a News Stand Prototype. Girona, Spain. (with E. Batlle and J. Roig)