He studied architecture in Barcelona, London, and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Vilalta combines practice with teaching and lecturing in cultural institutions and venues.

With his team, Vilalta developed his early work in Spain followed by international projects in emerging countries in Africa and the Middle East.

Xavier Vilalta's work focuses on nature and people as well as how to reconnect the two thinking about our contemporary urban life as part of the environment where Architecture grows from the local natural conditions and traditions.

He defines sustainability as the relationship between Architecture and the program it contains and its social values, the way it is designed and built and how it will perform in the future.