Benedetta Tagliabue

Benedetta Tagliabue (born 23 June 1963) is an Italian architect based in Barcelona. Along with Spanish architect Enric Miralles, the pair co-founded EMBT Architects, an international studio, where she is currently the principal and director. Several prominent projects of the firm include the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh and the Gas Natural Building in Barcelona. Tagliabue is also the president of the Enric Miralles Foundation (Fundació Eric Miralles), an architectural research center in Miralles's honor.

Early life and education Tagliabue was born in Milan, Lombardy, to a family originally from Monza. During her youth, Tagliabue spent her time between Italy and Spain. Tagliabue started her architectural studies at the Università Iuav di Venezia in 1981. In 1988, she began to collaborate professionally with the architectural firms Transbuilding and Agrest-Gandelsonas in New York City. Tagliabue eventually graduated from the Università Iuav di Venezia in 1989.

Career In 1991, Tagliabue won first prize with her thesis in the "Biennal Joves de Barcelona". thumb View of the Scottish Parliament Building from John Reid CloseTagliabue worked on the Spanish Pavilion completed for the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

Academic career In 2004, Tagliabue received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University Princesa de Asturias de las Artes, Loewe Craft Prize, RIBA Jencks Awards, and the 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize.

Selected work

The Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1999; completed 2004) 2019 Sant Jordi Cross from the Generalitat de Catalunya 2020 The Leadership Award at Piranesi Prix de Rome 2021 The Leadership Award at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2022 Member of Pontificia Accademia dei Virtuosi al Pantheon Rome 2022 Dedalo Minosse International Prize 2022 Prix Le Soufaché l’Académie d’Architecture Paris 2023 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

Publications

2009 EL CROQUIS, N. 144. EMBT 2000 2009 ENRIC MIRALLES BENEDETTA TAGLIABUE After-life in progress. 2008 AA. Arquitecturas de Author 2006. EMBT Miralles-Tagliabue. (Edición T6 Ediciones 2006, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain). 2007 Benedetta Tagliabue "Eating the City" Workshop Printemps 2007. ESA Productions (École Spéciale d’Architecture Paris). 2006 ACTAR, Catalan College of Architects, Ministry of Housing, Barcelona City Hall, Works in Progress, revised and extended edition 2004 Architecture drawn. The project of Miralles Tagliabue for Diagonal Mar. (Salvat + EMBT MirallesTagliabue, Barcelona, España 2004) 2003 Loft / teNeues, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT Arquitectes 2000 El Croquis N.100 101, Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue 1996–2000 1999 GG. Miralles Tagliabue time architecture. Architecture Monograph, Editorial Gustavo Gili 1995 Mixed Talks, a book about the latest projects of the Miralles Office was published by Academy Editions. 1996 Monographic issue of their work KA Korean Architects. Edited Enric Miralles: opere e Progetti, published by Electa