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Miralles Tagliabue EMBT

Profile of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, headquartered in Spain. Three projects submitted by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

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Principal

Benedetta Tagliabue

Brief description

Benedetta Tagliabue was born in Milan and graduated from the University of Venice in 1991, she joined Enric Miralles’ studio where she eventually became a partner.

In 1998 the partnership won the competition to design the new Scottish Parliament building and despite Miralles’ premature death in 2000, Tagliabue took leadership of the team as joint Project Director and the Parliament was successfully completed in 2004, winning several awards.

Recently she teaches at Graduate School Design Harvard University, last year she taught at Columbia University in New York and has directed summer workshops at TEC de Monterrey (Mexico), the School of Architecture in Venice (IUAV) and École Speciale d’Architeture (ESA, Paris) besides being a lecturer nearly once a month in architectural forums all over the world, such as the RIBA, the Architectural Association and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam among others.

Recently she received the RIBA’s International Fellowships for her particular contribution — as a non-UK architect — she has made to architecture (2009) and an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University (2004). She is invited to participate as a jury in international architectural competitions and prestigious awards including the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

Today under the direction of Benedetta Tagliabue the Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT) studio works with architectural projects, public spaces, urbanism, rehabilitation and exhibitions, trying to conserve the spirit of the Spanish and Italian artisan architectural studio tradition which espouses collaboration rather than specialization.

Published projects

: Hafencity Public Space by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT This project develops a new public space within an existing harbour structure that has changed from a sea port into a city quarter. By regenerating and...

: Spanish Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT After hosting the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in 2010, China is once again showcasing itself as an emerging country by successfully hosting a top notch World...

: Youth Music School Extension by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT The new auditorium with the main entrance foyer completes the program of the youth music school, finished in 2000. The extension, which was designed 10 years...

Key projects

2011 Extension of the Youth Music School, Hamburg, Germany
2011 International Horticulture Exhibition Xian 2011, Xian, China
2011 Urban Garden for Bilbao Jardín 2011, Bilbao, Spain
2011 Scenery for the Italian Pavilion, 54th Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2010 Parking and Public Spaces of Ricard Viñes Square, Lleida, Spain
2010 Spanish Pavilion for the International Exhibition Shanghai 2010, Shanghai, China
2010 Camper Shoes Store, Barcelona, Spain
2009 Camper Shoes Store, Sevilla, Spain
2009 Scenery for Merce Cunningham Dance Company
2009 Scenery for a play based on John Berger’s Novel, Barcelona, Spain
2007 Hafencity Public Spaces, Marco Polo Platz, Hamburg, Germany
2007 Public Library, Palafolls, Spain
2007 Gas Natural Headquarters, Barcelona, Spain
2007 Social Housing in Figueres, Spain
2006 Principal Building at University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
2006 Arcelor Pavilion for Exhibitions, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
2005 Hamburg Public Spaces, Magellan Terrassen, Hamburg, Germany
2005 Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona, Spain
2004 New Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003 University Campus at Vigo, Spain
2002 Diagonal Mar Park, Barcelona, Spain
2001 Park and Civic Centre in Mollet del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Utrecht City Hall, Utrecht, Germany
2000 Music School in Hamburg, Germany
2000 6 Houses in Amsterdam, Holland
1998 House at La Clota, Barcelona, Spain