Benedetta Tagliabue


Benedetta Tagliabue is an Italian architect. She lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

Education

Tagliabue was born in Milan, Italy. In 1989 she graduated in Venice from the "Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia" in Italy.
Presently Benedetta Tagliabue teaches at the University of Architecture ETSAB in Barcelona and lectures regularly in architectural forums. In 2004 she received an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University and she is a member of The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

EMBT career

Tagliabue began her collaboration with Enric Miralles in 1991, with whom she founded the studio Miralles Tagliabue EMBT. Together their work includes iconic buildings and public spaces in Barcelona such as the Gas Natural tower, Santa Caterina market, and Diagonal Mar park. Buildings in other European cities include the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Utrecht’s town council, and a music school in Hamburg. Under Tagliabue’s direction, the studio currently works not only within the scope of architecture, but also within that of landscape, public space, building restoration, temporary installations, and design.

Work (Selected)

, new headquarters of Gas Natural, Barcelona
EMBT’s architecture, attentively aware of context, has earned them multiple international awards: