Benedetta Tagliabue

Tagliabue is also the president of the Enric Miralles Foundation (Fundació Eric Miralles), an architectural research center in Miralles's honor.

Benedetta Tagliabue studied at IUAV University of Venice. The recorded working language is Spanish, French and Italian. Works named in the authority record are Mercat de Santa Caterina, Scottish Parliament Building and Parc de Diagonal Mar. Distinctions recorded are National Cultural Heritage Award, Stirling Prize, Saint George's Cross and Prix des femmes architectes.

• Name — Benedetta Tagliabue • Born — 23 June 1963 • Birthplace — Milan, Italy • Education — Università Iuav di Venezia • Practice — EMBT Architects • Partner — Enric Miralles (1992; died 2000) • Website — mirallestagliabue.com/benedetta/ • Birth Name — Benedetta Tagliabue

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.

In 1991, Tagliabue won first prize with her thesis in the "Biennal Joves de Barcelona". In the following year, before the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she started a relationship with Enric Miralles (1955–2000).

In 1994, Tagliabue and Miralles formed the Barcelona-based architecture firm Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, later renamed Benedetta Tagliabue - EMBT. In 1995, the firm won the National Architecture Award of Spain for a boarding school in Morella. Miralles' most important projects, the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh and the multi-storied Gas Natural building in Barcelona, were finished by Tagliabue after his death in 2000, along with the remodelling of Barcelona's Santa Caterina market. • Illustration — View of the Scottish Parliament Building from John Reid Close Tagliabue worked on the Spanish Pavilion completed for the 2010 Shanghai Expo. In 2022, Tagliabue's home featured in Apple TV's Home in season 2, where she detailed the construction and renovation of her and her late husband's Barcelona gothic villa.

In 2004, Tagliabue received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University and she is a member of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Tagliabue teaches at the University of Architecture ETSAB (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona) in Barcelona and lectures regularly in architectural forums.

• Illustration — Scottish Parliament Building • Illustration — Naples Metro Centro Direzionale station • Illustration — Torre Mare Nostrum, new headquarters of Gas Natural, Barcelona • The Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1999; completed 2004) • House at La Clota, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (1999) • Six houses, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2000) • Utrecht City Hall extension, Netherlands (1996–2000) • Extension of the Music School, Hamburg, Germany (1997–2000) • Set design for the opera "Don Quijote", Liceu Theatre, Barcelona, Spain (2000) • Hafen City public spaces in Hamburg, Germany (2002) • Parc de Diagonal Mar, Barcelona, Spain (1997–2002) • Vigo University Campus, Vigo, Spain (2003) • Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona, Spain (1996–2005) • Principal Building University Campus at Vigo (2006) • Gas Natural Building (1999–2006) • Palafolls Public Library, Palafolls, Spain (2007) • Acoustic panels for Gran Via traffic way renovation in Barcelona (2007) • Social housing in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain (2007) • Scenery for Merce Cunningham Dance Company (2009) • Spanish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 (RIBA Best International Building 2011 Award.) • Plaza Ricard Viñes, Lleida, Spain (2010) • Fudan University Business School in Shanghai, China. • Clichy-Montfermeil metro station in Paris, France (2014) • Office towers in Taichung, Taiwan (2019) • The Church and Parish Complex San Giacomo Apóstolo in Ferrara (2022), awarded the Dedalo Minosse International Prize. • Centro Direzionale station in Naples, Italy (2025)

• 2004: Honorary Doctorate of Arts (Hon. D.Art) from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland • 2009: International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Int. FRIBA) • 2019: Creu de Sant Jordi awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya • 2022: Ordinary Member (Academician) of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon, appointed by Pope Francis

Benedetta Tagliabue is recorded as having received National Cultural Heritage Award, Stirling Prize and Saint George's Cross.

Benedetta has been a juror in the Pritzker Architecture Prize, Princesa de Asturias de las Artes, Loewe Craft Prize, RIBA Jencks Awards, and the 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize.

• 1996: Special Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (6th International Architecture Exhibition: Sensors of the Future – The Architect as Seismograph, directed by Hans Hollein) for the Sports Hall of Huesca (awarded to Enric Miralles / EMBT) • 2001: Rietveldprijs for the restoration and extension of the Utrecht City Hall (with Enric Miralles) • 2001: Premi Nacional de Patrimoni Cultural from the Generalitat de Catalunya for the rehabilitation of the Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona (shared posthumously with Enric Miralles) • 2002: BDA Hamburg Architektur Preis (Citation) by the Association of German Architects (BDA) for the Staatliche Jugendmusikschule Hamburg (Miralles-Saal) • 2004: Premio FAD de Arquitectura (ex aequo) for the University Campus of Vigo (Aulario) • 2005: RIBA Stirling Prize for the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh (awarded to EMBT / RMJM) • 2005: Honor Award in General Design from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for the Parc de Diagonal Mar in Barcelona • 2005: Premio Manuel de la Dehesa at the VIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (BEAU) for the Scottish Parliament Building • 2006: Premio de Arquitectura Española by the Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE) for the rehabilitation of the Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona • 2009: Premi Ciutat de Barcelona (Category: International Projection) from the Barcelona City Council for the Spanish Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo • 2010–2011: RIBA International Award from the Royal Institute of British Architects for the Spanish Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai • 2013: RIBA Charles Jencks Award • 2020–2021: Piranesi Prix de Rome Career Achievement Award (Premio alla Carriera) by the Accademia Adrianea di Architettura e Archeologia in Rome • 2021: Leadership Award at the Smart City Expo World Congress (World Smart City Awards), awarded ex aequo with Carlos Moreno • 2022: Dedalo Minosse International Prize (Special Commendation / Segnalazione Laboratorio Morseletto) for the Church and Parish Complex of San Giacomo Apóstolo in Ferrara • 2022: Médaille d'Architecture Fondation Le Soufaché awarded by the Académie d'architecture in Paris • 2023: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, under the patronage of UNESCO and the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine