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 (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona) 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)
1998 to 1999 House at La Clota, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
1997 to 2005 Santa Caterina Market rehabilitation, Barcelona
2002 to 2005 Hafencity Hamburg, Magellan-Terrassen, Germany
2006 Arcelor Pavilion for exhibitions, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2006 Principal Building University Campus at Vigo
2001 to 2007 Social Housing in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
1997 to 2007 Public Library at Palafolls, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1999 to 2007 Torre Mare Nostrum, new headquarters of Gas Natural, Barcelona
1999 to 2007 Acoustic Panels for Gran Via traffic way renovation in Barcelona
2002 to 2007 Hafencity Hamburg Public Space, Marco Polo Platz, Germany
2008 to 2009 Scenery for Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Awards
EMBT’s architecture, attentively aware of context, has earned them multiple international awards:
RIBA Charles Jencks Award in 2013
Prize Ciutat de Barcelona in 2009, Category International projection The Spanish Pavilion Exhibition Shanghai 2010
RIBA Stirling Best Building Award in 2001 for The Scottish Parliament
Rietveld Prize in 2001 for the Utrecht town Council, The Netherlands
Premi Nacional de Catalunya in 2001, for Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona
BDA Hamburg Architektur Preis in 2002 for the Music School of Hamburg
Premio FAD de Arquitectura in 2004 for the University Campus in Vigo
Honour Award of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2005 for the Diagonal Mar Park in Barcelona
Premio de la Bienal de Arquitectura Española in 2005 for the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Prize Leone d'Oro at the Biennale di Venezia in 2006 for the Pavilion dedicated to the Sports Hall of Huesca, Aragon, (Spain) for the Biennal of Venice 1996, VI International Exhibition of Architecture. "Sensori del Futuro: l'Architetto come Sismografo". Director Hans Hollein.
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)
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
EMBT Enric Miralles, Bernadetta Tagliabue, Work in Progress (Paperback) (in English and Catalan). Col-legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya Publications. 2004.
