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Benedetta Tagliabue (born 24 June 1963) is an Italian
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. She lives and works in Barcelona,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
.


Education

Tagliabue was born in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has ...
, Italy. In 1989, she graduated in
Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
from the "
Università Iuav di Venezia Iuav University of Venice ( it, Università Iuav di Venezia) is a university in Venice, Italy. It was founded in 1926 as the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia as one of the first Architecture schools in Italy. The university curren ...
" 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, Tagliabue received an Honorary
Doctor of Arts The Doctor of Arts (D.A.; occasionally D.Arts or Art.D. from the Latin ''artium doctor'') is a discipline-based terminal doctoral degree that was originally conceived and designed to be an alternative to the traditional research-based Doctor o ...
degree from
Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...
and she is a member of The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.


EMBT career

Tagliabue began her collaboration with
Enric Miralles Enric Miralles Moya (12 February 1955 – 3 July 2000) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. He graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 1978. After establishing ...
, 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 The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved, unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh, Holyrood area of the capital ...
in Edinburgh, Utrecht’s town council, and a music school in Hamburg. Under Tagliabue’s direction, the studio currently works not only within 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 , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
. * 1996 to 2000 Six houses, Amsterdam,
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Neth ...
* 1997 to 2000
Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...
City Hall extension,
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Neth ...
* 1998 to 2000 Extension of the Music School
Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...
* 1999 to 2000 Set design for the opera "Don Quijote", Liceu Theatre, Barcelona, * 1999 to 2001 Parc dels Colors,
Mollet del Vallès Mollet del Vallès () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Besòs river, and is an important communications hub from Barcelona towards the north: the AP-7 Motor ...
,
Barcelona (province) Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .Parc de Diagonal Mar, Barcelona * 1999 to 2003 University Campus at
Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the ...
, Galicia, Spain * 1998 to 2004
Scottish Parliament Building ; sco, Scots Pairlament Biggin , native_name_lang = , former_names = , alternate_names = Holyrood , image = Scottish Parliament building - geograph.org.uk - 2469654.jpg , image_alt = , caption ...
in
Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
,
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
* 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 Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
* 2006 Principal Building University Campus at Vigo * 2001 to 2007 Social Housing in
Figueres Figueres (, ; , es, Figueras, ) is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museu ...
, Catalonia, Spain * 1997 to 2007 Public Library at
Palafolls Palafolls is a municipality in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, eastern Spain. Twin towns * Poppi, Italy, since 1990 * Ax-les-Thermes, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in West ...
, 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 2013Benedetta Tagliabue To Receive 2013 Riba Jencks Award
Retrieved 8 March 2015 *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 Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, alm ...
,
Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
, (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 Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...
,
Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
, 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 /
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, 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 *


External links


Interview with architect Benedetta Tagliabue of EMBT


References



{{DEFAULTSORT:Tagliabue, Benedetta 1963 births Architects from Milan Living people Italian women architects Polytechnic University of Catalonia faculty