Benedetta Tagliabue
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in 1963) is an Italian architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. She lives and works in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
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Education
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
Doctor of Arts
The Doctor of Arts is a discipline-based terminal doctoral degree that was originally conceived and designed to be an alternative to the traditional research-based Doctor of Philosophy and the education-based Doctor of Education . Like other doctorates, the D.A. is an academic degree of the...
degree from Napier University
Napier University
Edinburgh Napier is one of the largest higher education institutions in Scotland with over 17,000 students, including nearly 5,000 international students, from more than 100 nations worldwide.-History:...
and she is a member of The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
EMBT career
Tagliabue began her collaboration with Enric MirallesEnric Miralles
Enric Miralles Moya was a Spanish Catalan architect. He graduated from the School of Architecture of Barcelona at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 1978. After establishing his reputation with a number of collaborations with his first wife Carme Pinós, the couple separated in 1991...
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
Scottish Parliament Building
The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on 7...
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, Spain.
- 1996 to 2000 Six houses, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... - 1997 to 2000 UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
City Hall extension, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... - 1998 to 2000 Extension of the Music School HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
- 1999 to 2000 Set design for the opera "Don Quijote", Liceu Theatre, Barcelona, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
- 1999 to 2001 Parc dels Colors, Mollet del VallèsMollet del VallèsMollet 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 Motorway passes through the municipality, as do the RENFE railway lines...
, Barcelona (province)Barcelona (province)Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia.-Overview:It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea.... - 1997 to 2002 Park Diagonal Mar, Barcelona
- 1999 to 2003 University Campus at Vigo, Spain
- 1998 to 2004 Scottish Parliament BuildingScottish Parliament BuildingThe Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on 7...
in EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... - 1997 to 2005 Santa Caterina Market rehabilitation, Barcelona
- 2002 to 2005 Hafencity Hamburg, Magellan-Terrassen, Germany
- 2006 Arcelor Pavilion for exhibitions, Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
- 2006 Principal Building University Campus at Vigo, Spain
- 2001 to 2007 Social Housing in Figueres, Spain
- 1997 to 2007 Public Library at Palafolls, Barcelona, Spain
- 1999 to 2007 New headquarters of Gas Natural, Barcelona, Spain
- 1999 to 2007 Acoustic Panels for Gran Via traffic way renovation in Barcelona Spain
- 2002 to 2007 Hafencity Hamburg Public Space, Marco Polo Platz, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- 2008 to 2009 Scenery for Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Awards
EMBT’s architecture, attentively aware of context, has earned them multiple international awards:- 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
- Premio 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 (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 Autor 2006. EMBT Miralles-Tagliabue. (Edición T6 Ediciones 2006, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain).
- 2007 Benedetta Tagliabue “EATING THE CITY” Workshop Printemps 2007. ESA Productions (École Spéciale d’Architecture Paris).
- 2006 ACTAR, Catalonian 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 / teNeuesTeNeuesteNeues is a publishing company founded by Dr. Heinz teNeues in Krefeld, Germany, in 1931. It is a third generation family firm and one of the leading book publishers in the areas of photography, design, lifestyle, and travel...
, 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