Benedetta Tagliabue

Benedetta Tagliabue (born 23 June 1963) is an Italian architect, who lives and works in Barcelona, Spain. Tagliabue was born in Milan, Italy. She graduated from the Istituto Universitaria di Architettura di Venezia in 1989. She is an internationally renowned architect founder with Enric Miralles (1955–2000) of the international studio EMBT Architects, with offices in Barcelona (HQ), Shanghai, and Paris. She is renowned for her attentiveness to context, yet experimental, approach to forms and materials in her creations. Her Barcelona-based company EMBT has become one of the most renowned Spanish practices of the 21st century as a result of her varied and intricate works.