Collection: Benedetta Tagliabue
Born in 1963 in Milan, Benedetta Tagliabue is an internationally renowned architect and designer. She graduated from the University Institute of Architecture in 1989 and completed her academic training at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. The meeting with the successful Catalan architect Enric Miralles was a decisive event for Tagliabue both professionally and personally. She moved to Barcelona, where she still resides today, and, with Miralles, she opened Miralles Tagliabue EMBT in 1994. In a short time, the two architects became one of the most inspired and iconic couples on the contemporary scene. Miralles' untimely death in 2000 did not prevent the projects then underway from moving forward. They included the Santa Caterina Market and the Gas Natural Fenosa building in Barcelona, the Vigo University Campus, the Diagonal Mar Park, the Palafolls public library and the Edinburgh Parliament.
Benedetta Tagliabue continued the legacy of her husband, considered the enfant terrible of Spanish architecture, maintaining her innovative design approach while respecting the historical and cultural contexts in which her projects were sited. In 2011, she created the Enric Miralles Foundation to preserve and transmit the Catalan architect's philosophy and method based on experimentation. Tagliabue also adopted this method. And so, despite her tragic loss, she managed to direct her innate talent to such projects as the HafenCity public spaces in Hamburg, the Naples Metro Centro Direzionale station, the Clichy-Montfermeil metro station in Paris, and various projects in China, like the museum dedicated to the painter Zhang Daqian in Neijiang and the Fuldan School of Management campus in Shanghai. Today, the award-winning Miralles Tagliabue EMBT studio is involved in numerous projects with offices in Barcelona, Paris and Shanghai. Over time, the firm has branched out into interior design, building renovation, installations, and product design.
Among Tagliabue's design achievements, one of the most notable is the Dome hanging lamp collection, created in 2015 for the Spanish brand Bover. This sculptural and striking lamp formed by 170 beech slats, is a tribute to Renaissance domes and architecture in general. The success of Dome prompted Bover to commission Tagliabue for a smaller version, named Domita (2019). Benedetta Tagliabue designed the Botan sofa in 2014 for the Friuli-based brand Passoni Nature, and the Kate lamp collection in 2017 for Firmamento Milano.
Benedetta Tagliabue continued the legacy of her husband, considered the enfant terrible of Spanish architecture, maintaining her innovative design approach while respecting the historical and cultural contexts in which her projects were sited. In 2011, she created the Enric Miralles Foundation to preserve and transmit the Catalan architect's philosophy and method based on experimentation. Tagliabue also adopted this method. And so, despite her tragic loss, she managed to direct her innate talent to such projects as the HafenCity public spaces in Hamburg, the Naples Metro Centro Direzionale station, the Clichy-Montfermeil metro station in Paris, and various projects in China, like the museum dedicated to the painter Zhang Daqian in Neijiang and the Fuldan School of Management campus in Shanghai. Today, the award-winning Miralles Tagliabue EMBT studio is involved in numerous projects with offices in Barcelona, Paris and Shanghai. Over time, the firm has branched out into interior design, building renovation, installations, and product design.
Among Tagliabue's design achievements, one of the most notable is the Dome hanging lamp collection, created in 2015 for the Spanish brand Bover. This sculptural and striking lamp formed by 170 beech slats, is a tribute to Renaissance domes and architecture in general. The success of Dome prompted Bover to commission Tagliabue for a smaller version, named Domita (2019). Benedetta Tagliabue designed the Botan sofa in 2014 for the Friuli-based brand Passoni Nature, and the Kate lamp collection in 2017 for Firmamento Milano.