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BENEDETTA TAGLIABUE

President and Chief Executive Officer

Internationally renowned architect. She is co-founder, together with Enric Miralles (1955-2000), of EMBT Architects, as well as founder, director and president of the Fundació Enric Miralles. She is known for emblematic works such as the New Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh 2004, the Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona 2005 and the Spanish Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010. Her most recent works include the Church of San Giacomo Apostolo in Ferrara in 2019 and the Kálida Sant Pau Center – Part of the Maggie’s Center Network in Barcelona in 2019 and she directs numerous ongoing projects around the world.
She is a visiting professor at Harvard, Columbia, Yale, where she has taught in 2025, and ETSAB, among others, and serves on prestigious international award juries. She has received several awards, including the RIBA Stirling and the Spanish National Award.

CRISTOPHER TAPIA

Head of Programs and Development

An architect specializing in urban design and regional planning, he earned his degree through the European Master in Urbanism (EMU) program at ETSAB in Barcelona and IUAV in Venice. His professional career spans architecture, urban planning, and cultural management, with a particular focus on the relationships between architecture, society, and the built environment.

She joined the Enric Miralles Foundation in 2025, where she is currently responsible for cultural programming and institutional development, promoting cultural, academic, and research projects, as well as collaborations and partnerships at the national and international levels.