Team
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.
ILIA CELIENTO
Coordinating Architect
Architect and Doctor in Architecture, in March 2021 she joined the Fundació Enric Miralles to develop her doctoral thesis on the work of Enric Miralles, in collaboration with the University “Sapienza” of Rome and the School of Architecture of Barcelona, specializing on the EMBT archive. Also author and co-author of volumes and articles on the architectural project, from 2022 she is the coordinator of activities of the Foundation.
CRISTOPHER TAPIA
Coordinating Architect
Architect specialized in urban design and territorial planning. His professional career is characterized by the integration of architecture and the management of social and cultural projects, intertwined with urban strategies and the design of spaces. He joined the Fundació Enric Miralles in 2025 as project coordinator, collaborating in cultural, educational and research projects.