February 18, 2020
The Scientific Committee of the Piranesi Prix of Rome, in collaboration with the Board of Architects, Landscapers, Planners and Conservators of Rome and province, have indicated Benedetta Tagliabue – Miralles Tagliabue EMBT of Barcelona – for the assignment of the Piranesi Prix de Rome for their career achievement 2020.
The name and work of Benedetta Tagliabue and the EMBT studio constitute an important new chapter in the history of the Piranesi Prix de Rome, which further enriches a very high profile gold book studded with figures that have made contemporary architecture as the preferred field of application for continuous research on the very essence of architecture and on the permanent values of the classic in the complex becoming and changing of reality; from Rafael Moneo to David Chipperfield, from Peter Eisenman to Bernard Tschumi and Yoshio Taniguchi; from Alberto Campo Baeza to Eduardo Souto de Moura and others.
The award ceremony will take place next March 2021 in Rome.
