Barcelona, Spain
As summer unfolds, we would like to wish you a happy and restful holiday. To accompany the summer break, we are sharing a series of photographs of Diagonal Mar Park by Carmen Ollé Coderch, capturing the park through its relationship with water, vegetation and the surrounding city.
A very special project in EMBT’s history, Diagonal Mar Park unfolds as a living connection between Barcelona and the Mediterranean, shaped by movement, reflection and everyday life. Happy summer from all of us at EMBT Architects!
Photo credit: Carmen Ollé Coderch
Fundació Enric Miralles
Barcelona, Spain
30 June–2 October 2026
On 30 June, the exhibition Liquid Architectures: Water Draws Always in Plural opened at the Fundació Enric Miralles. Organised by the Fundació Enric Miralles in collaboration with w a t e r s p a c e and Miralles Tagliabue – EMBT Architects, the exhibition explores the multiple relationships between water and architecture.
Bringing together 15 projects, the exhibition is structured around four main themes: Water Builds the City, Water Draws the Margin, Water Holds Memory and Water Becomes Invisible. Through these perspectives, it investigates water as an active element in architectural thinking: shaping urban environments, defining boundaries, preserving memory and becoming image, atmosphere and perception.
Original drawings, archival materials and models by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue offer a closer insight into the creative processes and architectural research behind each project.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
Fundació Enric Miralles
Barcelona, Spain
30 June–30 September 2026
Peter Cook: Cities and Pavilions brings together recent works by Peter Cook, offering insight into his visionary approach to urban imagination and architectural experimentation.
The exhibition features a series of drawings exploring possible future cities, alongside two built pavilions: the Play Pavilion, commissioned by Serpentine Galleries and the LEGO Group in 2025, and the Drawing Studio for Arts University Bournemouth, completed in 2016.
Through these works, the exhibition reveals Cook’s continuing exploration of the relationship between drawing, speculation and the future of architecture.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
Fundació Enric Miralles
Barcelona, Spain
30 June 2026
To mark the opening of Liquid Architectures: Water Draws Always in Plural and Peter Cook: Cities and Pavilions, the Fundació Enric Miralles hosted a conversation between Benedetta Tagliabue and Peter Cook.
The exchange reflected on Peter Cook’s longstanding relationship with Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, as well as on the drawings and projects presented in the exhibition.
Their conversation traced the role of drawing throughout Cook’s career, considering how it has accompanied his design process, shaped the development of his projects and continued to evolve alongside his architectural practice.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
Roca Barcelona Gallery
Barcelona, Spain
Until 31 October 2026
The Architecture of Virtual Water continues to be on view at Roca Barcelona Gallery, inviting visitors into an immersive exploration of water as an invisible yet fundamental system embedded within our built environment, society and everyday life.
Originally presented at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, the installation brings together architecture, scientific research, music and digital visual art through an interdisciplinary collaboration between Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Yeshi Silvano Namkhai and Ati Sphere.
Digital projections and spatial soundscapes respond to visitors’ movements, transforming scientific data and ecological awareness into a sensory and collective experience. The installation combines wooden structures with surfaces made from upcycled industrial filter paper, reflecting a commitment to material experimentation, reuse and circular design.
On view at Roca Barcelona Gallery with free admission.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
Barcelona, Spain
28 June–2 July 2026
Benedetta Tagliabue participated in the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona, which brought together more than 10,000 participants and 250 speakers across over 100 sessions exploring the future of architecture.
During the Congress, Benedetta Tagliabue joined Emanuel Christ and Miquel Mariné for a session dedicated to the transformation of Barcelona through civic and public architecture.
The conversation examined how architecture can reshape the city through extensions, renovations and new infrastructures. The projects discussed included the MACBA and MNAC extensions, Santa Caterina Market, Kálida Sant Pau Centre and Artifact. Montjuïc Multifunctional Fairground.
The session explored how architecture can work with access, circulation, materiality and context to open institutions to the city and create more attentive, inclusive and connected public spaces.
Photo credit: EMBT Architects
COAC – Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
1 July 2026
On 1 July, the COAC – Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya hosted the presentation of Weaving Architecture, the new book by Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects, published by Arquine. The conversation brought together Benedetta Tagliabue, Beatriz Colomina, Mark Wigley, Miquel Adrià and Sandra Bestraten.
The speakers explored the ideas, processes and experiences behind an architecture sensitive to territory, memory and contemporary ways of inhabiting, reflecting on the role of architecture in creating meaningful relationships between people, places and their contexts.
Photo credit: EMBT Architects
CASA CUPRA Raval
Barcelona, Spain
30 June 2026
Regenerations: China and Spain in the Mirror brought together architects from China and Spain to exchange experiences and perspectives on the regeneration of cities and existing architecture in response to contemporary environmental and social challenges.
The conversation explored new approaches to transforming urban environments, highlighting the role of architecture in adapting, reusing and reimagining existing contexts while contributing to more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities.
The event featured the participation of Iñaqui Carnicero, Li Xiangning, Manuel Blanco, Xu Tiantian, Philip Feng Yuan, Shui Yanfei, Débora Mesa, Elena Orte and Benedetta Tagliabue.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
3 July 2026
We are pleased to announce the winners of the A House for Enric Miralles open call, organised by Miralles Tagliabue – EMBT Architects in collaboration with ICARCH.
The competition invited participants to celebrate, reflect on and reinterpret Enric Miralles’s architectural legacy through new visions and proposals inspired by his distinctive approach to architecture.
The jury has selected the following winning proposals:
1st Prize
House for Miralles.
Franek Tyczyński, Rita Helena Cwynar & Melania Adela Cwynar, Graeme Greenfield, Faith Smith & Ross Macaskill, Francesc Rubert I Castro – Scotland.
2nd Prize
Casal Enric Miralles
Marco Ávila + Cherie Hidalgo + Diego Ramírez – Chile
3rd Prize
A House for Enric Miralles
Ryul Song, Christian Schweitzer – South Korea
The winning proposals are currently on display at the Fundació Enric Miralles. We would like to congratulate all those who took part in the open call and, in particular, the winners for their thoughtful and inspiring interpretations of Enric Miralles’s architectural legacy.
More information about the open call at: https://www.archdaily.com/1035049/a-house-for-enric-miralles