As the exhibition enters its final days, don’t miss out on the last opportunity
to visit Miralles the Blue Blot at Fundació Enric Miralles.
The exhibition begins with a simple idea: to imagine an open book, unfolded without interruption, like a continuous reading. This gesture gives rise to
the presentation of the recently published book Weaving Memories, inviting
the visitors to explore the universe of Enric Miralles.
The books presented rest on some of the most emblematic pieces of furniture designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, creating a choreography where books and furniture intertwine.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
Tejer, tramar, construir by Benedetta Tagliabue
New Revista de Occidente publication features an essay by Benedetta Tagliabue, exploring the process of architectural design as a weaving of
a manual, social act.
Drawing on the EMBT studio practice and the creative legacy of Enric Miralles, Benedetta Tagliabue argues that architecture begins with the simplest gesture of the hand-folding, braiding, cutting-and that models, collages, and tactile mock-ups are not mere metaphors but instrumental models of thinking-
the means of “the learning that emerges from making”.
The piece invites readers to consider how tradition meets innovation and reflects on the greater social implications of drawing connections with
the artisanal knowledge. In the words of Benedetta Tagliabue: “Designing
by weaving means intervening in the social fabric. It is a symbolic and real gesture: uniting people, context, histories, landscapes.”
For the complete article, get your copy here: https://ortegaygasset.edu/publicaciones/revista-de-occidente/
Parco del Mare, Rimini, Italy
C3 Magazine features Rimini Sea Park by EMBT, offering an insight into how the project re-establishes the long-neglected connection between the city and its coastline. An 8.5 km long network of soft, naturally flowing paths for cyclists and pedestrian branches into squares and side streets, tying into a citywide system of sustainable mobility.
Green flowerbeds, sports and fitness areas, playgrounds, and small recreational pavilions create an open, inclusive public realm for well-being and sport. Delicate ceramic paving patterns and subtly embedded bas-reliefs trace cultural motifs central to Rimini’s identity, transforming the park into a living archive.
For the full piece, get your copy here:
https://en.c3zine.com/digital-single-issues/?idx=609
Photo Credit: Roland Halbe
Centro Direzionale Station, Naples, Italy
The Architecture and Culture Magazine features the Naples Underground Central Station ‘Centro Direzionale,’ designed by EMBT, which aims at creating a new correlation between the volcanic soil and the urban plan designed by Kenzo Tange during the 70s.
The underground station project has the purpose of creating a new topography characterized by a series of overlaid surfaces transforming the artificial surface into a new complex horizontal tectonic structure. Through the creation of such radical intervention, EMBT creates a public space which is able to
communicate with the history and the present development of the city whose geological character and the city life dynamism should be preserved and emphasized.
Photo Credit: Roland Halbe
Last month to visit our homage to Enric Miralles, marking 20 years since
the completion of the Scottish Parliament project.
The special exhibition brings to light many of the original design materials that shaped this landmark building, not just as a place of governance, but as
a space of collective presence and democratic participation.
Through hand-drawn sketches, photo collages and site studies, the exhibition reveals the expressive and poetic design process behind one of the most significant public buildings of the 21st century. Alongside these archival works, the exhibition also features a curated selection of EMBT’s more recent projects, continuing the studio’s dedication to architecture that responds to cultural, social, and urban contexts.
The exhibition is open to the public in the Scottish Parliament’s Main Hall.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
The Installation “THE ARCHITECTURE OF VIRTUAL WATER” was created by an interdisciplinary team, merging Architecture (Benedetta Tagliabue), Science (Jampel Dell’Angelo), Music (Yeshi Silvano Namkhai) and Digital Visual Arts (Ati Sphere). The installation offers a sensory journey into the hidden dimensions of water—those that exist not as flowing rivers or visible infrastructure, but as embedded systems within our socio-environmental networks. Inspired by scientific research and artistic experimentation, the installation invites visitors to reflect on the essential yet unseen role water plays in sustaining life and shaping contemporary societies.
Designed for disassembly and reuse, the installation embraces circular principles and will continue its public engagement journey beyond Venice, with a second exhibition scheduled in Barcelona.
Thank you to our sponsors for making this possible: Filtros Anoia, Marc Sala Roca Global, Aigües de Barcelona, Institut Ramon Llull, Gobierno de España – Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana, Griven, Artemide, Amsterdam Sustainability Institute.
Photo credit: Lluc Miralles
We remind you that we are also preset at Habitar España, curated by Fernanda Canales, a reflection on how we live today and how architecture can create dignified, inspiring housing. On view is our model of the Elderly Home Social Housing project adjacent to the Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona, where the spirit of community and urban renewal meet.
The exhibition Habitar España is taking place at the Casa de la Arquitectura, Palacio de Zurbano, Madrid, running until 30 April 2026. It is open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10:00 and 20:00.
Find more information Habitar España Exhibition.
Photo credit: Sandra Pereznieto
“The new Parliament sits in the land – this was our goal.
We had the feeling that the building should be like the land,
built out of land and carved in the land,
in the form of people gathering.”
— Enric Miralles, 1998
Introduction
This exhibition presents for the first time a reflection on the creation of the Scottish Parliament through original documents from the archives of the studio Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT. It also shows new projects of the Barcelona Studio which continues the legacy of the Scottish Parliament today through new public space projects that respond to communities, cultural and urban contexts.
Many of the original design documents featured in this exhibition are shown in Scotland for the first time. These include hand-drawn concept images, sketches, collages, site studies, and competition boards all part of the rich creative process led by Enric Miralles and carried forward by the EMBT team under Benedetta Tagliabue following his untimely passing in 2000.
Awarded the international competition in 1998, led by Enric Miralles, EMBT + RMJM envisioned a building that would embody the democratic ideals of Scotland a space of civic gathering, rooted in its landscape, its traditions, and its people. Designed in close dialogue with its site in Holyrood, the building was praised by Rafael Moneo as one of the most significant architectural works of the 20th century. It remains a powerful expression of political vision and poetic form.
In partnership with RMJM Scotland Ltd, the Edinburgh-based firm that supported the local delivery of the project, EMBT developed the Parliament as a complex interplay of form, topography, material, and symbolism. This collaboration allowed the studio to translate its conceptual vision into built reality on Scottish soil.
The exhibition also includes a selection of works developed by EMBT, such as the Santa Caterina Market (1997-2005), Hafencity (2002-2024), Kálida Sant Pau Maggie’s Center (2010-2019) and Parco del Mare Waterfront Rimini
(2017-ongoing), all of which continue the studio’s investigation into the public realm spaces that serve communities, regenerate urban environments and engage local identity. These projects resonate with the design ideas of the Scottish Parliament building , forming a narrative of continuity in the studio’s evolving architectural language – a dialogue between place, people and purpose.
AI Summary
Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament and Other Stories explores the genesis of Scotland’s Parliament as a visionary project of civic architecture, shaped by Enric Miralles and continued by Benedetta Tagliabue and EMBT. Through original drawings and recent works, the exhibition traces an evolving architectural language rooted in place, community, and poetic expression.
Spain | Finalist Announced April 2025
We are honoured that the Scottish Parliament building, completed in 2004 and designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, has been finalist for the Premio a la Permanencia at the 2025 Premios ARQUITECTURA, organised by CSCAE with the support of COMPAC. This distinction celebrates works that, after two decades, continue to demonstrate relevance, adaptability, and lasting architectural value.
Rooted in the Scottish terrain and conceived as a space of gathering and democratic expression, the Parliament remains a symbol of identity and place. The jury, composed of renowned architects from across Spain, will announce the winners later this year.