Enric Miralles

Miralles quickly established his identity as an architect that would be remembered. After completing his studies at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Barcelona (1978), Miralles began his career with Viaplana & Pinòn, and then moved on to work with his first wife Carme Pinós. Within the rising Spanish architecture scene of the late 1980s following the death of Francisco Franco, their unusual buildings attracted international attention. As a result, they received numerous commissions from Spain and overseas. In 1993 Enric Miralles formed a new practice with his second wife, the Italian architect Benedetta Tagliabue, under the name "EMBT Architects". She resumed the practice under his name after his death. Among the most important projects; the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh and the multistoried building for the Spanish gas company Gas Natural in Barcelona.