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BAC Channel Featuring Benedetta Tagliabue


Watch the latest episode of BAC Channel featuring renowned Italian architect Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon’25, Co-founder and Principal architect of EMBT Architects, Founder and President of Fundació Enric Miralles. In this inspiring and wide-ranging conversation, President Mahesh Daas sits down with Benedetta to explore her creative journey and enduring impact on contemporary architecture.

Benedetta reflects on the experiences that have shaped her practice—from her studies in Venice and New York to her partnership with the late Enric Miralles—and how their collaborative work has transformed cities and communities around the world. She shares a compelling vision of architecture as an act of listening: a thoughtful, place-based process that responds to political and cultural contexts while remaining deeply attentive to the everyday lives of the people it serves.

Join President Daas and Benedetta Tagliabue for a thoughtful and engaging dialogue on creativity, resilience, and the transformative power of design—and discover how her vision continues to shape cities, strengthen communities, and expand the possibilities of contemporary architecture.

More About Benedetta Tagliabue

Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25, Co-founder and Principal architect of EMBT Architects. Photo Credit: Sergi Alcazar.
Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25, Co-founder and Principal architect of EMBT Architects. Photo Credit: Sergi Alcazar.

Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25, is an architect and co-founder of EMBT Architects, established in Barcelona with Enric Miralles (1955–2000), and founder and director of the Fundació Enric Miralles. She has led the design of iconic works such as the Scottish Parliament (2004), the Santa Caterina Market (2005), and the Spanish Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo (2010). Recent projects include the Church and Parish Complex of San Giacomo Apóstolo in Ferrara (2021), the Centro Direzionale Metro Station in Naples (2024), and the Clichy-Montfermeil Metro Station in Paris (2024). She served as Louis Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale University and has previously taught at Harvard, Columbia, and other leading institutions. From 2011 to 2023, she was a jury member for the Pritzker Architecture Prize. In 2024, she received the Order of Isabella the Catholic, and in 2025, the Doctor of Design Honoris Causa from Boston Architectural College (BAC).

Benedetta Tagliabue speaks during a recorded conversation in the BAC library, gesturing while seated across from BAC President Mahesh Daas.
BAC President Mahesh Daas and Benedetta Tagliabue shake hands at the end of a recorded conversation in the BAC library, seated among rows of architecture books.
BAC President Mahesh Daas listens intently to Benedetta Tagliabue as she speaks to him during a conversation in the BAC library, with microphones overhead and bookshelves behind them.
BAC President Mahesh Daas gestures while speaking during a recorded conversation in the BAC library, surrounded by shelves of architecture books.
BAC President Mahesh Daas and Benedetta Tagliabue engage in a conversation in the BAC library, seated near shelves of design materials as recording equipment captures the exchange.
Benedetta Tagliabue speaks during a recorded conversation in the BAC library, gesturing while seated across from BAC President Mahesh Daas.

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