Miralles's widow lifts top design prize for Holyrood

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2005 / May 29

Benedetta Tagliabue, widow of Enric Miralles, designer of the Scottish parliament, has hailed the building's success at the Scottish Design Awards as a “homage” to her husband's memory. At the national award ceremony, overseen by a panel of internationally renowned judges, the Ł431 million parliament complex was named best publicly funded building in Scotland and also scooped the industry's biggest honour, the Architecture Grand Prix. Tagliabue, of Barcelona-based architecture practice EMBT, was at the Glasgow Moat House Hotel to receive the awards , which she accepted alongside Tony Kettle, managing director of RMJM UK, the firm that partnered EMBT in the fulfilment of the controversial project.

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