Enric Miralles

Enric Miralles
Enric Miralles
	The Scottish Parliament Building committee room ceiling.
Born	12 February 1955; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Died	3 July 2000 (aged 45); Sant Feliu de Codines, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Madrid City Prize (1993); Spanish Architecture Award (1995); Golden Lion (1996); Stirling Prize (2005);
Practice	Piñon-Viaplana; Miralles + Pinós; EMBT
Buildings	Scottish Parliament Building; Igualada Cemetery

Enric Miralles Moya (12 February 1955 – 3 July 2000) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona, Catalonia. He graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 1978. After establishing his reputation with a number of collaborations with his first wife Carme Pinós; the couple separated in 1991. Miralles later married fellow architect Benedetta Tagliabue, and the two practiced together as EMBT Architects. Miralles' magnum opus and his largest project, the Scottish Parliament Building, was unfinished at the time of his death.

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