Enric Miralles Spanish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo wins Future Project of the Year at World Architecture Festival Awards 2009.

 Enric Miralles ( July 3, 2000) was a Catalonia|Catalan architect.  He graduated from the School of Architecture in Barcelona in  He married fellow architect Benedetti Tagliabue, and the two practiced together as EMBT Architects.

Prizes & Awards Enric Miralles has won many awards for his work, both individual and work from within his firm.  Awards won: 2005 RIBA Stirling Prize for the Scottish Parliament Building  2002 Netherlands "Bouwprijs"  1996 "Golden Lion" from the Venice Biennale  1995 National Spanish Architecture Prize  1992 FAD-Prize (Foment Arts Decorative)  1985 FAD-Prize (Foment Arts Decorative) Stirling Prize: The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to "the architects of the building which has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year." The architects must be RIBA members, but the building can be anywhere in the European Union

The Scottish Parliament Building committee room ceiling

Scottish Parliament Building

Levels Framework/ Structure Colour Combination  Enric has a real taste for level in his design. It is evident through many of his finished projects that having differing levels gives a great finished look as well as an interesting landscape.  He also has a taste for exposed framework his designs, revealing interesting framework as an important aspect to his designs.  Also whenever he sees fit he also likes to splash a bit of colour into his designs

Igualada Cemetery Framework & Structure

Santa Caterina Market Colour Combination Framework

Arcelor Pavillion Colour Combination Framework / Structure

Framework & Structure Park at Diagonal Mar

Levels

Framework & Structure

Level Framework & Structure Unazuki Meditation Pavillon

Framework & Structure Public Library Palafolls, Barcelona Levels

The independent architectural language of Enric Miralles can be difficult to classify in terms of contemporary architecture. It is influenced by Spanish architects, such as Alejandro de la Sota, José Antonio Coderch and Josep Maria Jujol, and also from international greats such as Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn and Alvar Aalto and the Russian Constructivist movement of the early 20th century. The freely formed buildings utilising massive building materials and steel, develop from their relationship with the environment and connect themselves to it. The form is constructed using often unusual materials which are generally left with natural surfaces. Form and material interpret the place, traditions and history in a personal and poetic art, as his critics attest. From the starting point of the townscape or landscape he would design a building in its totality, down to the details of the furnishing and the exterior installations. Therefore the execution of the details was just as important to the communication of meaning as the main form. Both were developed over a large number of designs and with numerous models as the main tool of the design process.

Enric Miralles is an excellent architect with inspirational work that will continue to remind us of the just how amazing he is.