Senior Associate
BArch, MArch, CAU, OA, IATA Aviation Planning Design Accreditation
London, UK
Leo Alves
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Photograph by Brett Boardman Photography
With extensive experience in coordinating intricate programme planning, Leo's work spans residential, aviation, office developments, and masterplanning, including key contributions to the BEEAH Headquarters. He has worked on multiple airport projects, such as the Navi Mumbai Airport in India, Western Sydney International Airport in Australia, and Terminal 3B Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in China, as well as many competitions.
Prior to joining ZHA, Leo gained experience in Brazil, working on residential, hospitality, and yacht design projects.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Featured Project
Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new BEEAH Headquarters has been designed to achieve net-zero and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.
Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Leo completed his Bachelor of Architecture in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, additionally studying at the Technical University of Lisbon in Portugal and California Polytechnic State University in the US. He earned his Master of Architecture in Architectural Design from the Bauhaus Dessau School of Design in Germany. He has also completed the Airport Terminal Planning and Design course by IATA.
Growing up in Brazil, Leo’s interest in architecture was sparked by the work of Oscar Niemeyer. With a father in the yacht industry, he developed a connection to design through boats. Outside architecture, he also has a passion for theatre and hopes to explore set design in the future.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Leo has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Offices
Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new BEEAH Headquarters has been designed to achieve net-zero and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.
Photograph by ©K.Arkatites
Civic
Heritage + Regeneration
Establishing Eleftheria Square as the city’s primary gathering space, ZHA design creates new connections intended to unite a divided capital. Nicosia’s massive Venetian fortifications separate the old city from its modern districts, while the city’s ‘Green Line’ divides the capital into two disparate communities.
Render by Negativ
Offices
The new Taikang Financial Centre will be a centre of excellence, developing effective systems and networks that will provide a new ecosystem of support for people of all ages across China. Using the new technologies developed within the Taikang Financial Centre, the group will continue its commitment to supporting community development, healthcare, education and well-being throughout the country.
Photograph by Brett Boardman Photography
Transport + Infrastructure
ZHA and Cox Architecture have won the international design competition for the new Western Sydney Airport (WSA) and been appointed as Master Architect for the project. The ZHA/COX team was selected from a broad field of forty national and international applicants that was narrowed to five selected design competitors.
Courtesy of CAT-OPTOGRAM 猫瞳
Culture
Integrating three distinct cultural institutions for the city, each venue within the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre incorporates unique characteristics that create differing visitor experiences, yet all are united by a coherent formal and structural logic that spans 170 meters wide from east to west and 270 meters long from north to south.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Mixed Use
Civic
As the cultural, academic and civic centre of China, Beijing has also developed into one of the world’s centres of communication and scientific research.
Render by X-Universe
Transport + Infrastructure
Phase One of the new Bishoftu International Airport (BIA) will serve 60 million passengers a year. Further phases will serve up to 110 million passengers annually with four runways and parking for 270 aircraft.
01
02
03
04
05
06
07