luis vidal + architects

Luis Vidal + Architects is an international architecture studio, based in Madrid, Spain, that specialises in airport terminals and health buildings. It was founded in 2004. The studio has opened offices in Spain, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic, Chile and the United States.

The firm says it has designed more than 300 projects at every scale, from urban planning to buildings to industrial design. Its founder and president has led the design of more than 30 international airport terminals. Aviation and health are its two main building types. It also designs schools, cultural centres, offices, shops and mixed-use buildings.

One of its best known projects is Terminal 2 at London Heathrow, called the Queen's Terminal. The firm says it was the first airport terminal in the world to earn the BREEAM Excellent certificate for sustainable design. It also says the terminal won awards as the best airport terminal and the best public building in the world.

More recent airport work includes the extension of Terminals 4 and 4S at Madrid Barajas Airport and the extension of Terminal D at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The studio also worked on the modernisation and expansion of Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. It is the vision and design architect for the new terminals at Pittsburgh International Airport and Boston Logan International Airport. Press items also report a renewal project at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

The studio says user comfort, flexible spaces and strong energy efficiency run through its buildings. Every building it has completed holds an international environmental certificate such as LEED or BREEAM. Its work has won 50 awards around the world.

Offices are listed in Madrid, London, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Miami, Dallas and Los Angeles. The firm works in Spanish and English. It says its aim is to improve people's quality of life through architecture centred on users and clients and responsible towards the environment.

Services

• Airport terminal design
• Architecture
• Urban planning
• Health building design
• Education and cultural buildings
• Office and commercial design
• Mixed-use buildings
• Industrial design
• Environmental certification
• Vision and design architecture