Adrian Welch

Adrian Welch was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland and attended school in Scotland from 1975 to 1989. He completed his Architecture degree in 1992, attending Manchester University. After a year-out working as an architectural assistant in Manchester Adrian attended The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, from 1993 where he did a Diploma in Architecture. He gained Distinction for his Dissertation on social housing in Hulme, Manchester. He has worked for architects such as Eva Jiricna CBE, Sir Terence Conran, Richard Murphy OBE, RMJM, Sutherland Hussey, Pace and GAJ – in London, Hong Kong, Manchester, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Kuwait, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

Union Station Tower Chicago Building, IL

February 12, 2024December 30, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Union Station Tower Chicago building design by Goettsch Partners, Architects, 50-story office development across from station adds a public park: groundbreaking for skyscraper also known as BMO Tower.

Bauhaus inspired architecture and furniture design

May 25, 2025December 22, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Bergner Lena-Durchdringung for Paul Klee's course

Bauhaus; blending industry and art for function and grace. The Bauhaus movement is both a major milestone in the history of design and a timeless inspiration for architecture and furniture

Malawi Creator Centre, Medical Training Building

October 24, 2024December 21, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Malawi Creator Centre Building design by Cassidy + Ashton with structural engineering specialist TRP Consulting, a life-changing project: Malawi’s first specialist postgraduate medical training centre.

RIBA News & Events 2019, London, UK

December 31, 2025December 19, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Royal Institute of British Architects news: surge in workload predictions – RIBA Future Trends Workload Index jumped 13 points, one of the largest increases in workload predictions the monthly RIBA survey has seen.

SABIC Home of Innovation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

June 14, 2022December 15, 2019 by Adrian Welch

SABIC Home of Innovation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sustainable architecture – net zero energy building in the Middle East: LEED certified buildings, with the Demonstration Center gaining Gold and the Innovation Home building being Platinum.

Royal Liver Building Liverpool Offices: Lighting

May 23, 2024December 8, 2019 by Adrian Welch

The Royal Liver Building River of Light festival Lighting 2019

The Royal Liver Building, Liverpool’s most iconic landmark and one of the UK’s most recognisable buildings, will be brought to life through light at the Remembrance Day display.

2020 RIBA Honorary Fellowships Winners

October 29, 2020December 6, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Sadie Morgan 2020 RIBA Honorary Fellowships winner

The Royal Institute of British Architects announces the 2020 RIBA Honorary Fellowships, which will be awarded to individuals from diverse backgrounds, including property, infrastructure, arts and architectural design. 

World Architecture Festival 2019 Winners, WAF

May 13, 2020December 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

World Architecture Festival 2019 Day One Winners: The first day’s awards category winners include Heatherwick Studios, Tabanlioglu Architects, WilkinsonEyre and Morphis and many more.

New Academic Building on Victoria Site, Portsmouth

December 22, 2019December 4, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios win architecture competition New Academic Building on the Victoria Site: Multi-disciplinary design team for design of a University of Portsmouth proposed c.20,000sqm building.

Alvar Aalto buildings, Finnish architect studio

January 19, 2025November 30, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Venice Biennale Finnish Pavilion design by architect Alvar Aalto

Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect – 20th Century architecture designs Finland, projects, office – Alvar Aalto buildings guide, Finnish building

University of Leeds Western Campus Competition

September 21, 2020November 25, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Leeds CEG Temple District Scheme overview

Irish architects O’Donnell & Tuomey win University of Leeds Western Campus Competition news – beating architecture offices Cullinan Studio, Evans Vettori, Nicholas Hare Architects and Reiach and Hall.

Batlle i Roig arquitectes: Arquitectura Catalunya

October 3, 2021November 24, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Pedestrian Path along the Gypsum Mines in Barcelona

Batlle i Roig, arquitectes, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain – find info + images of this design studio’s key new architecture: Spanish architecture office news – Batlle i Roig arquitectes, Catalan design studio.

The Twist at Kistefos, Jevnaker Museum, Oslo

March 9, 2020November 23, 2019 by Adrian Welch

The Twist at Kistefos building over a river in Norway by BIG, Architects

The Twist at Kistefos, Jevnaker museum building, Norway, design by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, traversing the winding Randselva river, an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center.

Best Hotels in the UK: British Accommodation

July 13, 2020November 23, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Best Hotels in the UK. Great Britain is the birthplace of castles, leprechauns and, of course, a real Queen. Although the area of the country is small, each part of it is strikingly different from the others, both in its traditions and customs and in its landscapes.