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.

Architecturally Impressive Sports Stadia

December 17, 2025July 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Beijing National Stadium building - Bird’s Nest China area

The World’s Most Architecturally Impressive Sports Stadia: it’s not easy in the 21st century to design the perfect sports stadium. Traditionalists enjoy the heritage of many of the older sporting venues.

MK:U Masterplan Visions Competition, Milton Keynes

May 20, 2025July 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

MK:U Masterplan Visions Competition design Milton Keynes by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

MK:U International Design Competition, Milton Keynes, UK – shortlisted architects for architecture contest for ‘new model’ university in heart of the city incl OMA, WilkinsonEyre, Hopkins Architects, Hawkins\Brown, KCAP, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands & AECOM.

Brii Biosciences Global R&D Center Beijing Building

November 30, 2019July 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Brii Biosciences Global R&D Center Beijing, China, by LI Yiming Architect, QUCESS Design: what is a fine architectural space? “A fine architectural space must be evaluated from two different aspects: visual perception and user experience.

GN House, Rishon LeZion Residence, Israel

September 22, 2020July 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

GN House, Rishon LeZion Residence, Israel, design by Erez Segalovitz Architecture, surrounded by 1940s houses built with sloping roofs covered by concrete tiles, the property stands out with its bright color and modernist simple shape.

Folding Residence, Longgang District, Shenzhen

July 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Folding Residence, Longgang, Shenzhen, contemporary Bantian apartment, China, by GE Design architects: “we might don’t know whether the parallel world exists or not, but if it does exist, we’re not sure it is completely parallel to our world, or it is mirrored or rotated.”

Plaza 1821 and Hive City Docks, Liverpool Waters

January 19, 2024July 5, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Topping out of £21m residential development, Plaza 1821 at Princes Dock, part of £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters scheme, for Regenda Group and Your Housing Group, design by Manchester architects Hodder and Partners

Battersea Power Station Terrace, London Gardens

March 28, 2022July 3, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Battersea Power Station Roof Terrace by LDA: panoramic views from one of Europe’s largest roof terraces, part of the transformation of Grade II* London industrial icon.

Sheraton Shenzhen Nanshan, Xili Hotel Building

June 28, 2020July 3, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Sheraton Shenzhen Nanshan, Xili Hotel entrance

Sheraton Shenzhen Nanshan building, China, design by CCD / Cheng Chung Design (HK): the architects imagine the design based on “mountain, water and cloud”, waterscape surrounded by bamboos.

The Noble Quran Oasis in Madinah, KSA

September 22, 2024July 3, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Design: Rafael de La-Hoz, architects. The theoretical concept comes from the holiness of the Quran itself in which the book is never to touch the ground but to be lifted by one’s hands or placed on a base.

Canary Wharf Building: Isle of Dogs Tower London

December 19, 2024July 3, 2019 by Adrian Welch

Canary Wharf Expansion – Wood Wharf, a new residential-led, mixed-use waterside community. The masterplan, designed by Allies and Morison Architects, creates up to 3,300 new homes, nearly 2 m sqft of office space, 380,000 sqft of shops, restaurants and community uses.