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.

UCL Stratford Campus, Newham Masterplan

August 31, 2020May 16, 2016 by Adrian Welch

UCL Stratford Campus Olympicopolis London

Marshgate – UCL Stratford Campus Architects shortlist news: Grimshaw ; Hawkins Brown working with MVRDV ; Mecanoo ; Scott Brownrigg working with UN Studio and Stanton Williams.

Zaha Hadid Exhibition at Palazzo Franchetti

November 16, 2020May 16, 2016 by Adrian Welch

In celebration of Zaha Hadid’s career in architecture and design that spans four decades, Fondazione Berengo will host an abridged retrospective exhibition of her work at the 16th century Palazzo Franchetti on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.

City Center New York Building, Architects

October 3, 2020May 11, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Design: Ennead Architects. This historic building won the 2013 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award by The League of Historic American Theatres.

RIBA International Awards 2016: Longlist

November 25, 2025May 11, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Longlist of 30 buildings for the new global architecture awards and the International Emerging Architect Prize. Open to architects who’ve designed a building outside the UK, they lead on to the RIBA International Prize.

Central Park New York, Manhattan

December 8, 2019May 6, 2016 by Adrian Welch

The park resulted from a design competition in 1857. It contains a zoo and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The park initially opened in 1857, on 778 acres of city-owned land (it is now 840 acres in area).

National Music Centre Calgary, King Eddy

March 8, 2025May 5, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Design: Allied Works Architecture. Studio Bell is nearing completion: 160,000 sqft (14,860 sqm) new home for the National Music Centre of Canada is scheduled to open on 1 October 2016.

New York Times Headquarters Building Design

April 27, 2024May 5, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE, architects. A new headquarters for the New York Times newspaper was commissioned via invited competition in 2000. RPBW’s winning design opens up a neglected corner of Manhattan opposite the Port Authority, with a 52-storey building.

FAT house, Fashion Architecture Taste

September 20, 2021May 2, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Modern Architect has been granted planning permission for a new roof extension to the Blue House in East London, originally designed by FAT and completed in 2002.

Giants Causeway Ireland Visitor Centre Building

December 8, 2024May 2, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Design: Heneghan Peng Architects. New photos of this uncompromising building on the north coast of Northern Ireland, designed “to blend in to the natural rural environment via re-establishment of the ridge-line by use of a part buried structure”.

Panter Hudspith Architects, London design office

December 15, 2024May 1, 2016 by Adrian Welch

Panter Hudspith architects news. Following the complex extension and conversion of an existing office block in London’s Crouch End, a new Picturehouse Cinema has been created.