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.

Lima residential building, Peruvian housing

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Lima Residential building design

Para Todos, a housing block in Lima design by SHROFF LEÓN architects, obsesses over optimization. Optimization of land, of views, of the context, and most importantly optimization of real estate values.

Singapore CBD Building – Hanging Garden

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Singapore CBD Building - Hanging Garden

Hanging Garden in CBD – A Fusion of “Archi-Nature”: the architect created an elevated green atrium which thoroughly transformed the quality of spaces in this old office building in the city.

Moscow Building Photos: Russian Architecture

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Novodevichiy Monastre Moscow building photo

Moscow architecture images: Novodevichy Convent, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery, is probably the best-known cloister in Moscow. Its name, sometimes translated as the New Maidens’ Monastery, was devised to differ from an ancient maidens’ convent within the Moscow Kremlin.

Building in Azzate – Varese Development

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Azzate Building Images, Italian Property Development, Residential Project Italy

Building in Azzate, Italy : Varese Development

Varese Building, Italy design by Park Associati Architects

9 May 2012

Design: Park Associati

Location: Azzate, Varese, north west of Milan, Italy

Residential / Commercial building in Azzate (Va)

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Photos by Andrea Martiradonna, Leo Torri

Azzate Building

The site for this scheme lies in an open landscape that is visible from a local countryside environmental route and has a strong relationship with a hilly wooded area behind it. The new Azzate housing development on via Piave has been carefully studied in terms of form and volume to create the best possible views, using geometries and perspective axes that enable it to be successfully integrated into its green surroundings.

In terms of composition, the approach chosen combines traditional elements such as the double-pitched roof with an irregular pattern of openings on the facades. The two main blocks, with asymmetric pitched roofs in sheet aluminium, are on two storeys (the second houses duplex units only), differentiated by the colours and cladding materials used for the lower ground storey, as well as by the use of different street elevations, dictated by the differing orientation and optimal control of solar factors.

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The block to the north has a street elevation with an irregular rhythm that is characterised by the presence of balconies and large projecting windows.

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The Photographers Gallery London, Soho

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The Gallery is located at a crossroads, between Soho and Oxford Street. The corner site is visible in a glimpse view through the continuous shop frontage of Oxford Street.

Damascus Architecture: Building in Syria

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Damascus architecture - Syria city shops building

I arrived in Damascus on a cool spring night in 2009 via Air France, one of the few regular carriers into the city and a reminder of that country’s historical relationship with the Islamic edges of the Mediterranean. Unaware of the topography of the city in darkness I stared in awe at the myriad dots of lights in the northern sky

Union Square Washington DC: National Mall Design

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Seattle-based landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) and New York-based architects Davis Brody Bond (DBB) are pleased to announce their selection as winners of the National Mall Design Competition for Union Square.