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.

Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Building, Kent

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Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Building

The new Marlowe Theatre was formally opened on 4 October 2011 by the HRH the Earl of Wessex accompanied by the Countess of Wessex, at a gala concert before an audience of 1200 invited guests.

Stirling Society of Architects Design Awards: SSA

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Juniper Court halls of residence Stirling University

President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Sholto Humphreys presented Falkirk based practice ARKA Architects with the Society’s top award for it’s conversion of Cairneymount Church, Maddiston for GRS Homes.

Persistence of the Absurd: Stirling Prize analysis

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Evelyn Grace Academy London racetrack

The idea of building for permanence–optimising materials performance, yet being flexible enough to accommodate change and adaptability over a lifetime, whilst minimising energy consumption is surely the ultimate holistic objective for any architecture

Verbund Headquarter – Vienna Office Building

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Verbund Headquarter Vienna, Austrian Office Building, Viennese Design Verbund Headquarter, Austria : Vienna Office Building Austrian Headquarters Building – design by SOLID architecture 11 Oct 2011 Verbund Headquarters Vienna Design: SOLID architecture Design for the facade of the Verbund Headquarter in the inner City of Vienna Verbund HQ Vienna 1. Starting point and the task … Read more

Campus Aarhus N – VIA University College

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Campus Aarhus University College interior

Campus Aarhus N, Denmark: VIA University College Aarhus design by schmidt hammer lassen architects: the new campus building offers facilities for the six fields of study that support knowledge sharing and synergy between the educations

Jewish Community Centre London building

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Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, joined cultural philanthropist Dame Vivien Duffield today at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands-designed Jewish Community Centre on the Finchley Road in Hampstead, North London.

Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Malta, Maltese Roof

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Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Malta Roof

To protect the 5,000-years-old temple ruins of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra on the island of Malta against further deterioration, engineers from formTL developed two special membrane roof structures, which now cover and protect the archaeological excavation.

Nanjing Tower Buildings, Jiangsu Province Towers

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Nanjing Tower Buildings, Jiangsu Province Towers

Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned to realize a tower block complex of ten buildings in Nanjing.

Moon Bay Park, Jinhua building, Riverside

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Moon Bay Park, Jinhua building, Riverside

Renovation of the Riverside Moon Bay Park, access door and landmark forum building, Jinhua, China. A single object located at a singular point of the city. The place: a park, a path that leads from one point of the city’s river front.

Architecture as Spectacle – Joyce Hwang

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Busan Cinema Center - Architecture as Spectacle

“Spectacle” is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “something exhibited to view as unusual, notable, or entertaining; especially an eye-catching or dramatic public display.”

Hornsey Town Hall: Crouch End Building

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New Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts at Hornsey Town Hall

Bennetts Associates has prepared preliminary proposals to convert the landmark Grade II* listed Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End into a new drama school for Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.