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.

Apex Arc, Bury St Edmunds Building, Suffolk

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Apex Arc Bury St Edmunds building, Suffolk

The retail-led route to the regeneration of our historic towns requires civic leadership, strong architects and the right choice of development partner. Here at Bury St Edmunds all are in evidence

The Jewels of Aoyama: Miyuki Dori Tokyo

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The Jewels of Aoyama

This project is a formation of two different buildings; the main building has a limestone curtainwall façade of slit-windows that angles rhythmically like a folding screen, and in contrast to this, the smaller corner building is an entirely glass volume.

Discovery Centre Jodrell Bank Observatory

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Design : Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. FCBS have recently completed the new Discovery Centre for the famous Jodrell Bank Observatory. Designed for the University of Manchester’s Centre for Astrophysics the projects include two new Visitor and Exhibition Pavilions which have been built to inspire budding young scientists and showcase cutting-edge research ‘as it happens’.

The Point Old Trafford – Cricket Ground

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BDP’s The Point, the new iconic stand at Lancashire County Cricket’s Old Trafford ground, was voted the ‘people’s favourite’ out of a total of 95 competing projects at the annual Manchester Society of Architects (MSA) Design Awards

RIAS Convention Glasgow: Architects Conference

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RIAS Convention Glasgow hosted by RIAS President David Dunbar and incoming President, Sholto Humphries, the single most significant event in the Incorporation’s annual calendar, is also one of the largest architectural conferences in Europe.

Nanjing Eco Housing, Landsea China

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Nanjing Eco Housing, Landsea China building design

BDP has been appointed to design an exemplar very low carbon and sustainable apartment building in Nanjing, China, by regional developer Landsea which specialises in green, high-tech residential developments.