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.

TED Taipei, Taiwan by BIG architects

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TED Taipei, Taiwan by BIG, architects

The Technology Entertainment & Design Center – aka TED Taipei – is a dense urban block of all kinds of activities related to contemporary technology and media.

Aldermanbury Square, London Offices Building

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The 5 Aldermanbury Square project does much to improve the urban realm of the City of London. It evolved to allow the creation of a new public space connecting Wood Street and the square to the upper level of the Barbican High Walk.

Alban Gate, 125 London Wall building, EC2 offices

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Alban Gate, 125 London Wall building, EC2 office property

125 London Wall, also known as Alban Gate, is a Postmodernist building on London Wall. Along with Embankment Place and Vauxhall Cross, it has been described as one of the three projects that established designer Sir Terry Farrell’s reputation in the late 1980s / early 1990s.

Climbing Great Buildings: Architecture TV

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St Pauls Dome - Climbing Great Buildings

From St Paul’s Cathedral to Caernarfon Castle, this BBC 2 TV series had unprecedented access to the finest buildings in the UK. Remarkably, each agreed to take part, even though many were very fragile structures in poor condition.

Y House Tokyo, Contemporary Japan Home

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Y House Tokyo, Japan Home

A rough concrete shell in a true state of abandonment without windows or water protection more in the sense of a dilapidated ruin than a building of recent date; this was the starting point for this project.

Jencks Award 2010: Steven Holl

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Hangzhou Competition by Steven Holl - Jencks Award 2010

Steven Holl has been awarded the 2010 Jencks Award: Visions Built at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual that has recently made a major contribution simultaneously to the theory and practice of architecture internationally.

Venice Biennale Dutch Pavilion – Netherlands

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Ronald Rietveld Vacant NL Venice Biennale Dutch Pavilion

Thousands of buildings in the Netherlands lie vacant. Some of them for a week or a few months, many even for years. During the twelfth Venice Architecture Biennale, the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) and Rietveld Landscape will highlight the huge potential of all that temporarily unoccupied space.

Venice Biennale Polish Pavilion – Poland

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‘A neon Emergency Exit sign hangs on the facade of the Polish Pavilion. Inside, a surreal structure made of hundreds of reclaimed bird cages hides a path to its summit. It is lit from within, suggesting a night landscape, a fantastical de-materialized world’.