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.

Zero carbon interiors: sustainable buildings

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Zero carbon Interior building

Perkins&Will which designs offices for some of the world’s largest firms is the first architect in the world to have pledged to deliver net-zero interiors and fit-outs for commercial tenants.

Ground granulated blast furnace slag in concrete production

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Ground granulated blast furnace slag in concrete production

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) with ConcreteZero and the Mineral Products Association, is launching this paper tomorrow (19/9/) that shows how the concrete industry is banking on the use of a finite resource – GGBS (ground granulated blast furnace slag – a by produce of iron and steel manufacture) – to cut global carbon emissions from concrete.