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 has worked for architects such as Eva Jiricna, Sir Terence Conran, Richard Murphy, RMJM and Sutherland Hussey – in London, Hong Kong, Manchester, Cambridge and Edinburgh.

Beihai Fake Hills: Chinese Residential Development

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Throughout China’s ultra-rapid urbanization, attention has been focused on set-piece architecture: opera houses, museums, stadia. However these would-be icons are the exception rather than the rule. The vast majority of development in China’s new cities takes the form of residential schemes, often standardized and cheap to guarantee a quick return for the developer. Is it possible to build high-density, economically viable housing which is also architecturally innovative?

NYC Information Center, New York Building

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NYC Information Center, Seventh Avenue Building, Project, Photo, News, Design, Image NYC Information Center : Seventh Avenue New York New York Information Center – design by WXY architecture + urban design Mar 13, 2009 NYC Information Center WXY ARCHITECTURE AND NYC & COMPANY PIONEER RADICAL REDESIGN OF THE NYC INFORMATION CENTER Media hybrid of architecture … Read more

Selborne House Victoria, London, Wellington House

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Selborne House Victoria, Building, Image, Approval, Architect, News, Design Selborne House + Wellington House, Victoria London Redevelopment, England, UK 13 Mar 2009 Selborne House London LAND SECURITIES’ VISION FOR VICTORIA GETS SECOND VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Redevelopment of Selborne House and Wellington House set to go ahead A month after giving the green light to Land … Read more

London 2012 Media Centre Building, Olympics

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London 2012 Media Centre Building, IBC / MPC, Image, Project, News, Design London 2012 Media Centre London Olympics IBC / MPC Development, England, UK – design by Allies and Morrison 13 Mar 2009 Olympics Media Centre London 2012 Media Centre to leave green business + employment space in legacy Design: Allies and Morrison The media … Read more