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.

Civic Trust Awards 2009: Buildings, Architects

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Civic Trust Awards 2009 winners news – information on architects, buildings, images – BDPs’ The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton and Victoria Square in Belfast both received top awards

Prendergast-Vale College Lewisham Building

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HKR Architects – the international design and architecture practice – has submitted plans for Prendergast-Vale College in the London Borough of Lewisham on behalf of Costain Construction.

Astley Village Competition: Chorley Contest

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Design Team Appointed to improve Chorley’s Green Spaces. The design team who are going to help spend £364,250 rejuvenating Chorley’s green spaces has been selected following a four month competition.

Sant’Erasmo Water Filtration Plant Venice building

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Sant'Erasmo Water Filtration Plant Venice building

Four one meter thick parallel walls, built in reinforced concrete colored red with pigment constructed as rough, untreated surfaces give the space the building form, like the ruins of an old battery, at the same time defining structure and shape

Nizhny Novgorod Sports Complex: Russia Building

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Nizhny Novgorod Sports Complex Russia

Wilkinson Eyre Architects has unveiled designs for a new 300,000m² ski jump and sports complex in Russia’s historic city of Nizhny Novgorod, a training facility and reserve site for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building, England

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Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building, KPF English Project, Picture, News, Design, Property, Image Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building Development in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK – design by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) 17 Mar 2009 Clifton Wharf Development KPF wins planning approval for Gravesend riverside renewal project Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (London) have won planning approval for … Read more

Marina Towers Beirut, Lebanon High-rise

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The principal factor in the design is the optimisation of views to the sea and harbour for all tenants. The orientation of the apartment tower is therefore set on the radial axis of the harbour.

London Array Wind Farm Substation Design News

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UK-based international architectural practice RMJM has provided the architectural concept design for a new onshore substation for London Array, the largest consented offshore wind farm in Europe.

Beihai Fake Hills: Chinese residential development

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Beihai Fake Hills design by MAD Architects

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

Jefferson Hall Library, West Point, Learning Center

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Jefferson Hall Library, West Point, Learning Center

Beginning September 2008, West Point, the nation’s oldest service academy, will have a state-of-the-art new library and learning center on the United States Military Academy’s fabled Hudson Valley campus, a National Historic Site

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