David Welsh is a partner of Welsh + Major Architects, an award-winning practice he established in 2004 with Christine Major. He has tutored at The University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, and run Masters Studios in environmental sustainability and material technologies at the University of Technology, Sydney. David has been an invited judge for the NSW Architecture Awards and is a contributing writer to design and architecture publications such as Houses, Artichoke and AR Asia Pacific. He is also an occasional cheesemaker and junior cricket team manager.
David Welsh's Latest contributions
The Redoutable by Virginia Kerridge Architect
This meticulous adaptation of a Georgian terrace in a tightly protected heritage precinct has seen layers removed, revealed and revived in a fine composition of old and new.
Art Gallery of NSW Library and Members Lounge
Volumes of warmly lit timber define Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s library and members lounge redesign, which simultaneously respects heritage and serves contemporary communities.
Blue Mountains House by Anthony Gill Architects
On the edge of a ridge west of Sydney, Anthony Gill Architects has set up a theatrical performance, linking a 1970s home with a new guesthouse in a single composition that both occupies the landscape and respects its magnificence.
Industrial cathedrals: Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
A dexterous amalgam of architectural interventions turned a 100-year-old pier on Sydney Harbour into a permanent home for some of Australia’s leading performing arts companies.
Home truths: how personal idiosyncrasies shape architectural thinking
The Architecture Symposium: Truth or Dare? asked presenters to “strip bare” and share the special memories and mistakes that have informed the way they create poetic homes.
Rejoined twins: Paddington House II
A rare opportunity to unite a pair of semi-detached houses in Sydney’s Paddington results in a deceptively generous family home that responds to the spatial geometry of the site.
Design immemorial: The Nicholson Galleries, Chau Chak Wing Museum
At the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum, the new Nicholson Galleries, designed by Studio Plus Three, respects and celebrates the largest collection of antiquities in the Southern Hemisphere.
Curating a view: Mosman Minka
A respectful reimagining of a Federation-era house in the Sydney suburbs draws inspiration from Japanese architecture and celebrates a cohesive and vibrant family life.
Sense of communitas: Bethlehem College
In Sydney’s inner west, Neeson Murcutt and Neille has rejuvenated an historic school, linking a disjointed conglomeration of buildings and creating spaces for contemporary learning without losing the memory of previous built forms.
Revisited: Welch House
Located on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, this house designed by the relatively unknown architect Peter Swan around 1962 is an example of pragmatic elegance and flexibility.