Adrian Evelyn Powell [commonly known as Adrian Powell; and as A. E. Powell] was born in Rangeworthy, Gloucestershire, England on 23 October 1905 and practised as an architect in Bristol from the early 1930s onwards. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1932. He is best known for the all-electric house which he designed in co-operation with the Bristol and District Branch of the Electrical Association for Women. The furnishing of the house was undertaken by P.E. Gane Ltd.
Powell's address was given as White Cross Villa, Whitchurch, Bristol in 1934; 24a Park Street, Bristol in 1939; and 3 Berkeley Square, Bristol in 1950. He died in Springhill, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 7 December 1990
A biographical file on Adrian Evelyn Powell is available on request from the Enquiry Desk, Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Pheysey, M. E. ‘An All-Electric House in Bristol’ Design for To-day vol. 4, no. 33, January 1936 pp.5-8.
Phillips, R. Randal. Houses for moderate means London: Country Life, 1936.
‘Factory for the manufacture of leather at Marsh Barton, Exeter’ [Architect: Adrian E. Powell] Architects' Journal 21 August 1952 pp. 237-238