India Block
India is the former assistant editor at Dezeen. She joined the magazine as architecture reporter in September 2017 from the Hampstead and Highgate Express, where she was the London property editor.
She has a first-class degree in English Literature with History of Art from the University of York.
India began her career in magazine journalism as PA to the production director of Condé Nast, before landing an assistant role at online beauty magazine Get the Gloss.
She joined the Ham & High as a features writer before moving into property. She loves architecture from all around the world, but retains a soft spot for north London.
Stories by India Block
RIBA declares climate emergency saying it is architecture’s “biggest challenge”
IKEA is bringing its low-cost modular housing units to the UK
Financial Times returns to renovated Bracken House
Bert modular treehouse designed to look like cartoon characters
Ron Arad’s twisting ToHA tower nears completion in Tel Aviv
Nike introduces plus-size and para-sport mannequins to London store
Jake Moulson creates eclectic interiors in D2 Townhouse revamp
Design Museum defends Designs of the Year show after Extinction Rebellion protest
Madrid could scrap low-emissions zone despite air quality improvements
Hungary plans €1 billion greenhouse city powered by renewable energy
UK architects including Foster and Chipperfield declare climate and biodiversity emergency
Joanne Underhill photographs Welbeck Street car park ahead of demolition
Paris plans to go green by planting “urban forest” around architectural landmarks
By Humankind wants to banish single-use plastic from your bathroom
AI robot Ai-Da presents her original artworks in University of Oxford exhibition
High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw steps down as chair of his architecture firm
Finland announces plans to become carbon neutral by 2035
World’s first 360-degree infinity pool proposed for London skyline
Supertall Camlica TV and Radio Tower nears completion in Istanbul
Paper Castles exhibition dangles architecture’s future over its past
LooWatt’s waterless toilet system turns waste into electricity and fertiliser
Totomoxtle is a material bringing rare corn back from the brink of extinction
