Lizzie Crook
Lizzie is the architecture editor at Dezeen.
She graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Sheffield, before joining the magazine as an editorial assistant in 2018.
In 2023 she was highly commended in the Architectural Journalist of the Year category at the International Building Press Awards and was shortlisted for the same prize in 2022 and 2025.
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Stories by Lizzie Crook
The brutalist Salters’ Hall is enclosed by white fluted concrete
Large windows and cantilevers animate House on 36th by Beebe Skidmore
Undulating roof of Siobhan Davies Dance Studio echoes movements of its users
OMA builds metal and glass campus headquarters for Tencent in Beijing
Neasden Temple is built from over 5,000 tonnes of hand-carved stone
Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture
Skateparks are “one of the world’s great kinds of public space” says Iain Borden
Five whimsical City Benches animate London’s streets
Foster + Partners’ Cairo hospital embodies “latest research on biophilia”
Ten eco-friendly dwellings where residents live off the grid
Sea Stone is a concrete-like material made from shells
Snøhetta wraps timber office in plant-covered suspended metal frame
MVRDV enshrouds world’s “first publicly accessible art depot” with mirrors
Leadenhall Market has “survived plagues, great fires and two world wars”
The Phoenix Garden is a green retreat in London’s West End
Ortraum Architects builds timber music studio beside house in Helsinki
Ernö Goldfinger’s Glenkerry House is a brutalist “vertical village”
Dalston Curve Garden is an urban oasis on Hackney’s disused railway
Open House London responds to “fiendish challenge” of coronavirus with video tours, cycle rides and model kits
Dezeen x Planted collaboration will showcase brands and products that “improve lives today without damaging tomorrow”
Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface is designed for visually impaired readers
Ten architect-designed swimming pools for cooling off at home
