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
AA Design + Make students test the limits of timber in tensile woodland canopy
Glowing gold extension added to Winchester university chapel by Design Engine
Ellena Mehl Architects disguises Provençal extension with grass roof and terraced landscape
Adamo Faiden completes undulating plaza in Buenos Aires’ financial district
Oslo psychiatric centre by Hille Melbye features planted courtyards and decorative brickwork
Steel chain curtains cover skinny Osaka house by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Black corrugated metal encases loft-inspired Tokyo house by TakaTina
Micro hostel with tiny concrete rooms installed by Zhang Ke in old Beijing hutong
Cubo Design Architect pairs blackened wood with concrete for house in coastal Japanese city
Medieval church hall renovation features light-filled extension and glazed walkway
Colossal Amsterdam housing block brought up to date with customisable apartments
Aleksander Skworz’ Urn for Living can be used as a fruit bowl before you die
Galvanised steel panels cover irregularly stacked volumes of Japanese townhouse
Oblong windows puncture concrete office block by Yoshihiro Kato Atelier
Andreas Gruber embeds minimal concrete house into Tyrolean hillside
HAO Design converts 1980s townhouse into furniture shop and cafe in Taiwan
Bright white living spaces overhang gallery in top-heavy Tokyo house by Form
Inbetween Architecture transforms “terribly dated” 1970s Melbourne house to open up lake views
Petcube Play lets you interact with your pet remotely from a smartphone
Pot plants cover trellis-like walls inside London cafe by Neiheiser Argyros
Another Studio replaces walls with storage to transform apartment into own workspace
KC Design Studio adds perforated facade and atrium to skinny Taiwanese townhouse
