Nat Barker
Nat is the features editor of Dezeen.
He qualified as an NCTJ Gold Standard journalist in 2016 and spent five years working for trade magazine Inside Housing. He has also presented a podcast called Fintech Mix.
Nat was named New Journalist of the Year at the IBP Awards in 2017 and Journalist of the Year at the same event in 2018. He was included on PPA's 30 Under 30 list of rising stars in the published media industry in 2020. In 2024, he won Best Specialist Writer at the BSME Talent Awards. In 2025, he was named Architectural Journalist of the Year at the IBP Awards.
Stories by Nat Barker
World View unveils balloon spacecraft that will begin passenger flights in 2024
Architects and designers across Europe rally to help Ukrainian refugees find work
Ten of Beijing’s most significant contemporary buildings
Cars of the future will be “living spaces on wheels” says Hyundai design chief
Stilride uses “industrial origami” to create stainless steel electric scooter
Five architecture and design events in March from Dezeen Events Guide
UK government could block developers that refuse to pay cladding costs from housing market
Ten houses made from colourful concrete
Ten architecturally impressive hospitals that aim to redefine healthcare
“Every self-respecting spaceship should have a bar” says CEO of space tourism company
52-storey Morris + Company tower delayed amid fire brigade concerns over single staircase
“We were attacked by everybody” when the Lloyd’s building opened, recalls Richard Rogers
Ten compact bedrooms that make the most of limited space
Lore Group opens “grown-up” One Hundred Shoreditch hotel
Lore Group creates seafood restaurant with “playful sense of nostalgia” within One Hundred Shoreditch hotel
Women make up just one in five top positions at biggest architecture firms despite “huge jump”
UK government told Grenfell cladding was dangerous 15 years before fire
Ten home interiors with distinctive terrazzo floors
Cake releases anti-poaching electric motorbike for South African park rangers
Penoyre & Prasad completes “first-of-its-kind” giant research lab for testing urban environments
Dezeen’s guide to the architecture of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Brexit is “one of history’s great own goals” say architects
