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
Ten half-buried houses hidden from the outside world
Venice to replace glass steps on Santiago Calatrava-designed bridge amid “almost daily” falls
Dezeen’s top 10 non-fossil fuel car and truck designs of 2021
McDonald’s opens “UK’s first net-zero restaurant”
Eight contraceptive designs that revolutionise sexual health
Neri Oxman and Bill Ackman told to alter Norman Foster design for their New York penthouse
Dezeen’s top 10 cabins of 2021
Controversy over Notre-Dame restoration reignites as plans for “Disney” interiors emerge
Ten statement buildings that never got built
Modus is a modular tabletop design based on children’s building blocks
COP26 was “better than nothing but clearly insufficient” according to architects who were there
Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade
Foster + Partners criticises RIBA climate report over “deviation” from global treaty
Peter Barber Architects revamps and densifies London social housing estate
The 10 most controversial architecture projects of 2021
Residents “livid” over £450 daily cost of heating Sky Pool
Dezeen’s top 10 shop interiors of 2021
EU to set minimum energy standards for existing buildings
Foster + Partners sustainability lead calls for more refurbishments and fewer basements to help fight climate change
Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2021
New buildings in England required to have electric vehicle charging points
Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle set to begin construction in Paris