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
Industrial Facility designs compact height-adjustable desk OE1 Micro Pack
Cheshire Architects uses local materials to create The Hotel Britomart in Auckland
Industrial Facility creates desk for solo working in open-plan offices
Es Devlin creates indoor forest as venue for COP26 events
Lighting Design International overhauls illumination of Harrods dining hall
“COP26 marks a critical juncture for humanity” say architects and designers attending the climate conference
Peter Barber Architects’ “intelligent, dynamic and original” McGrath Road named UK’s best affordable housing scheme
Ten blank buildings that present a windowless face to the world
Government rejects Foster + Partners’ “highly unsustainable” Tulip tower
Nelly Ben Hayoun announces £1 million of funding for young creatives for Tour de Moon festival
Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects yet to endorse RIBA climate report presented at COP26
Keiji Ashizawa designs Blue Bottle Coffee shop for “cave-like space” in Maebashi hotel
