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
Piers Taylor’s Invisible Studio moving out of UK over Brexit “havoc”
Introducing Dezeen In Depth, a new monthly newsletter
Leading Indian architects pick their favourite buildings in India
Nine buildings constructed using hemp that show the biomaterial’s potential
Dezeen’s top 10 sustainable transport designs of 2022
Ten colourful and comfortable 1970s-style interiors
Human Climate Horizons tool projects impact of global heating on each nation
Dezeen’s top 10 reuse architecture projects of 2022
Twelve houses designed by world-famous architects
“Hard to find causes for optimism” say architects as COP27 begins in Sharm El-Sheikh
Copenhagen at risk of “becoming homogenous and self-satisfied” warns CAFx director
Ukrainian studio Bogdanova Bureau’s Kyiv office damaged in missile attack
Police raid on Antepavilion building ruled unlawful by High Court
Fifteen up-and-coming Copenhagen architecture studios you should know
Dezeen’s top five houses of December 2022
Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
“The world needs cement” says concrete industry decarbonisation chief
Dezeen’s top 10 UK architecture projects of 2022
Dezeen’s top five houses of November 2022
World Cup sustainability claims “built on sand” say experts
Four homes haunted by ghostly apparitions
Ten contemporary living rooms in Georgian and Victorian homes
