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 examples of oddly satisfying architecture
Ten ways that architects used weathering steel in 2025
The 10 biggest building announcements of 2025
Most of world’s largest wooden structure The Grand Ring to be burned as “chips for fuel”
Design and architecture are overdue for a Performance Review
Nine times that Nike tried to transform footwear
Six Soviet-era buildings given contemporary transformations
Norwegian designers use reclaimed materials to customise USM Haller furniture
“We’re due a renaissance” in cool small cars says Hyundai design boss
Hyundai “rethinks the compact EV from the ground up” with Concept Three
Stirling Prize-winning council homes sold off at a discount
Ten recent buildings that prove domed architecture is back in vogue
Five great Dezeen features you might have missed in 2025
How long should a building last?
Bamboo scaffolding under scrutiny following devastating Hong Kong high-rise fire
How architecture fees got so low
Dezeen’s top five houses of October 2025
Landmark report finds “blatant and uncompromising sexism” in UK architecture
DS Collab exhibition seeks to put Norwegian design shoulder-to-shoulder with Scandi neighbours
Encourage density even if you “don’t give a damn about the planet” says Norman Foster
Nine homes designed around growing food for a good life
Ten upcoming sports stadiums where technology takes to the field
