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
The 10 biggest building announcements of 2024
Last chance to tell Dezeen about your experience of working in architecture and design
Dezeen’s top five houses of October 2024
Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects’ completed Mercury Tower in Malta
Seven transparent bathrooms for households who share everything
Trauma of Ukraine war “was crucial for me as an architect” says Tallinn Architecture Biennale curator Anhelina Starkova
Nine houses with gloriously impractical features
Lotus unveils Theory 1 concept car as “design manifesto” for the future
“The shadow of Grenfell Tower’s burnt-out husk will follow the refurbishment architect forever”
Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes that architect “bears a very significant degree of responsibility”
Ten recently completed unusual Indian houses
“We don’t want to develop like Europe” says Suriname’s architect minister
How the superyacht industry is approaching sustainability
Survey reveals average salaries at UK architecture studios
Dead Mall Walking captures the “kenopsia” of fading shopping centres
Tallinn bus shelter “an experimental fragment” built from reclaimed materials
Tell Dezeen about your experience of working in architecture and design
Eero Saarinen’s Tulip table has “a kind of dishonesty to it”
Eight interiors that show the versatility of futons and daybeds
Why UK architecture’s gender pay gap isn’t improving
One Za’abeel voted best skyscraper of the past year by Dezeen readers
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