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 era of mega-cities should be over” says Helle Søholt
Hickok Cole uses ChatGPT to design 24-storey mixed-use building
The Dezeen guide to AI
You are now entering the AItopia
Ten bathrooms with double sinks for couples who prioritise personal space
Ten sidewalk dining shelters in New York City
Architects Declare hits back over “failure” claims
Less than a week left to enter Dezeen’s £1,000 AI artwork competition
Dezeen launches AI artwork competition for AI editorial series with £1,000 prize
Luvly develops flat-pack mini EV to be “significantly more energy-efficient”
Ten houses perched precariously on cliff edges
Dezeen publishes 50,000th post
Design school director criticises Dezeen over AI artwork competition
Ten AI illustrations shortlisted in Dezeen’s AItopia competition
Tilly Talbot announces “captivating and poetic” winner of Dezeen’s AI artwork competition
“We need to make sure that products can be passed down to the next generation” says Uniqlo’s UK head
Dezeen’s top five houses of May 2023
How electric-vehicle technology is changing car design
Ten architecturally significant museums designed by famous studios
“Architects are so sheltered in terms of their sharing of knowledge” says Wendy Perring
Featherbottom & Partners redesigns London skyscrapers to mark King Charles III’s coronation
Ten traditional British houses with standout modern extensions
