About Isabel Allen

Isabel Allen is the Editor of Architecture Today and the Editorial Director of BEAM (Built Environment and Architecture Media), founded in 2021 to provide the construction industry with a multi-media platform for interdisciplinary learning and collaboration. Highly experienced in her field, Isabel was previously editor of the AJ and has spearheaded the launch of numerous initiatives including the Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time and the Regenerative Architecture Index launched in partnership with Architects Declare. Alongside a career as an editor, curator and critic she also co-founded HAB Housing, which delivered low-cost housing using natural materials and innovative models of procurement, land ownership and finance. She is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA.

Muzeul Ivan Patzaichin

2026-05-01T20:51:57+01:00

An extraordinary museum and community centre in Romania’s Danube Delta locks into the sustainable networks of one of Europe’s last great wildernesses to support the culture and the future of the Lipovan people

Muzeul Ivan Patzaichin2026-05-01T20:51:57+01:00

Regenerative architecture on stage: UKREiiF 2026

2026-04-22T12:22:34+01:00

Hear Tom Bloxham from Urban Splash, Councillor Ruairi Kelly from Glasgow City Council, Holly Lewis from We Made That and Gary Clark from HKS discuss the role of regenerative design in unlocking the long-term value of public assets.

Regenerative architecture on stage: UKREiiF 20262026-04-22T12:22:34+01:00

How do you design a regenerative masterplan?

2026-04-29T16:25:06+01:00

Liz Liddell-Grainger from JTP argues that we need to look backward as well as forward to understand how to design masterplans that restore, renew or revitalise natural and social systems.

How do you design a regenerative masterplan?2026-04-29T16:25:06+01:00

Why some buildings stay with us

2026-04-15T16:40:12+01:00

Steve Melvin of Atelier Architecture & Design reflects on the elusive qualities that make certain works of architecture capture the imagination and make a lasting impression on our collective consciousness.  

Why some buildings stay with us2026-04-15T16:40:12+01:00

The RAI on stage: Futurebuild 2026

2026-04-13T13:45:38+01:00

Join RAI members Tonkin Liu, Purcell and Jan Kattein Architects at Futurebuild 2026 for a series of presentations exploring what regenerative architecture looks like in practice hosted by Architects Declare and Architecture Today.

The RAI on stage: Futurebuild 20262026-04-13T13:45:38+01:00

Reinventing practice

2026-04-15T16:38:13+01:00

Representatives of RAI member organisations are invited to take part in Reinventing Practice, an ongoing series of portraits of RAI members accompanied by insights into their efforts to transition towards regenerative practice.

Reinventing practice2026-04-15T16:38:13+01:00

RAI Ireland: Dublin Social

2026-04-21T16:33:29+01:00

Irish members of the Regenerative Architecture Index are invited to an evening of networking and socialising with collaborators, consultants and clients.

RAI Ireland: Dublin Social2026-04-21T16:33:29+01:00

RAI: partner update

2026-04-15T16:41:21+01:00

RAI partner Schüco UK introduces Schüco low carbon aluminium as standard across all aluminium profiles.

RAI: partner update2026-04-15T16:41:21+01:00

My Kind of Town: Piers Taylor

2026-04-07T12:42:37+01:00

Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio explains how Sydney,  a city that always feels as though it is making itself in the present tense, gave him the lenses through which he still views the world.

My Kind of Town: Piers Taylor2026-04-07T12:42:37+01:00
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