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.

Regenerative Design takes to Radio 4

2026-08-14T09:34:22+01:00

RIBA President Elect Jay Morton, Architecture Today Editor Isabel Allen and author and historian Barnabas Calder discuss housing and regenerative design with Tom Heap and Helen Czerski on Radio 4's Rare Earth.

Regenerative Design takes to Radio 42026-08-14T09:34:22+01:00

Visit the Bears at Wildheart at Regenerative Design 2026

2026-08-14T14:44:29+01:00

Real-time real-size live footage of two bears rescued from captivity and re-housed at the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary will be on display at the Regenerative Design 2026 throughout October, celebrating an on-going collaboration between Wildheart and the RAI. 

Visit the Bears at Wildheart at Regenerative Design 20262026-08-14T14:44:29+01:00

Timothy Soar explains the ambition – and the significance – of Regenerative Design 2026

2026-08-10T14:53:05+01:00

Photographer Timothy Soar is giving a talk on the relationship between the way we document architecture and the transition to regenerative design on the morning of Tuesday October 6th at Regenerative Design 2026. Here he explains why he's getting involved.

Timothy Soar explains the ambition – and the significance – of Regenerative Design 20262026-08-10T14:53:05+01:00

Enzo Favro

2026-08-06T11:47:07+01:00

For Enzo Favro, regenerative design is about looking beyond a building's immediate impact to the legacy it leaves behind. The Director of In Opera Group explains why natural stone, terrazzo and a long-term approach to material value are central to creating places that last.

Enzo Favro2026-08-06T11:47:07+01:00

The Drift

2026-08-04T15:53:58+01:00

Marcus Lee and Corinna Dean have converted a Hopper-esque cluster of farm buildings in the Suffolk countryside into a maker space and home. Yuki Sumner applauds an 'architecture of empathy' that finds poetry in the awkwardness and rawness in agricultural infrastructure and opts for minimum intervention for maximum effect.

The Drift2026-08-04T15:53:58+01:00

Lost Shtetl Museum

2026-07-27T15:46:39+01:00

Designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, the Lost Shtetl Museum tells the story of Jewish life in Šeduva before the Holocaust. In the summer of 1941, 664 of the town’s Jewish residents were murdered, a fate repeated across more than 200 Lithuanian shtetls. Julian de Metz examines the building’s relationship to its highly charged physical and cultural context, and asks to what extent architecture can – or should – seek to shape collective memory and conscience.

Lost Shtetl Museum2026-07-27T15:46:39+01:00

Per Kirkeby: making mystery and magic out of ordinary brick

2026-07-13T10:43:10+01:00

Publisher Torsten Bløndal and architecture professor Thomas Bo Jensen have joined forces to produce a compendium of the paintings, sculptures and buildings of Danish artist, poet, sculptor and film maker Per Kirkeby. John Pardey enjoys a lyrical tour through an eclectic portfolio rooted in love for the humble brick. 

Per Kirkeby: making mystery and magic out of ordinary brick2026-07-13T10:43:10+01:00

Free photography workshop at Art Deco Marine Court and architectural walking tour of Burton’s St Leonard’s for RAI members

2026-07-07T08:29:06+01:00

RAI members are invited to join Timothy Soar's free-to-attend photography workshop at one of the UK's most iconic Art Deco seaside buildings – and enjoy a bespoke walking tour of the architectural highlights of St Leonard's-on-Sea. 

Free photography workshop at Art Deco Marine Court and architectural walking tour of Burton’s St Leonard’s for RAI members2026-07-07T08:29:06+01:00
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