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.Julia Barfield
Isabel Allen2023-12-19T17:21:26+00:00Julia Barfield explains how Marks Barfield Architects has built on its entrepreneurial activist roots to redirect its energies towards becoming a regenerative practice.
Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu
Isabel Allen2023-12-19T17:21:37+00:00For Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu the Palm House at Kew Gardens is a reminder that solutions to contemporary problems depend on an understanding of the inter-connected systems of the natural world.
BCO Awards honour the UK’s best workplaces
Isabel Allen2023-10-04T13:54:56+01:00The British Council for Offices has announced the winners of the 2023 BCO Awards, designed to celebrate best-in-class office buildings across the UK.
Christopher Christophi
Isabel Allen2023-10-03T11:44:25+01:00Christopher Christophi celebrates a career milestone in completing Perkins&Will's new London studio.
Francis Kéré wins 2023 Praemium Imperiale Award
Isabel Allen2023-09-18T09:26:51+01:00Francis Kéré receives the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture
Hillary Rodham Clinton honours British architect Andrew Freear in the Praemium Imperiale Awards
Isabel Allen2023-09-12T15:30:05+01:00Hillary Clinton selects Rural Studio, led by British architect Andrew Freear, as a recipient of the The Praemium Imperiale Grant for Young Artists
Zentia’s John Spicer and Michael Anderson in conversation with John Ramshaw
Isabel Allen2023-08-17T11:26:01+01:00Exploring the key technical and performance aspects of the new Sonify discontinuous ceiling system from Zentia, including design flexibility, colours and finishes, specification tools, and ease of installation.
John Spicer and Michael Anderson talk to AT about Sonify from Zentia
Isabel Allen2023-08-17T11:24:57+01:00Listen to the Ask the Expert podcast, in partnership with Zentia, exploring the key technical and performance aspects of the company’s new Sonify discontinuous ceiling system.
Mike Jamieson
Isabel Allen2023-08-16T12:33:01+01:00Mike Jamieson of TateHindle is inspired by Shoreditch's diversity and vibrancy as well as its capacity for continual transformation.
Meet the client: Dicle Guntas, HGG London
Isabel Allen2023-08-16T12:38:36+01:00HGG London's Dicle Guntas extols the virtues of out-of-the ordinary projects, multi-layered meanings and innovative design.
