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.RIBA, ACAN, and the race to redefine practice
Isabel Allen2021-11-26T18:16:07+00:00Representatives from ACAN, RIBA, and private practice discussed the challenge of reshaping practice to address climate breakdown at a roundtable discussion hosted by Architecture Today and Medite Smartply at the COP26 House in Glasgow.
Jay Gort and Matthew Barac in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-11-15T18:04:43+00:00The Rock – a manifesto house in Canada's Whistler mountain resort, designing for extreme weather conditions and striking a balance between aesthetic purity and the messy reality of family life.
Climate ready education
Isabel Allen2021-11-18T10:43:25+00:00Experts from across the industry join Architecture Today and Medite Smartply at the COP26 House to discuss how to reshape education to address the challenges posed by climate change.
Cristina Monteiro and Charlotte Harris in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-11-08T16:14:45+00:00Learning from forest schools, allotments and falling out of trees and making the case for rewilding the urban childhood and enshrining access to nature as a universal human right.
Rupert Cook
Isabel Allen2022-11-22T12:13:36+00:00Lockdown has given Rupert Cook an opportunity to focus on the adventure of launching a new practice and to find a new balance in his personal and professional life.
James Lord and David Mooney in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-10-26T16:00:18+01:00Volume housebuilders and biodiversity, lessons learnt from Cator Park and the lasting impact of a formative exchange between Tony Pidgley, Richard Attenborough and The London Wildlife Trust.
Joe Morris and Agnieszka Glowacka in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-10-21T15:51:41+01:00Biophilic design and biodiversity, humanising the workplace and harnessing the power of technology – and poetry – to bring the magic of the forest into the places where we live and work.
Yẹmí Aládérun
Isabel Allen2022-11-22T12:13:37+00:00For Yẹmí Aládérun working as a client and delivering affordable housing provides a platform to activate the power of architecture and shake things up from the inside.
Phil Coffey
Isabel Allen2022-11-22T12:13:37+00:00The urgent threat of climate catastrophe has taught Phil Coffey to look at – and to photograph – the city in a completely different way.
Steve McIntyre and Ashley Welch in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2022-05-11T11:59:45+01:00Biodiversity net gain, using artificial intelligence to assess habitats remotely, natural capital accounting and the challenge of influencing business decisions in a free market world.
Deborah Saunt and James Fox in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-10-05T12:23:37+01:00Exchange Square, the value of a natural haven in a highly corporate world and the futility of trying to predict the way wildlife behaves and landscapes evolve.