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.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Kirsty Angerer, HLW

2025-05-22T12:24:00+01:00

AT chats to Kirsty Angerer from HLW about the role of the professional ergonomist, the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, the pressing need for strong leadership and the tension between innovation and human needs.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Kirsty Angerer, HLW2025-05-22T12:24:00+01:00

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Al Scott

2025-05-21T15:43:03+01:00

AT chats to Al Scott from IF_Do about socially purposeful architecture and the role of collaborative design as a means of combatting inequality across the UK.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Al Scott2025-05-21T15:43:03+01:00

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Rob Wheaton

2025-05-27T11:12:50+01:00

AT chats to Rob Wheaton from Stride Treglown about Tai ar y Crd –  a pattern book for the efficient delivery of housing using local materials and skills.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Rob Wheaton2025-05-27T11:12:50+01:00

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mellis Haward

2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

AT chats to Mellis Haward from Archio about finding the formula for healthy competition, housing nerdery and organised fun – and the secret of a good pub quiz.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mellis Haward2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

Dispatches from UKREiiF: JJ Lorraine

2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

AT chats to JJ Lorraine from Morrow + Lorraine about persuading the GLA and local authorities to divert S106 budgets towards trainees, the joys of 'plug-and-play' and 'desk-to-bed' and submitting ideas to paper in the middle of the night.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: JJ Lorraine2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

National Gallery Sainsbury Wing

2025-05-12T14:15:10+01:00

Selldorf Architects' controversial reworking of the Grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing by Venturi Scott-Brown was always going to be controversial. But did it have to be so polite?  

National Gallery Sainsbury Wing2025-05-12T14:15:10+01:00

Dock Side Story

2025-05-06T10:32:16+01:00

The success of British Land and AustralianSuper's Canada Water regeneration scheme rests on its ability to tempt corporate tenants to an untested part of town. As the project's first commercial building opens for business Isabel Allen asks whether the gamble has paid off.  

Dock Side Story2025-05-06T10:32:16+01:00

De Valera Library and Súil Gallery

2025-04-29T15:00:34+01:00

Keith Williams Architects' library and art gallery in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, is a critical building block in the town's social infrastructure and a well-used civic space.  

De Valera Library and Súil Gallery2025-04-29T15:00:34+01:00

Marks Barfield Architects on Being a Good Ancestor

2025-04-23T13:08:46+01:00

Marks Barfield Architects was one of the front-runners in the Being a Good Ancestor section of the 2024 Regenerative Architecture Index. In this video Julia Barfield and Darcy Arnold-Jones chart the practice's journey towards regenerative architecture, and share some of the initiatives and projects that made the practice stand out.

Marks Barfield Architects on Being a Good Ancestor2025-04-23T13:08:46+01:00
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