Isabel Allen - Architecture Today

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.

Jerry Tate

Isabel Allen2025-03-17T17:55:43+00:00

Jerry Tate is on a mission to deliver projects that allow people living and working in crowded urban conditions to enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with the natural world.

Jerry TateIsabel Allen2025-03-17T17:55:43+00:00

Cabin Crew

Isabel Allen2025-03-14T11:49:06+00:00

A new book from The Modernist tells the story of Welsh architectural practice Hird & Brooks and explores its obsession ith crafting the perfect holiday home.

Cabin CrewIsabel Allen2025-03-14T11:49:06+00:00

Ways of seeing: re-framing familiar buildings

Isabel Allen2025-04-22T16:02:46+01:00

Timothy Soar talks to AT Editor Isabel Allen about his approach to taking up-to-date photography of the winning buildings in the Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time.

Ways of seeing: re-framing familiar buildingsIsabel Allen2025-04-22T16:02:46+01:00

5th Studio partner with Barclays to produce retrofit pattern book

Isabel Allen2025-01-27T11:01:47+00:00

Grace Fletcher from 5th Studio discusses the battle to retrofit our historic housing stock and how the practice has teamed up with Barclays bank on a pilot retrofit pattern book.

5th Studio partner with Barclays to produce retrofit pattern bookIsabel Allen2025-01-27T11:01:47+00:00

Dispatches from Wales: Heather Macey

Isabel Allen2025-01-21T14:23:26+00:00

AT chats to… Heather Macey from Makower Architects about drawing on a history of trauma to rethink spaces for people with poor mental health.

Dispatches from Wales: Heather MaceyIsabel Allen2025-01-21T14:23:26+00:00

Powerhouse

Isabel Allen2025-01-20T08:56:50+00:00

Farrells completes the 15-year transformation of Lots Road Power Station – the 'cathedral of the industrial age' - into Chelsea Waterfront's Powerhouse.

PowerhouseIsabel Allen2025-01-20T08:56:50+00:00

Sadler’s Wells East

Isabel Allen2025-02-27T15:23:19+00:00

O'Donnell + Tuomey's Sadler's Wells East brings dance to diverse audiences and much-needed permanence and purpose to Stratford Waterfront.

Sadler’s Wells EastIsabel Allen2025-02-27T15:23:19+00:00

Review of 2024

Isabel Allen2025-01-02T15:05:22+00:00

Architecture Today editor Isabel Allen reflects on the highlights of 2024 and looks forward to the year ahead.

Review of 2024Isabel Allen2025-01-02T15:05:22+00:00

The Greenhill Building

Isabel Allen2024-12-03T13:02:42+00:00

Chris Dyson Architects' teaching and events building for Harrow Arts Centre's London campus draws on the site's legacy of agricultural buildings to deliver a flexible space that complements the Grade-II listed Gothic Elliott Hall.

The Greenhill BuildingIsabel Allen2024-12-03T13:02:42+00:00

Faustino Winery, Oyon, Spain

Isabel Allen2024-10-08T11:33:44+01:00

Foster + Partners' visitor centre at the Bodegas Faustino Winery in Oyon, Spain, is the latest project in a two decade relationship between architect and client.

Faustino Winery, Oyon, SpainIsabel Allen2024-10-08T11:33:44+01:00

Warburg Institute

Isabel Allen2024-09-26T14:47:04+01:00

Haworth Tompkins' £14.5 million transformation of the Warburg Institute in London's Bloomsbury includes the Institute’s first gallery, a 140-seat auditorium, and a state-of-the-art centre for special collections.

Warburg InstituteIsabel Allen2024-09-26T14:47:04+01:00

Risky business

Isabel Allen2024-10-02T10:32:08+01:00

Pippa Nissen explores the crucial distinction between financial risk and creative risk, and explains how the success of Nissen Richards' masterplan for Sutton Hoo in Suffolk depended on the client's ability to distinguish between the two.

Risky businessIsabel Allen2024-10-02T10:32:08+01:00