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: Dinah Casson

2024-03-19T17:39:42+00:00

AT chats to Dinah Casson about holding Islington Council to account and battling to protect a fragile corner of Shoreditch from Morris+Co's controversial Castle & Fitzroy scheme.    

Dispatches: Dinah Casson2024-03-19T17:39:42+00:00

Dispatches from the House of Commons: Kate Raworth

2024-03-18T12:06:40+00:00

Kate Raworth, ecological economist and author of Doughnut Economics, explains why she's proud to support Building Blocks, the manifesto produced by UK Architects Declare, as a blueprint for government policy to transform the built environment.

Dispatches from the House of Commons: Kate Raworth2024-03-18T12:06:40+00:00

Shahed Saleem

2024-04-30T14:33:03+01:00

For Shahed Saleem migration, identity, heritage, migration and narrative are the common threads that run through practice, curation, teaching and research.

Shahed Saleem2024-04-30T14:33:03+01:00

JJ Lorraine

2024-04-30T14:36:11+01:00

For JJ Lorraine, the waves at Camber Sands are a source of positive energy and life-affirming joy that match his optimism about his practice and the future.

JJ Lorraine2024-04-30T14:36:11+01:00

Dispatches from Lewes: Joanna Yarrow

2024-02-20T11:43:08+00:00

Joanna Yarrow talks to Architecture Today about getting planning consent for the 685-home Phoenix Project, and the challenges involved in delivering the biggest timber-structure neighbourhood in the UK.

 
Dispatches from Lewes: Joanna Yarrow2024-02-20T11:43:08+00:00

School of Specification – Specifying healthy materials

2024-04-16T13:44:32+01:00

HLW has produced a learning module on specifying healthy materials for School of Specification. Senior designer Alison Grant explains the dangers of unhealthy materials and the role that architects can play in improving the supply chain.

School of Specification – Specifying healthy materials2024-04-16T13:44:32+01:00

Dispatches: Daniel Libeskind

2024-02-14T09:48:48+00:00

Daniel Libeskind talks to Architecture Today, expanding on his design approach for the Maggie's Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in north London and the influence of the late Charles Jencks.

Dispatches: Daniel Libeskind2024-02-14T09:48:48+00:00
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