Ella Jessel

Ella Jessel is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in the Guardian, FT, Bloomberg CityLab and The Telegraph. Formerly features and investigations editor at the Architects' Journal, she has previously worked as a staff reporter on local newspapers including The Camden New Journal. Follow Ella on X.

Stories by Ella Jessel

Architecture

Dominique Coulon & Associés creates colour-blocked creche in France

Architecture

Abin Design Studio elevates Indian temple above tides of Ganges river

Architecture

Nina+Co and ROAR Architects swaddle London house with cork cladding

Architecture

Studio Naqshbandi surrounds Indian spiritual hub with bio-ponds for “journey of discovery”

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DFJ Architects links wings of Mango Lane house with external walkway

Architecture

RAD+ar frames Indonesian chapel with tunnel-like concrete exoskeleton

Architecture

Tuckey Design Studio uses concrete ruin as “blank canvas” for Lake Como Villa

Architecture

Marutau Arqui builds Octa House on former car parking space

Highlights

TEST places maroon holiday cabin in Barcelona woodland

Architecture

Shahed Saleem shields Island Gardens cafe with maritime-motif screens

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Kaunitz Yeung Architecture co-designs care facility with Yolŋu elders in Australia

Architecture

Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as “inverted skyscraper”

Architecture

Nomo Studio encases walls and roofs of Menorcan house in earthy render

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Studio Bright adds fluted-concrete chapel to church in Australia

Architecture

H3O designs The Communal Barbecue as “celebration of collective life” in Spain

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Architecture Building Culture wraps white curved facade around Piano House in Canada

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Bindloss Dawes adds exposed concrete and brick extension to London terrace

Architecture

NEXT Architects creates bat-friendly watchtower overlooking Dutch forest

Architecture

Pensaer prioritises natural materials for Clay House extension in London

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Room11 perches tunnel-like guesthouse deep in Tasmanian bush

Architecture

Johan Sundberg Arkitektur wraps stilted house in Sweden with Siberian larch

Architecture

Scullion Architects conjures “moment of discovery” for Grattan house in Dublin

Architecture

Mailen Design takes cues from Victorian London for Lee Terrace house