Jessica Mairs
Jessica is a freelance architecture journalist. She was Dezeen's architecture editor from 2016 to 2018, after joining the magazine as a reporter two years earlier. Before that, she completed an NCTJ journalism qualification in 2014 and an internship at design magazine Icon.
Jessica grew up in Northern Ireland but moved to London in 2007 to study fine art at Chelsea College of Art.
Stories by Jessica Mairs
Amanda Levete and Junya Ishigami among shortlist for Eiffel Tower overhaul
Garage Museum creates life-size recreation of Andy Warhol’s studio The Factory
Fly-through video shows impact of 500 tall buildings planned for London
Renovation works at Grenfell Tower added “fuel” to fire, reveals leaked report
Kengo Kuma to build aquatics centre and harbour bath in Copenhagen
Prefabricated cabin can be transported to remote locations by lorry
UK’s biggest architecture firms reveal gender-pay disparity
Suspected murderer Peter Madsen worked on BIG’s smoke-ring-blowing power plant
Forensic Architecture to create 3D video of Grenfell Tower fire
Hawkins\Brown completes robotics lab for The Bartlett at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
V&A to recreate Robin Hood Gardens’ streets in the sky at Venice Architecture Biennale
Architectural Association names Eva Franch i Gilabert as new director
Foster + Partners completes BBC headquarters in Cardiff
Kenneth Frampton to receive Golden Lion at Venice Architecture Biennale
BIG reveals plans for Swiss hotel with zigzagging ski slope on its roof
Zaha Hadid’s only house finally completes in Russian forest
Kengo Kuma designs Japan’s first Ace Hotel
Swedish government introduces new benchmarks for architecture and design
Coventry’s post-war shopping centre earmarked for preservation in rare listing move
Forensic Architecture investigates alleged links between refugee charities and people smugglers
Sandra Barclay wins Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award
Balkrishna Doshi wins Pritzker Prize 2018