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
Silver House by Olivier Dwek stands on the forested hillside of the Greek island Zante
Eurostar and creative director Christopher Jenner part company
Skylit swimming pool forms the heart of Bengaluru residence by Ochre
Tailor Made Arkitekter merges an archetypal barn with a glasshouse for lakeside spa in Sweden
Christian de Portzamparc and Peter Marino create garment-inspired boutique for Dior
Apple’s latest Silicon Valley campus could be “futuristic tech office” by HOK
Oving Architecten shrouds concentration camp house in glass as a memorial to the holocaust
Vo Trong Nghia adds bamboo restaurant and beach bar to spa resort in Vietnam
Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro add pastel tones and concrete to Aesop’s São Paulo store
Warehouse in Portugal by João Mendes Ribeiro used to exhibit Andy Warhol artwork
Namu Architects completes shed-like visitor centre in South Korea’s CeongTae Mountain
Piet Hein Eek converts former mill buildings into holiday rentals in rural France
NLA unveils 10 winning designs in ideas competition addressing London’s housing crisis
Earthquake-damaged storehouse in Japan transformed into living space by Ryo Matsui
Skylights of Stirling and Gowan’s Engineering Building to be replaced in £19.5 million renovation
Kresings Architektur adds larch animal enclosures to petting zoo in Germany
Groosman to create extreme cantilevers for arts centre in Rwanda’s capital
Tennis court buildings by Felipe Assadi zigzag towards the Chilean coastline
Children’s museum opens inside David Adjaye’s Sugar Hill housing in Harlem
Amanda Levete’s tree canopy-like MPavilion opens in Melbourne
DGT Architects’ A House for Oiso aims to “capture the essence of Japan from all ages”
Penda’s bamboo pavilion could be expanded to create homes for 200,000 people
