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
Jo Nagasaka knocks through the walls of a Tokyo house to reveal its aged structure
Sydney apartment block by MHN Design Union appears to change colour
Vo Trong Nghia unveils tree-covered university campus for Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore mosque by Formwerkz Architects features latticework based on Islamic patterns
John Pawson to convert Jaffa convent and hospital into W’s first hotel in Israel
Concrete painter’s studio by Felipe Assadi nestles into a rocky hillside on the Chilean seafront
Archipl-Architects converts former washing machine factory into light-filled workplace
Plywood and oak rooms feature inside renovated former home of Black Beauty author Anna Sewell
Arch Studio transforms Beijing hutong into tea house with curving glass courtyards
James Furzer to crowdfund parasitic sleeping pods for London’s homeless
Crowdsourcing campaign launched to repurpose Austrian bridge
Stiff + Trevillion updates Bloomsbury mews house with gridded glazing and double-height bookcase
Hornbill House by Biome Environmental Solutions faces out over an Indian tea plantation
Top-heavy ballet school by Y+M Design Office features an oversized roof
Foster + Partners and Nissan to redesign electric car fuel stations
StudioMilou converts Singapore city hall into national art gallery
Nozomi Nakabayashi creates writer’s hut on stilts in the Dorset woods
Copenhagen bridge by Olafur Eliasson is designed to resemble ship masts
Seoul apartment block by Archihood WXY features tunnel-like balconies and gabled corners
CRG Architects unveils concept for shipping container skyscrapers
White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through
Vijayawada tower by Penda will feature modular elements that residents can personalise
