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
Bow-wow House by Design Band YOAP is a guesthouse for dog lovers in rural South Korea
Perforated metal sheets concertina across the facade of an office extension in Lund
Slabs of concrete frame glass walls of house near a Swiss lake by MLZD
Article 25 bookkeeper charged with fraud following disappearance of £200,000
Smart Design Studio adds concrete extension and pool to dilapidated Sydney villa
Pop Up Luggage Space by TomDavid has walls that recede like an “inverted umbrella”
Design Systems uses low lighting and marble to create “cold and lonely” mood inside Tuve hotel
Concrete blocks frame a private sculpture collection at Balmoral House in Sydney
Article 25 faces insolvency following £200,000 of unaccounted spending
MAMM Design adds curved walls and different-shaped doorways to a Japanese apartment
Marjan van Aubel’s “stained glass window” harvests solar energy to charge mobile phones
Christiansen and Andersen create a pavilion of wooden walkways in Copenhagen castle grounds
Auckland art gallery by Mitchell and Stout Architects features an aluminium-plated facade
Youth centre proposals shortlisted for Brutalist Preston Bus Station refurbishment
Woodland holiday home updated with rooftop extension facing up to the treetops
Metal-clad power plant by Tzannes Associates is mounted on the roof of an old Sydney brewery
Walkway extends over rooftop of Algarve farmhouse extension by Marlene Uldschmidt
Undulating viewing platform by John Lin and Olivier Ottevaere features built-in market stalls
Foliage-clad pavilion by Adamo-Faiden creates a home on a disused roof
HLM House by Rafael Lorentz is a hilltop Brazil residence built from white concrete
New Tottenham Hotspur football stadium by Populous to feature “world’s first sliding pitch”
House and office complex by J Mayer H features monochrome facades and false shadows
