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
Studio Gil adds stairwell extension to a Modernist home in Primrose Hill
Copper-clad studio by Stonewood Design is also a hide for wildlife watching
Timber-framed equestrian centre completed by Castanheira & Bastai in Portugal
Kingston University students erect a Japanese pavilion in the garden of a museum
M-Arquitectos renovates and extends thermal baths on a volcanic Portuguese island
Dandelion-inspired columns create curved arches inside Beijing toy shop by Penda
PriceGore adds a yellow-framed extension to an east-London artist’s home
Julio Barreno Gutiérrez creates a folded-steel shelter for a school playground
Pop-up office created around a tree trunk in London’s Hoxton Square
Brick blocks hold separate classrooms at Fonte de Angeão School by Miguel Marcelino
Nameless Architecture reinterprets the traditional Korean door using resin and silicone
Höweler + Yoon’s Bridge House accommodates three generations of a family
Cam Thanh Community House in Vietnam features thatched roofing and secluded courtyards
Private art gallery by Stonewood Design cantilevers into a 17th-century Cotswolds barn
Matt Gibson references Brazilian Modernism for concrete and stone house in Melbourne
Zurich building by E2A incorporates the facade of a century-old warehouse
Kouichi Kimura’s Courtyard House wraps around a private terrace
East London pavilion by Nonscale is designed to resemble a cluster of stars
Adult education centre with an “amphi-staircase” draws inspiration from Mickey Mouse
René van Zuuk creates a wavy pier with an integrated lightbox over an Almere lake
Timber-clad home by Schjelderup Trondahl sits on a hill overlooking Oslo
Glass and timber rectangles create chequered facade for Tokyo house by Takeshi Shikauchi
