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
First photographs emerge of Fumihiko Maki’s V&A-backed design museum in Shenzhen
SANAA completes cloud-shaped port terminal building for Naoshima island
Fernando Abellanas hangs secret studio under a bridge in Valencia
Sans-Arc Studio updates traditional fish and chip shop decor with terrazzo, timber and tiles
Thomas Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge officially scrapped
Cladding passes fire safety test ordered following Grenfell Tower blaze
Heatherwick Studio releases new video of 1000 Trees under construction in Shanghai
Robin Hood Gardens demolition is an “act of vandalism” says Simon Smithson
Tadao Ando surrounds huge buddha statue with lavender-covered mound at Sapporo cemetery
Drone footage shows Heatherwick Studio’s “tree-covered mountains” underway in Shanghai
Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier
Review of building and fire safety regulations launched following Grenfell Tower disaster
Arched bamboo trusses left exposed in Chiang Mai sports hall to create a “feast to the eye”
Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation
Huge porthole windows bathe Melbourne apartments with natural light
Historic England lists London cabbies’ hut and Yorkshire “hobbit’s home”
Garciagerman Arquitectos’ Desert City centre is dedicated to cactus aficionados
“Stunning” car park will be demolished to make way for Eric Parry-designed hotel
Liverpool gives go-ahead for towers despite UNESCO warnings
BIG unveils plans for Cactus Towers beside new Copenhagen IKEA
PUP Architects builds rooftop pavilion disguised as warehouse air duct
Blaze tears through Dubai’s Torch Tower skyscraper for second time
