Zimm was engaged as Senior Advisor in Architecture at ArkDes (Swedish Center for Architecture and Design) between 2010 and 2014. From 2007 until 2009, she was editor-in-chief of the architecture magazine Rum. Zimm completed her doctorate studies at KTH School of Architecture in 2005 with the thesis Losing the Plot – Architecture and Narrativity in Fin-de-Siècle Media Cultures, investigating pre-digital virtual architectures as found in literature and early cinema from late 19th Century. Zimm is a contributor to Swedish and international architecture magazines and publications since 1999. Zimm’s research interests include the development of the subject of architecture in relation to society, technology and media cultures.