Catherine Slessor

Catherine Slessor MBE^[1] is an architecture writer, critic and former editor of The Architectural Review,^[2][3][4][5] and a contributor to Dezeen^[6] and Architects' Journal.^[7] She received an MBE in 2016 for her services to architectural journalism and in 2021 was elected president of The Twentieth Century Society.^[8]

Biography

Slessor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.^[2] She studied architecture at the University of Edinburgh,^[2] and holds an MA in Architectural History from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.^[6] Slessor started her writing career as a technical editor at Architects' Journal in 1987.^[3] She moved to The Architectural Review in 1992,^[3] and was its editor for five years from 2009-2015.^[2] She was the magazine's first female editor.^[9] Her books have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese.^[10]

Selected publications

• See-through houses inspirational homes and features in glass (2001, Ryland Peters and Small: ISBN 1841722006)^[11]
• Eco-tech: sustainable architecture and high technology (1997 (2nd ed. 2001), Thames and Hudson: ISBN 0500341575)^[12]
• Contemporary doorways: architectural entrances, transitions and thresholds (1992, Mitchell Beazley: ISBN 1840005092)^[13]
• Contemporary staircases (1990, Mitchell Beazley: ISBN 1840003162)^[14]

References

1. "Birthday Honours 2016: the Prime Minister's list" (PDF). www.gov.uk. p. 80. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
2. Wilkinson, Tom (30 March 2015). "Catherine Slessor: a trailblazer in male-dominated industries". The Architectural Review. Retrieved 1 February 2019. As the editorial torch is passed, we look back at the career of Catherine Slessor and the AR under her leadership.
3. Waite, Richard (24 March 2015). "End of an era: Catherine Slessor leaves the AR". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
4. Foster, Norman; et al. (May 2015). "AR readers pay tribute to Catherine Slessor's editorship". Architectural Review (1419): 34–35. Retrieved 5 February 2019. Tributes from Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tom Dyckhoff, Sou Fujimoto, Hugh Pearman, Roger Zogolovitch and others.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. Sunday Times Staff (25 January 2015). "The Sunday Times Britain's 500 Most Influential Making Us Look, Listen, Laugh, Cry, Think … and Shop". The Sunday Times. No. 9933. p. 2. Retrieved 5 February 2019. ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN: ... Catherine Slessor, editor, The Architectural Review, which wields enormous international influence. ...
6. "Catherine Slessor, Author at Dezeen". Dezeen. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
7. "Catherine Slessor – The Architects' Journal". www.architectsjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
8. "Catherine Slessor". AJ. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
9. Jansen, Theo (26 January 2016). "Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light: On Turncoats, The Cass and Architectural Debate". ArchDaily. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
10. "Catherine Slessor titles on WorldCat". WorldCat. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
11. Reviews of See-through houses:
    • Dillon, Julie (February 2002). "Review". Houses (1): 113. ISSN 1440-3382.
    • Killen, Sandra (15 December 2001). "Drawing inspiration". The Courier Mail. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. p. L10. Retrieved 5 February 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
12. Reviews of Echo-tech:
    • "Review". The Times Literary Supplement: 19. 27 February 1998. ISSN 0307-661X.
    • Kaufman, P (March 1998). "Review". Choice. 35 (7): 1183–1184.
    • Lally, Ann (Fall 1998). "Review". Art Documentation. 12 (2): 63. JSTOR 27948982.
    • Davis, Colin (December 1997). "Greening technology". The Architectural Review. 202 (1210). London: 91–92.
    • Moore, Steven A. (May 2000). "Reviewed Works: Eco-Tech: Sustainable Architecture and High Technology by Catherine Slessor; Sustainable Architecture by James Steele; Architecture and the Environment: Bioclimatic Building Design by David Lloyd Jones". Journal of Architectural Education. 53 (4): 245–249. JSTOR 1425573.
    • Yannas, Simos (Autumn 2001). "Reviewed Works: Eco-Tech Sustainable Architecture and High Technology by Catherine Slessor, John Linden; The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems by George Baird". AA Files (44). Architectural Association School of Architecture: 81–85. JSTOR 29544240.
    • Lally, Ann (Fall 1998). "Reviewed Work: ECO-TECH: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY by Catherine Slessor". Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America. 17 (2): 63. doi:10.1086/adx.17.2.27948982. JSTOR 27948982.
    • Young, Lucie (27 November 1997). "Earth-friendly (but not earthy)". New York Times. Vol. 147, no. 50989. p. F3. Retrieved 5 February 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
    • Whitelegg, John (13 February 1998). "Built to consume". Times Higher Education Supplement. No. 1319. p. 26. Retrieved 5 February 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
13. Reviews of Contemporary doorways:
    • Times staff (29 April 2002). "Entrance of the flamboyant front door". The Times: 36.^{[permanent dead link]}
14. Reviews of Contemporary staircases:
    • Binney, Marcus (22 November 2000). "Step up for a flight of fancy". The Times: 24[S].^{[permanent dead link]}