Thomas Leslie (architect)

Thomas Leslie (born 1967) is an American architect.

Leslie earned a Bachelor of Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1989, followed by a Master of Architecture at Columbia University in 1992.^[1] He worked for Foster & Partners for seven years, and joined the Iowa State University faculty in 2000.^[2] Leslie was a 2004 awardee of Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Creative Achievement Award.^[3] He was named to the Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture within the Iowa State University College of Design in 2011.^[4] In 2013, Leslie was awarded the Booth Family Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation.^[5][6] Leslie received the 2015 Educator Award from the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects.^[7] The following year, Leslie was appointed to a Morrill Professorship at Iowa State University.^[8] In 2018, Leslie was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.^[9][10]

Selected publications

• Leslie, Thomas (2017). Beauty's Rigor: Patterns of Production in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252041129.^[11]
• Leslie, Thomas (2013). Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252094798. JSTOR 10.5406/j.ctt2tt9vr. Alternate URL^[12]
• Leslie, Thomas (2007). Iowa State Fair: Country Comes to Town. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568985688.^[13]
• Leslie, Thomas (2005). Louis I. Kahn: Building Art, Building Science. George Braziller Inc. ISBN 9780807615409.^[14]

References

1. "Morrill Professor Thomas Leslie FAIA". Iowa State University College of Design. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
2. "Thomas Leslie". Iowa State University College of Design. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
3. "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES TWO ISU ARCHITECTURE PROFESSORS". Iowa State University. 23 April 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
4. "Thomas Leslie is first Pickard Chilton Professor at Iowa State College of Design". Iowa State University. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
5. "Iowa State University architecture professor wins esteemed Rome Prize". Iowa State University. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
6. "Leslie wins Rome Prize". Iowa State University. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
7. "Leslie receives AIA Educator Award". Iowa State University. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
8. "University award recipients to be honored Sept. 26". Iowa State University. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
9. "Leslie named AIA fellow". Iowa State University. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
10. "Iowa State architecture professor named American Institute of Architects fellow". Iowa State University. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
11. Reviews of Beauty's Rigor include:
    • McLean, Will (2018). "Beauty's Rigor: Patterns of Production in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi". Construction History. 33 (1): 116. ProQuest 2162695241.
    • Minutillo, Josephine (18 April 2018). "Beauty's Rigor: Patterns of Production in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi By Thomas Leslie". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
12. Peters, Tom F. (2016). "Review: Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934, by Thomas Leslie". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 75 (3): 372–374. doi:10.1525/jsah.2016.75.3.372.
13. Rasmussen, Chris (2008). "Review: "Iowa State Fair: Country Comes to Town". The Annals of Iowa. 67 (1). doi:10.17077/0003-4827.1182.
14. Hartoonian, Gevork (July 2007). "Louis I. Kahn: Building Art, Building Science". Design Issues. 23 (3): 97–99. doi:10.1162/desi.2007.23.3.97. S2CID 111303306.