Thomas Leslie (architect) explained

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

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

Notes and References

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