- Source: Catherine Slessor
Catherine Slessor is an architecture writer, critic and former editor of The Architectural Review, and a contributor to Dezeen and Architects' Journal. She received an MBE in 2016 for her services to architectural journalism and in 2021 was elected president of The Twentieth Century Society.
Biography
Slessor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. She studied architecture at the University of Edinburgh, and holds an MA in Architectural History from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Slessor started her writing career as a technical editor at Architects' Journal in 1987. She moved to The Architectural Review in 1992, and was its editor for five years from 2009-2015. She was the magazine's first female editor. Her books have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese.
Selected publications
See-through houses inspirational homes and features in glass (2001, Ryland Peters and Small: ISBN 1841722006)
Eco-tech: sustainable architecture and high technology (1997 (2nd ed. 2001), Thames and Hudson: ISBN 0500341575)
Contemporary doorways: architectural entrances, transitions and thresholds (1992, Mitchell Beazley: ISBN 1840005092)
Contemporary staircases (1990, Mitchell Beazley: ISBN 1840003162)
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- The Architectural Review
- Scottish devolution
- May 1976
- Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
