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]