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]