Thomas Leslie (architect)

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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]

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References

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  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.
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  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.