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.

[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.

[9] Her books have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese.