Aaron Betsky
B.A., Yale University
M.Arch., Yale University
B.A., Yale University
M.Arch., Yale University
Aaron Betsky is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech. Previously, he was President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin. A critic of art, architecture, and design, Mr. Betsky is the author of over 20 books on those subjects, including Fifty Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright (2021) and Architecture Matters (2017), and the forthcoming books The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture, Re-Imagining Buildings and Re:Assemble. He writes a twice-weekly blog for architectmagazine.com, Beyond Buildings. Trained as an architect and in the humanities at Yale University, Mr. Betsky was previously Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum (2006–2014) and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (2001–2006), as well as Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1995–2001). In 2008, he directed the 11th Venice International Biennale of Architecture.