Neil Leach is an architect and theorist who has taught at a number of institutions worldwide, including the Architectural Association in London, the Dessau Institute Dessau, Germany, and Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of more than a dozen books, including "Rethinking Architecture", "The Anaesthetics of Architecture" (MIT Press, 1999), and Alberti's "On the Art of Building in Ten Books" (MIT Press 1991).