Aaron Betsky is a professor in the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech. A critic of art, architecture, and design, Mr. Betsky is the author of over 20 books on those subjects. He writes a twice-weekly blog, Beyond Buildings, for Architect Magazine. Trained as an architect and in the humanities at Yale, Mr. Betsky has served as the Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Netherlands Architecture Institute, as well as curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art .