Virginia McLeod studied architecture in Australia before practising for a number of years in Sydney‎.‎ She moved to the UK in 1998 to complete an MA in the history and theory of Architecture at the Architectural Association in London‎.‎ Since then she has worked for a number of private practices in London and was also the editor of The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture‎.‎ She is the author of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture‎,‎ Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture‎,‎ Detail in Contemporary Kitchen Design and Detail in Contemporary Bathroom Design‎,‎ all published by Laurence King‎.‎