Wednesday, November 8, 2006. 7pm FREE
Hart House, East Common Room (7 Hart House Circle)

University of Toronto Bookstore
READING SERIES

In partnership
with
Hart House
GRAND DESIGN

presents

IN CONVERSATION WITH MARK KINGWELL & LISA ROCHON,

moderated by Professor Larry Richards

The Reading Series and Grand Designs explores how space design, human behaviour and culture interact and foster new relationships between people and their environments, and welcome you to celebrate the current architectural renaissance in Toronto, with our evening of discussion.

Join Mark Kingwell, author of Nearest thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams, and architecture critic for The Globe and Mail and author of Up North: Where Canada’s Architecture Meets the Land,Lisa Rochon, with moderator U of T Professor Larry Richards, from the U of T Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, will discuss…

Have we become the architects of our own space?
How do cultures and communities stake claim on particular spaces and design?
How does space foster or inhibit community building?
What does nature reveal about principles of sustainable design?