Thursday December 04, 2008
Biography 
Lisa Rochon is the architecture critic for The Globe and Mail, and the two-time winner of the National Newspaper Awards (2005, 2006) for Arts and Entertainment.
Her book on the significance of modern Canadian architecture - and its deep connection to the Canadian landscape - is titled UP NORTH: Where Canada’s Architecture Meets the Land. The book launched at the 2005 International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront and is now in its second hardcover printing.
From 1998 - 2004, Lisa taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Her graduate seminar on the reconstruction of devastated cities followed the tragic events at the World Trade Center.
Lisa is regularly invited to speak across Canada about architecture, and serves as a guest critic for student design reviews, most recently at the University of Toronto and Cornell University. She is frequently interviewed on CBC TV, CBC Radio and Radio Canada about architecture, mega cultural projects and city building.
She holds an M.A. in Urban Design Studies from the University of Toronto. Before that, Lisa studied international relations at l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris. Her honours degree in journalism and French was completed at Carleton University, Ottawa.
For more on Lisa Rochon’s writing and public speaking events, please visit her website: www.lisarochon.com
