Lisa Rochon is the architecture critic for The Globe and Mail.

A two-time winner of the 2005 and 2006 National Newspaper Awards for her national column on architecture and cities, Lisa often serves as a jury member for design competitions and as a keynote speaker on architecture and cities.

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 was launched at the 2005 International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront and is now in its second printing.

Since 1998, Lisa has 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 "Post-Crisis Scenarios; Life Among the Ruins" was launched following 9-11. She regularly serves as an invited critic for design reviews at architecture and landscape architecture departments, most recently at Cornell University and the University of Toronto.

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.

Lisa Rochon
Architecture Critic
The Globe and Mail
cell: 416.989.3780
office: 416.693.6566
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