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You, me, and the Grand Design

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There’s an interesting talk tomorrow night at Hart House about urban design:

The U of T Bookstore Reading Series and Hart House explores how space design, human behavior 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?

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

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