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Lisa Rochon is a bestselling Canadian author, an award-winning architecture critic and a city builder. She generates ideas daily. Some of them work out. |
Lisa Rochon is a bestselling Canadian author, an award-winning architecture critic and a city builder. She generates ideas daily. Some of them work out. |
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Nationality. Canadian |
Nationality. Canadian |
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Occupation. Author, Urban Designer |
Occupation. Author, Urban Designer |
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Awards: Two-time winner of the National Newspaper Awards, 2005, 2006, Nominated, 2007 (Canada’s equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize). Recipient of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Award for Journalism. |
Awards: Two-time winner of the National Newspaper Awards, 2005, 2006, Nominated, 2007 (Canada’s equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize). Recipient of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Award for Journalism. |
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Early Life and education |
'''Early Life and education''' |
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Lisa was born and raised in Oakville before her family moved to Cabbagetown, Toronto. As a child, she attended Maple Grove Elementary School where her story writing began in Grade 2. |
Lisa was born and raised in Oakville before her family moved to Cabbagetown, Toronto. As a child, she attended Maple Grove Elementary School where her story writing began in Grade 2. |
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One of her stories went like this: |
One of her stories went like this: |
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A girl and a boy. |
A girl and a boy. |
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She asked, Why? |
She asked, Why? |
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He answered her like this—because. |
He answered her like this—because. |
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He said, Why? |
He said, Why? |
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She said, because. |
She said, because. |
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Partner: John Terry. Children: Geneviève, Alexander, Hannah and Dylan. |
Partner: John Terry. Children: Geneviève, Alexander, Hannah and Dylan. |
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Website: Lisarochon.ca |
Website: Lisarochon.ca |
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For more than a decade, as the award-winning architecture critic for The Globe and Mail newspaper, Lisa defended and championed the cause of inspired, innovative architecture from Toronto to Mumbai, Copenhagen and New York. She has contributed cultural commentary in English and French to CBC Radio and Radio Canada. She has organized conferences such as Revell Toronto Helsinki (2010) and contributed numerous essays and articles for books and journals such as Alphabet City (MIT Press), Canadian Architect, Architectural Record (NYC), and The Brick and has taught courses about the history of architecture at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) and, following 9-11, launched a graduate seminar “Post-Crisis Scenarios” at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. She has delivered many public lectures about architecture, place vs placelessness and spoken about her own literary fiction for the Arts and Letters Club, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Heliconian Club and in NYC following the death of urban activist Jane Jacobs. One of her career highlights was working alongside Jane to lead the citizen lobby to try to stop the demolition of the Ontario Place revolving outdoor amphitheatre (1971) designed by Eberhard Zeidler. Another was travelling to Dhaka, Bangladesh during an unexpected state of emergency to experience the National Assembly by Louis Kahn wandering its monumental spaces during a power black-out. She has signed books across Canada and (for the Italian version of Tuscan Daughter) in Milan and Florence. Harper Collins signed Lisa for her forthcoming novel about a monumental theft, cruelty and love set in 20th-century Paris. Pub date: 2026. |
For more than a decade, as the award-winning architecture critic for The Globe and Mail newspaper, Lisa defended and championed the cause of inspired, innovative architecture from Toronto to Mumbai, Copenhagen and New York. She has contributed cultural commentary in English and French to CBC Radio and Radio Canada. She has organized conferences such as Revell Toronto Helsinki (2010) and contributed numerous essays and articles for books and journals such as Alphabet City (MIT Press), Canadian Architect, Architectural Record (NYC), and The Brick and has taught courses about the history of architecture at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) and, following 9-11, launched a graduate seminar “Post-Crisis Scenarios” at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. She has delivered many public lectures about architecture, place vs placelessness and spoken about her own literary fiction for the Arts and Letters Club, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Heliconian Club and in NYC following the death of urban activist Jane Jacobs. One of her career highlights was working alongside Jane to lead the citizen lobby to try to stop the demolition of the Ontario Place revolving outdoor amphitheatre (1971) designed by Eberhard Zeidler. Another was travelling to Dhaka, Bangladesh during an unexpected state of emergency to experience the National Assembly by Louis Kahn wandering its monumental spaces during a power black-out. She has signed books across Canada and (for the Italian version of Tuscan Daughter) in Milan and Florence. Harper Collins signed Lisa for her forthcoming novel about a monumental theft, cruelty and love set in 20th-century Paris. Pub date: 2026. |
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In 2018, she joined the McEwen International Advisory Board for Canada’s newest school of architecture. In May, 2024, she announced the Lisa Rochon Bursary Scholarship for newly accepted female or Indigenous students beginning an undergraduate program at McEwen School of Architecture. |
In 2018, she joined the McEwen International Advisory Board for Canada’s newest school of architecture. In May, 2024, she announced the Lisa Rochon Bursary Scholarship for newly accepted female or Indigenous students beginning an undergraduate program at McEwen School of Architecture. |
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In June, 2024, she launched Tuscan Creative Lab, a multi-disciplinary artists’ residency set within an |
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olive grove near Siena and Florence. Inaugural guests include the acclaimed violinist Isabella Perron (Toronto) |
In June, 2024, she launched Tuscan Creative Lab, a multi-disciplinary artists’ residency set within an olive grove near Siena and Florence. Inaugural guests include the acclaimed violinist Isabella Perron (Toronto) |
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Revision as of 18:40, 15 May 2024
Lisa Rochon is a bestselling Canadian author, an award-winning architecture critic and a city builder. She generates ideas daily. Some of them work out.
Nationality. Canadian
Occupation. Author, Urban Designer
Notable Work:
Hundreds of national “City Space” columns published in The Globe and Mail newspaper. Up North, Where Canada’s Architecture Meets the Land. Tuscan Daughter(Harper Collins, 2021) Awards: Two-time winner of the National Newspaper Awards, 2005, 2006, Nominated, 2007 (Canada’s equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize). Recipient of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Award for Journalism.
Early Life and education
Lisa was born and raised in Oakville before her family moved to Cabbagetown, Toronto. As a child, she attended Maple Grove Elementary School where her story writing began in Grade 2. One of her stories went like this:
A girl and a boy.
She asked, Why?
He answered her like this—because.
He said, Why?
She said, because.
Partner: John Terry. Children: Geneviève, Alexander, Hannah and Dylan.
Website: Lisarochon.ca
For more than a decade, as the award-winning architecture critic for The Globe and Mail newspaper, Lisa defended and championed the cause of inspired, innovative architecture from Toronto to Mumbai, Copenhagen and New York. She has contributed cultural commentary in English and French to CBC Radio and Radio Canada. She has organized conferences such as Revell Toronto Helsinki (2010) and contributed numerous essays and articles for books and journals such as Alphabet City (MIT Press), Canadian Architect, Architectural Record (NYC), and The Brick and has taught courses about the history of architecture at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) and, following 9-11, launched a graduate seminar “Post-Crisis Scenarios” at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. She has delivered many public lectures about architecture, place vs placelessness and spoken about her own literary fiction for the Arts and Letters Club, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Heliconian Club and in NYC following the death of urban activist Jane Jacobs. One of her career highlights was working alongside Jane to lead the citizen lobby to try to stop the demolition of the Ontario Place revolving outdoor amphitheatre (1971) designed by Eberhard Zeidler. Another was travelling to Dhaka, Bangladesh during an unexpected state of emergency to experience the National Assembly by Louis Kahn wandering its monumental spaces during a power black-out. She has signed books across Canada and (for the Italian version of Tuscan Daughter) in Milan and Florence. Harper Collins signed Lisa for her forthcoming novel about a monumental theft, cruelty and love set in 20th-century Paris. Pub date: 2026. In 2018, she joined the McEwen International Advisory Board for Canada’s newest school of architecture. In May, 2024, she announced the Lisa Rochon Bursary Scholarship for newly accepted female or Indigenous students beginning an undergraduate program at McEwen School of Architecture.
In June, 2024, she launched Tuscan Creative Lab, a multi-disciplinary artists’ residency set within an olive grove near Siena and Florence. Inaugural guests include the acclaimed violinist Isabella Perron (Toronto)