Mark Kingwell, Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart at Harbourfront

When
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:30pm
Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the fifties to the seventies

Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON
Map to Harbourfront Centre

Details

A reading, talk and slide-show presentation featuring Mark Kingwell, Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart. All three authors then take part in a round-table discussion on the subject of Sacred Space, moderated by Lisa Rapoport. At the Harbourfront Centre in the Brigantine Room on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30. Go to the International Readings at Harbourfront website to purchase tickets.

Mark Kingwell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, a contributing editor to Harper’s, and the author of ten books, including Marginalia: A Cultural Reader and Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams.

Michael McClelland is a registered architect with over twenty years of experience. He is actively involved in the promotion of Canada’s architectural heritage and is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Professional Heritage Consultants and E.R.A. Architects. He and Graeme Stewart are the co-editors of Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the fifties to the seventies.

Graeme Stewart is a designer with E.R.A. Architects, and has worked on a variety of planning and reuse projects of some of Toronto’s major historic sites. He and Michael McClelland are the co-editors of Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the fifties to the seventies.

Lisa Rapoport is a founding partner in PLANT Architect Inc., an interdisciplinary firm that branches into the domains of architecture, landscape, ecology, furniture, art, and graphic design, including, most recently, the award-winning competition scheme for Nathan Philips Square.