0:29 Introduction by Jane Wolff
5:10 Elizabeth Meyer presentation
1:23:23 Q & A
The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design hosted a lecture by architect Elizabeth Meyer, the 2011 Michael Hough / Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Visiting Critic, on Oct. 11, 2011.
Elizabeth K. Meyer is one of the leading landscape architectural theorists in the United States. A faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Architecture since 1993, Meyer has also taught at Harvard Graduate School of Design and Cornell University. This year, DesignIntelligence named her one of the top 25 Most Admired Educators in the United States.
Meyer believes that the relationship between culture and nature cannot be ignored, and that aesthetics have an important role to play in addressing environmental problems such as climate change. Through her work as a well-known, provocative critic of landscape architectural theories and practice, she has argued that design can help people make connections between their everyday activities and the impact they have on the natural world. Building sustainable environments requires us to think beyond technical and material solutions, insists Meyers. In short, beauty matters.
For more information about the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, visit us at http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca
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