Please join us for a presentation on Limberlost Place, a project under construction for Toronto’s George Brown College, poised to be one of the first assembly occupancy, tall, exposed mass timber, net-zero carbon emissions buildings in the world. Project lead Carol Phillips will discuss the research and innovation that went into winning the international design competition, and the significant challenges associated with navigating the regulatory and approvals processes thereafter. Carol will discuss the project’s structural design testing and code approvals, funded by both the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Canada, in addition to the ambitious sustainability targets set forth by Waterfront Toronto and the City’s Planning and Development Dept. Already the recipient of 8 awards for innovation and design excellence, Limberlost Place is set to open new doors for mass timber construction in Canada.
Carol Phillips is a Partner at Moriyama Teshima Architects (MTA) and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Her portfolio includes MTA’s most ambitious, low-carbon, mass timber, LEED Platinum, and net-zero targeted projects, including Limberlost Place (a joint venture with Acton Ostry Architects) for George Brown College, and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Multi-Tenant Commercial Building.
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Speaker: Moura Quayle Professor, Sauder School of Business Director, pro team, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
“Great leaders aspire to manage “by design”— with a sense of purpose and foresight. Lessons learned from the world of design, when applied to management, can turn leaders into collaborative, creative, deliberate, and accountable visionaries.”
— Moura Quayle
Hear from Moura Quayle, the author of Designed Leadership, and strategic-design scholar and urban-systems designer share her plan for integrating design and leadership, translating processes, principles and practices from years of experience into tools of change for all levels of leaders. She has shared her ideas with a variety of groups over the past year: RBC Leaders Within and RBC Executive, Public Servants from South Korea, Build Ex Calgary, Vancouver Dental Education, Interface Health and other academic audiences.
Professor Moura Quayle is the Director pro tem of the new UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Since 2014, Moura was the Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs professional graduate program. She has brought her education and professional background in urban design and landscape architecture to bear on a variety of leadership positions.
Designed Leadership, was published by Columbia University Press in July 2017. A few copies will be available for purchase the evening
of the Urban Forum lecture.
