Witold Rybczynski

architecture critic

Witold Rybczynski appears in the following:

Have a Seat: The History of Chairs

Friday, November 18, 2016

This week's Please Explain has us on the edge of our seats!

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Architecture for Amateurs

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Witold Rybczynski, emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books, including his latest How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit (Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2013), offers a beginner's guide to architecture, including a "walk-through" of submissions to the competition for the National Museum of African-American history.

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Makeshift Metropolis

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Professor and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski discusses how current urban planning ideas have evolved from 20th century movements such as City Beautiful, the Garden City, and the ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright and Jane Jacobs. In Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities, he looks at urban planning for the twenty-first century—creating a new kind of city with mixed-use developments, downtown living, diversity, density, and liveliness.

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Guest Picks: Witold Rybczynski

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Find out what Witold Rybczynski is listening to right now.

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