Witold Rybczynski: 11 books
My Two Polish Grandfathers
And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
AWARD-WINNING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI DELIVERS A REVELATORY COLLECTION OF LINKED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS -- PART MEMOIR, PART FAMILY HISTORY -- ABOUT THE UPHEAVALS OF EUROPEAN LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II, HIS OWN INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES OF ART,...
Last Harvest
From Cornfield to New Town
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres...
Makeshift Metropolis
Ideas About Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
In this new work, prizewinning author, professor, and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski returns to the territory he knows best: writing about the way people live, just as he did in the acclaimed bestsellers Home and A Clearing in the Distance. In Makeshift Metropolis, Rybczynski has drawn...
Mysteries of the Mall
And Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes
Following How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski casts a seasoned critical eye over the modern scene with Mysteries of the Mall. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world.
In...
Now I Sit Me Down
From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere?
In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable...
A Clearing In The Distance
Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
In a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, Witold Rybczynski, the bestselling author of Home and City Life, illuminates Frederick Law Olmsted's role as a major cultural figure at the epicenter of nineteenth-century American history.
We know Olmsted through the physical legacy...
The Perfect House
A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident...
How Architecture Works
A Humanist's Toolkit
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
An essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives
We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing. Buildings often overawe us with their beauty. Architecture is both setting for our everyday...
by Witold Rybczynski
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
In City Life, Witold Rybczynski, bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down, looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes...
Charleston Fancy
Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
A captivating chronicle of building in modern-day Charleston, making a case for architecture based on historical precedent, local context, and the ability to delight
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque...
One Good Turn
A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
The Best Tool of the Millennium
The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down,...