The literary art of mud brick Oct 10, 2009
It's now the most beautiful house in the world, in the sense used by the architectural writer Witold Rybczynski: The most beautiful house in the world is the one you build for yourself. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Too Much of a Good Thing Sep 24, 2009
- By Witold Rybczynski - Slate Magazine ... By Witold RybczynskiPosted Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at 9:33 AM ET. (Slate)
Leisure History Sep 7, 2009
by Witold Rybczynski. he word "weekend" started life as "week-end" but lost its hyphen somewhere along the way, ceasing to be merely the end of the week and acquiring, instead, an autonomous and sovereign existence. (The Atlantic Online)
'My Two Polish Grandfathers' builds on ancestry, architecture Mar 10, 2009
There is an esoteric pragmatism to Witold Rybczynski, an aesthetic yet practical sensibility to his life and work, evident in his intriguing essay collection "My Two Polish Grandfathers," born of his ancestry, and manifest in his chosen profession, architecture ... MY TWO POLISH GRANDFATHERS: And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life By Witold Rybczynski. (Boston Globe)
Back to the Drawing Board Feb 26, 2009
- By Witold Rybczynski - Slate Magazine ... By Witold RybczynskiPosted Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, at 6:55 AM ET ... Witold Rybczynski is Slate's architecture critic. (Slate)