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Witold Rybczynski (born in 1943, in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

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, Scotland
Scotland

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), is a Canadian
Canada

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 architect
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, professor
Professor

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 and writer
Writer

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.

Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 parentage and raised in Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 before moving at a young age to Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. He received Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture

The Bachelor of Architecture is an bachelor's degree academic degree designed to satisfy the academic component of professional accreditation bodies, to be followed by a period of practical training prior to professional examination and registration....
 (1966) and Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture

The Master of Architecture is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation that result in receiving a license....
 (1972) degrees from McGill University
McGill University

McGill University is a Public university#Canada located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university....
 in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
.

Rybczynski has written more than 200 articles and papers on the subject of housing
Housing

Housing may refer to:* Houses* Federal Housing Administration* Enclosure , containing some equipment or mechanism...
, architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, and technology
Technology

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, many of which are aimed at a non-technical readership and have earned considerable readership and respect, in a wide variety of magazines, including The Wilson Quarterly
Wilson Quarterly

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.






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Witold Rybczynski (born in 1943, in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
), is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 architect
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
.

Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 parentage and raised in Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 before moving at a young age to Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. He received Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture

The Bachelor of Architecture is an bachelor's degree academic degree designed to satisfy the academic component of professional accreditation bodies, to be followed by a period of practical training prior to professional examination and registration....
 (1966) and Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture

The Master of Architecture is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation that result in receiving a license....
 (1972) degrees from McGill University
McGill University

McGill University is a Public university#Canada located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university....
 in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
.

Rybczynski has written more than 200 articles and papers on the subject of housing
Housing

Housing may refer to:* Houses* Federal Housing Administration* Enclosure , containing some equipment or mechanism...
, architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, and technology
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
, many of which are aimed at a non-technical readership and have earned considerable readership and respect, in a wide variety of magazines, including The Wilson Quarterly
Wilson Quarterly

The Wilson Quarterly is the award-winning magazine published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. The magazine was founded in 1976 by Peter Braestrup, a journalist and author of Big Story, and James H....
. Currently, he writes many of these articles as architecture critic for Slate
Slate (magazine)

Slate is an English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former The New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft, as part of MSN....
.

After several years spent teaching at McGill University, he now lives in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism
Urbanism

Urbanism is the study of City, their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural Social environment, and the impact of all these forces on the built environment....
 at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
.

Awards and recognition

His book Home: A Short History of an Idea was nominated for the 1986 Governor General's Award
1986 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council....
 for non-fiction.

His book A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century
A Clearing in the Distance

A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century is a book published in 1999 by Canada architecture, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski....
 won the Anthony J. Lukas Prize and was short-listed for the Charles Taylor Prize
Charles Taylor Prize

The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canada literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction....
 in 2000.

In 2007 he was the recipient of the Vincent Scully Prize
Vincent Scully Prize

The Vincent Scully Prize was established in 1999 to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship or criticism in architecture, historic preservation and urban design....
.

Bibliography

  • Paper Heroes: Appropriate Technology: Panacea or Pipe Dream? (1980)
  • Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology (1983)
  • Home: A Short History of an Idea (1986)
  • The Most Beautiful House in the World
    The Most Beautiful House in the World

    The Most Beautiful House in the World is a book published in 1989 by Canada architecture, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski.Following on the heels of Rybczynski's success with his previous book, Home: A Short History of an Idea, The Most Beautiful House the World recounts his own history of building a house for himself and...
     (1989)
  • Waiting for the Weekend
    Waiting for the Weekend

    Waiting for the Weekend is a book published in 1991 by Canada architecture, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski.In Waiting for the Weekend, Rybczynski recounts the evolution of the seven-day week, which came into being with the Babylonian calendar, and the later, more modern, development of the two-day weekend....
     (1991)
  • McGill: A Celebration (1991)
  • Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture (1992)
  • A Place for Art/Un lieu pour l'art: The Architecture of the National Gallery of Canada (1993)
  • City Life: Urban expectations in a new world (1995)
  • A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century
    A Clearing in the Distance

    A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century is a book published in 1999 by Canada architecture, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski....
     (1999)
  • One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
    One Good Turn

    One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw is a book published in 2000 by Canada architecture, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski....
     (2000)
  • The Look of Architecture (2001)
  • The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio (2002)
  • Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers (2006), co-written with Laurie Olin
    Laurie Olin

    Laurie Olin is an American landscape architect. He has worked on everything from private residences to large public parks. Olin grew up in Alaska, and earned his degree in Architecture from the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, in Seattle, Washington....
  • Last Harvest: How A Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America (2007)


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