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The Most Beautiful House in the World Paperback - 1990

by Witold Rybczynski

A book about architecture: what architects do, how they get it right, what an architectural genius can see, and what distinguishes architecture from other arts. Illustrated.


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Witold Rybczynski of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, including the books Taming the Tiger, Paper Heroes, The Most Beautiful House in the World, Waiting for the Weekend, and Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture (all available in Penguin), and most recently, City Life. He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Title The Most Beautiful House in the World
  • Author Witold Rybczynski
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1990-07-01
  • ISBN 9780140105667 / 0140105662
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.06 x 0.63 in (19.61 x 12.85 x 1.60 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Architecture, Domestic, Rybczynski, Witold - Homes and haunts
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89071140
  • Dewey Decimal Code 728.373

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  • Publishers Weekly, 06/01/1990, Page 0

About the author

Witold Rybczynski of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He has written for the Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Review of Books, and the New York Times, and has been architecture critic for Saturday Night, Wigwag, and Slate. His book include Taming the Tiger, Paper Heroes, The Most Beautiful House in the World, Waiting for the Weekend, and Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture, City Life and Charleston Fancy. He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is Emeritus Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.
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