The Most Beautiful House in the World
by Rybczynski, Witold
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670819816
- ISBN 13
- 9780670819812
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136126
- Title
- The Most Beautiful House in the World
- Author
- Rybczynski, Witold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670819816
- ISBN 13
- 9780670819812
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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