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1	The most beautiful house in the world more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist The Most Beautiful House in the World is a book about architecture: about what architects do; how they get it right; what an architectural genius can see; and what distinguishes architecture from gastronomy. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Beginning with a short essay for the New York Times Magazine, this intriguing book has expanded to include not only the history and uses of screws and screwdrivers but many other related (however tangentially) topics, including Archimedes, da Vinci, guns, and child labor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Known above all for his design of New York City's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) contributed to the American urban landscape with a number of notable projects. He also wrote journalistic pieces on slavery and other current issues, and felt strongly about maintaining the country's national park system. Witold Rybczynski, author of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Home: A Short History of an Idea more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist This immensely popular, witty, and highly provocative book is changing people's attitudes about convenience, decor, and technology in home design and furnishing. 10 black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
5	City Life more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Tracing the development of American cities and city life from early colonial settlements to the familiar downtowns of today, a sweeping cultural history reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the land and the American lifestyle. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. NYT. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.32! \| first editions \| SVS
6	My Two Polish Grandfathers: And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist An award-winning and critically acclaimed writer 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 language of art. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Known above all for his design of New York City's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) contributed to the American urban landscape with a number of notable projects. He also wrote journalistic pieces on slavery and other current issues, and felt strongly about maintaining the country's national park system. Witold Rybczynski, author of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Home" and "A Clearing in the Distance" tells the compelling story of the transformation of a Pennsylvania cornfield into a RneotraditionalS housing development--taking the reader on a revelatory inside tour of real estate in America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Robert A. M. Stern: Houses and Gardens more books like this by Robert A M Stern, Peter Morris Dixon (Editor), Witold Rybczynski (Introduction by) add to wishlist Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, was first recognized for its ... see all copies from $44.95! new only from $53.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Waiting for the Weekend more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Aristotle wrote that we work in order to have leisure. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of--the freedom to do nothing--the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend? With fascinating anecdotal detail, Rybczynski unfolds the history of leisure from ancient Rome to the Enlightenment to today, explores the origins of the week and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Noted architect and critic Rybczynski takes the reader on a tour of several of the architectural works of the incredibly influential Andrea Palladio (1508-80), pointing out the virtues of Palladio's work along with their occasional flaws, and showing exactly how and why his work became so widely admired and copied. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Look of Architecture more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Celebrated architecture critic Rybczynski writes about the relationship between buildings and clothes, including the role of details, the difficulty of categorizing, and the way certain buildings in midtown Manhattan support his theses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Home" and "A Clearing in the Distance" tells the compelling story of the transformation of a Pennsylvania cornfield into a neotraditional housing development--taking the reader on a revelatory inside tour of real estate in America. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	American Monument more books like this by Lynn Davis (Photographer), Witold Rybczynski (Introduction by) add to wishlist Lynn Davis records the natural and architectural monuments of the world. In this collection of 100 duotone photographs she presents a series of architectural images throughout the United States, ranging from icons of modern and contemporary architecture to the Hoover Dam, a series of lighthouses, the Very Large Array in New Mexico, and the Epcot ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Home: 2a Short History of an Idea more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $164.91! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist This series of essays by noted architect/writer Witold Rybczynski tackles the subject of city life as it has been lived around the world and throughout history, how it has changed and what has remained constant--and in particular how city life differs in the old world and the new. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers by Witold Rybczynski, Laurie Olin, Steven Brooke (Photographer) add to wishlist The Miami estate of Vizcaya, like its palatial contemporaries Biltmore and San Simeon, represents an achievement of the Gilded Age, when country houses and their gardens were a conspicuous measure of personal wealth and power. In Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers, a celebrated architecture critic and writer and an award-winning landscape ... see all copies from $25.28! new only from $25.28! \| SVS
18 view cover	Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist An inspired, engaging look at what architecture is and how we live and work in it--by the acclaimed author of Home and The Most Beautiful House in the World. Rybczynski discusses buildings like the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, demonstrates how architecture actually works, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	A Place for Art: The Architecture of the National Gallery of Canada more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! new only from $9.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Block Building for Children: Making Buildings of the World with the Ultimate Construction Toy more books like this by Lester R Walker, Witold Rybczynski (Introduction by) add to wishlist An award-winning architect designed the block building projects in this book. The projects span all levels of expertise from setting up rows to constructing Oz's Emerald City. see all copies from $9.18! new only from $10.18! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Looking Around: 2a Journey Through Architecture more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist This book of essays collects five years of material, written for various publications, by author and professor of architecture Rybczynski. Providing an analysis of architectural feats like Robert Davis's Seaside and Michael Graves's Portland Building, Rybczynski reviews the strategies and successes of Modernist architecture and how it developed ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.97! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Home more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist This text takes a closer look at the place we all know, home. From Jane Austen's homely novels to the sleek lines of Art Deco, from luxurious Rococo to the nostalgia of Ralph Lauren, this book peels away the layers of design, technology and habit to reveal something of the true nature of home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.94!
23	Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist THE PROBLEM OF CONTROLLING TECHNOLOGY HAS PREOCCUPIED US SINCE THE TIME OF THE FIRST FOREST FIRE CAUSED BY MAN, BUT TODAY, IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE INTRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF MACHINES ARE OF INCREASING CONCERN. UNINTENDED SIDE EFFECTS HAVE ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND AS ADVANCES THAT MAY HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $88.18! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Taming the Tiger: 2the Struggle to Control Technology more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	McGill: A Celebration more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist A book of breath-taking beauty, McGill: A Celebration is an intimate chronicle of the people and events that have shaped the university. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.46! \| first editions

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