Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski, Hon. FAIA, is an emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He has contributed to the Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Review of Books, and The New York Times. The recipient of the 2007 Vincent Scully Prize, he was honored in 2014 with the National Design Award for Design Mind from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. His latest book is Charleston Fancy.

Witold Rybczynski's Posts

Books
A Brief History of Recent Canadian Architecture

by Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski on the climate-inspired pragmatism of our northern neighbors (and why you should hire a Canadian).
Books
In Search of Frank Lloyd Wright

by Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski reviews Paul Hendrickson's "Plagued by Fire," an ambitiously researched attempt to unravel the mysteries of the iconoclastic architect.
Books
A Portrait of Organic Growth in Charleston

by Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski on how an eclectic group of local builders revitalized a slice of the Holy City.
Letter from Florida
A Big Architect for a Little Museum

by Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski on how Foster + Partners reimagined the Norton Museum of Art.
Books
Modernism and the Making of Dystopia

by Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski on architectural PTSD and what James Stevens Curl gets wrong (and right) in his controversial new book.