The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski

The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski

A witty and engaging examination of style in architecture by bestselling author Witold Rybczynski

"As always, Rybczynski has an eye for the telling detail and an ear for the felicitous phrase"--Eric P. Nash, New York Times Book Review "In his absorbing and accessible book-length essay on the relationship between fashion and building design...Rybczynski argues eloquently that, as in fashion, a building's form is molded by the tastes of its age."--One: Design Matters "Rybczyniski takes a seemingly whimsical topic--the role of fashion in architecture--and lightly teases from it some discomfiting truths."--Kirkus (starred review) "A thoughtful and thought-provoking look at how buildings reflect the desires of their age."--The Boston Globe

Witold Rybczynski is one of America's best known writers on architecture, the author of the bestselling One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw, Home, Waiting for the Weekend, The Most Beautiful House in the World, and A Clearing in the Distance. He has also written on architecture for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, and The New York Review of Books. The Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, he lives in Philadelphia.

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ISBN 13	9780195156331
ISBN 10	0195156331
Title	The Look of Architecture
Author	Witold Rybczynski
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2003-02-20
Number of pages	144
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