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Using examples from the giants in architecture, a history of the art demonstrates how architecture actually works in corporate headquarters, private homes, and special buildings to represent our civilization. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.
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"Informative and provocative, an excellent companion in plance, train, living room, kitchen, or porch"
--The Washington Post
"You only have to look around to see how thought-provoking these essays are."
--The New York Times
"His best work to date."
—The Boston Sunday Globe
About the Author
Witold Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh, raised in Surrey and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He is now an architect and Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books and his exploration of domestic comfort, HOME, has been translated into eight languages. Rybczynski lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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