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      The Driving Machine

      Witold Rybczynski

      The renowned design writer on the extraordinary history of car design

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      A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century

      Witold Rybczynski

      This fascinating portrait of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted transcends biography and makes American history an intellectual adventure story. of photos.

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      The Most Beautiful House in the World

      Witold Rybczynski

      A book about architecture: what architects do, how they get it right, what an architectural genius can see, and what distinguishes architecture from other arts. Illustrated.

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      Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas about Cities

      Witold Rybczynski

      This striking new work about the evolution of urban planning in America is from acclaimed author Rybczynski.

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      McGill: A Celebration

      Witold Rybczynski,Witold Rybczynski

      A book of breath-taking beauty, McGill: A Celebration is an intimate chronicle of the people and events that have shaped the university.

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      The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

      Witold Rybczynski

      The award-winning author of A Clearing in the Distance focuses on the designs, constructions, and writings of the Italian Renaissance architect, noting the influence of his works on such structures…

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      Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City

      Witold Rybczynski

      A captivating chronicle of building in modern-day Charleston, making a case for architecture based on historical precedent, local context, and the ability to delight

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      One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

      Witold Rybczynski

      From a da Vinci sketch to a Phillips, this is the story of the partnership between the screw and the screwdriver, the people who perfected it, and the innovations that…

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      Mysteries of the Mall and Other Essays

      Witold Rybczynski

      A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes. –Provided by publisher.

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      Home: A Short History of an Idea

      Witold Rybczynski

      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.

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      A Clearing in the Distance: Frederich Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century

      Witold Rybczynski

      Chronicles the life and career of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and the effect his ideas had on American culture.

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      The Story of Architecture

      Witold Rybczynski

      An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field’s eminent authors

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      How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit

      Witold Rybczynski

      Explores fundamental questions about how good–and not-so-good–buildings are designed and constructed. Introducing the reader to the rich and varied world of modern architecture, [the author] takes us behind the scenes…

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      Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History

      Witold Rybczynski

      In the hands of one of our best writers on architectures and design, a history of chairs becomes a revealing history of design and leisure, and ultimately of how we…

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      Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture

      Witold Rybczynski

      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…

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      Planting Fields

      A celebration of Planting Fields, one of the few surviving estates of the Gold Coast of Long Island in New York

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      The Look of Architecture

      Witold Rybczynski (Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania)

      An examination of style in architecture by author Witold Rybczynski

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      A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

      Frederick Law Olmsted

      Before he became America’s foremost landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was by turns a surveyor, merchant seaman, farmer, magazine publisher, and traveling newspaper correspondent. In 1856-57 he took a…

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      Charleston Renaissance Man: The Architectural Legacy of Albert Simons in the Holy City

      Ralph C. Muldrow,Witold Rybczynski

      This beautifully illustrated volume reveals the deep connection between architect Albert Simons and the city that he loved. Although he preferred the more traditional Beaux-Arts and Classical styles, his unique…

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      Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers

      Witold Rybczynski,Laurie Olin

      Like its palatial contemporaries Biltmore and San Simeon, Vizcaya represents an achievement of the Gilded Age, when country houses and their gardens were a conspicuous measure of personal wealth and…

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      Robert A.M.Stern

      Robert A. M. Stern

      This beautifully illustrated monograph is a companion to the best-selling Robert A. M. Stern: Houses and presents twenty-six of the firm’s most memorable houses.

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