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	Witold Rybczynski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Witold Rybczynski (born in 1943, in Edinburgh, Scotland), is a Canadian architect, professor and writer.
		Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish parentage and raised in Surrey, England before moving at a young age to Canada.
		Rybczynski has written more than 200 articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, many of which are aimed at a non-technical readership and have earned considerable readership and respect.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Witold_Rybczynski (325 words)

	The American Enterprise: "Live" with Witold Rybczynski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Though Rybczynski's wisdom extends far beyond mere academic knowledge, he is a prominent scholar and professor in the architecture department at the University of Pennsylvania.
		Witold Rybczynski was interviewed for TAE in Philadelphia by art and architecture critic Catesby Leigh.
		RYBCZYNSKI: This may be interfering with their ability to connect with mainstream America, although two of the most successful movements in the last century have been the environmental movement and the historic preservation movement, and New Urbanists have tried to form links with both.
	www.taemag.com /issues/articleid.19183/article_detail.asp (3309 words)

	A conversation with Witold Rybczynski - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Among those who understand this is Witold Rybczynski, the author, essayist and expert in architecture, design and urbanism.
		Rybczynski, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has varied yet inherently related interests that have encompassed books on building a house by hand, the design of cities, the urge to control new technology and "Home," his exposition on the notion of home.
		As the book recounts, Rybczynski tackles the project only to discover that the handsaw, the brace and most other tools were developed long before the year 1000.
	dir.salon.com /people/conv/2000/10/12/rybczynski/index.html (1030 words)

	Amazon.com: Home: A Short History of an Idea: Books: Witold Rybczynski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rybczynski goes on to describe how this painting may be representative of the era in which it was painted, how houses at the time had many occupants and were spaces where people lived communally, but not necessarily as a family in the present sense of the term.
		Witold Rybczynski's Home: A Short History Of An Idea, is an historical and informational text following the devlopment of the concept of home and discusses the psychological effects of different types of dwellings and personal space, architecture, and society.
		Rybczynski's strengths as a writer is his conversational writing style and the flow of the organization of his main ideas.
	www.amazon.com /Home-Short-History-Witold-Rybczynski/dp/0140102310 (2040 words)

	Witold Rybczynski
		Witold Rybczynski is the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design.
		Rybczynski's book A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century, won numerous awards, including the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Christopher Award.
		Rybczynski holds a Master of Architecture degree from McGill University.
	www.cfa.gov /about/bios/rybczynski.html (196 words)

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