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Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski is emeritus professor of urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit.

Palladio in the Rough

Palladio in the Rough

A South Carolinian builds classical revival houses that really look old

by Witold Rybczynski | Thursday, December 01, 2005
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Rebuilding The Mack

Is the Glasgow School of Art truly irreplaceable?

by Witold Rybczynski | Monday, September 08, 2014
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The Best Advice for Biographers

by Witold Rybczynski | Monday, October 28, 2013
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Words Apart

A writer in Quebec finds that language creates an unbridgeable divide

by Witold Rybczynski | Monday, June 01, 2009

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

Saving the Self in the Age of the Selfie

by James McWilliams

Cutting back on screen time may be an especially popular resolution this January, as pandemic-forced isolation led many of us to be even more closely glued to our phones and laptops. “We don’t want to be enslaved to a device. We want to regain a measure of control,” writes James McWilliams in this 2016 piece. “Doing so will require something you might not expect—courting exactly the experience that digital life promises to end: stress.”

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