Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski writes about architecture, cities, and other things. Latest book: The Driving Machine (Norton).

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Read an excerpt of THE DRIVING MACHINE on Literary Hub, https://t.co/Nf0PwXAsRU

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ICAA has just posted a video of my lecture on Charleston LITTLE HOUSES AND BIG DREAMS IN THE HOLY CITY. https://t.co/C84KQ6C9Vk

[Jody Brown @JodyBrownArch]

Aalto in the snow

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A holiday gift for the budding architect on your list.

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Henry Bacon and Daniel Chester French's Lincoln Memorial turned 100 this week Read about in my "Story of Architecture," coming from Yale this October.

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200 years today. Happy birthday Mr Olmsted.🌿

[Stewart Brand @stewartbrand]

A richly informative obit for Christopher Alexander in the New York Times, by Penelope Green.
https://t.co/c25nJPF63u

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

We need to think about the worst-case scenario that could arise from Putin's invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/I4d4F3gHph

[Gary J. Schmitt @GaryJSchmitt1]

Does anyone think Ukraine wouldn’t be a valued member of NATO now?

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

Must read. My brilliant, acerbic, and truly expert colleague Steve Kotkin. “A Scholar of Stalin Discusses Putin, Russia, Ukraine, and the West” | The New Yorker https://t.co/OWrdZWRHML

[Roger Hutchinson @RogerMiles]

The Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Two neighbouring houses are projecting the blue and yellow onto its facade. The ambassador is reportedly “apoplectic”.

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Preparing for Defeat https://t.co/kvYpuZT9If

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Happy Birthday Mr. Olmsted! https://t.co/wxA0fUcEeF

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@cmpizzi @paulgoldberger This is a key piece of information that was missed by the rather poor reports of both the Wash Post and the NYT.

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

Canceled for screening Olivier's Othello. The truly grotesque thing is that Bright Sheng, the professor the woke red guards went after, experienced the original Cultural Revolution in China. https://t.co/cDH0xjUMv5 and https://t.co/CdkwDchyBL

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

The Shim-Sutcliffe door at the @corkingallery. It mystifies me that many architects don’t understand the importance of a front door handle

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I am pleased to join Alice Waters, Joyce Carol Oates, Julian Fellowes, and Irving Penn as a contributor to "Home: A Celebration" (Rizzoli), a fundraiser for @nokidhungry

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@stewartbrand Coolest ever in Bay Area? Really? Surely that's Maybeck.

[Chris Barnes @ChrisBarnes]

I like how there’s just one guy in the Rolling Stones that dresses like a regular 77 year-old man.