CLEVELAND, Ohio - Fans of entertaining, beautifully written books about architecture and design need no introduction to Witold Rybczynski, who will speak Thursday at Case Western Reserve University ...

In his book Now I Sit Me Down, architect Witold Rybczynski explores centuries of chair design; look no further than right underneath you for interesting trends in design, culture and social values.

In 1893, at a banquet at Madison Square Garden in New York, a Chicago architect delivered an impromptu encomium to Frederick Law Olmstead, the landscape designer responsible for the grounds of the ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. In late May, my friend Witold Rybczynski published Charleston Fancy: Little Houses & Big Dreams in the Holy City (Yale University Press), about a ...

The Chestnut Hill Conservancy is delighted to announce an upcoming lecture event that promises to delve into the fascinating world of modern architecture in Chestnut Hill. Join us for an illuminating ...

There are people who like chairs, as in -- they welcome a comfortable place to sit. There are also people who care about the provenance of a well-crafted antique or who appreciate the style of a ...

Residential development wouldn't top too many people's lists of intriguing book topics, but that hasn't stopped one award-winning author from tackling that usually dry subject in a novel way. Witold ...

Witold Rybczynski, who is writing a memoir about his immigrant parents, has books evoking the atmosphere of World War II on his summer reading list. Rybczynski, a noted author and critic of urban ...