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Witold Rybczynski
Canadian architect, professor, and writer
Witold Rybczynski (born 1 March 1943) is a Canadian Americanarchitect, professor and writer. He is currently the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.[1]
Early life
Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish parentage and raised in Surrey, England, before moving at a young age to Canada.
Born March 1, , in Edinburgh, Scotland; son of Witold K. (an engineer) and Anna (a lawyer) Rybczynski; married Shirley Hallam, Education: McGill.
He attended Loyola College in Montreal. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1966) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal.
Career
Rybczynski has written around 300 articles and papers on the subjects of housing, architecture, and technology, many of which are aimed at a non-technical readership.
His work has been published in a wide variety of magazines, including The Wilson Quarterly, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker.[2] From 2004 to 2010, he was architecture critic for Slate.[3]
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