While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a… — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also… — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no… — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
“There may be fewer people in the American house of the nineties, but there are a lot more things.” — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice. — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander? — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself. — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book. — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
“I enjoy visiting building sites. Unlike the ordered anonymity of office bureaucracy or the featureless regularity of a factory assembly line, a building site… — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image
