Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski (born in 1943, in Edinburgh, Scotland), is a Canadian architect, professor and writer.

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1943 - Edinburgh - Scotland - Canadian - Architect - Professor - Writer

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Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish parentage and raised in Surrey, England before moving at a young age to Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal.

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Polish - Surrey - England - Canada - 1960 - 1972 - McGill University - Montreal

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Rybczynski has written more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, many of which are aimed at a non-technical readership and have been met with considerable success.

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Housing - Architecture - Technology

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After several years spent teaching at McGill University, he now lives in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia - Urbanism - University of Pennsylvania

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