Witold Rybczynski
The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself.Collection: Beautiful
You could walk out of the house, but you always returned home.Collection: Home
For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander?Collection: Home
Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.Collection: Art
Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisureCollection: Eye
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 wide-ranging and lively personal journey.Collection: Journey
There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.Collection: Book