Witold Marian Rybczynski
Architecture educator, author
Born Mar. 1, 1943, Edinburgh, Scotland; son of Witold Kasimir and Anna (Hoffman); married Shirley (Hallam).
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, 1966, Master of Architecture, 1972, McGill University, Montreal (Canada).
Career: prof. (architecture), McGill University, 1974-93; Meyerson prof. (urbanism), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993 -.
Author: Paper Heroes, 1980; Taming the Tiger, 1983; Home, 1986; The Most Beautiful House in the World, 1989; Waiting for the Weekend, 1991; Looking Around, 1992; A Place for Art, 1993.
Member of: advisory board member, Encyclopedia Americana; contributing editor, Saturday Night; fellow, Seaside Foundation; Order of Architects of Quebec; Authors Guild.
Honors: prize, Quebec Society for the Promotion of English Language Literature, 1988,1989; honorary fellow, American Institute of Architects (AIA); awards, Progressive Architecture, 1991, A. Jurzykowski Foundation, 1993.
Languages: English, French, Polish.
Hobbies: gardening, rowing.
Office: University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, 215 Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.