Jozef Rykwert
Architecture and art history educator
Born Apr. 5, 1926, Warsaw, Poland; son of Szymon and Elzbieta (Melup); married Anne - Marie (Sandersley); children: Sebastian, Marina.
Education: University College School, London (United Kingdom), 1940-41; Charterhouse Godalming, Surrey (United Kingdom), 1941-42; Barlett School of Architecture, London University, 1942-44; Architects Association School of Architecture, 1944-47; Ph.D., Royal College of Art, London, 1970; Master of Arts (M.A.) (honorary), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988.
Career: architectural practice, E. Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew, 1947, Richard Sheppard & Partners, 1947-48; independent architectural consultant, 1948 -; editorial staff, Chambers Encyclopedia, 1948-50; studio master and lecturer, Hammersmith School of Arts & Crafts, 1951-53; librarian and tutor, Royal Colllege of Art, 1960-67; prof., University of Essex (United Kingdom), 1967-81; fellow, Graham Foundation, Institute for Architectural and Urban Studies, New York City, 1969-71; senior fellow, Princeton University (NJ), 1971; prof., University of Pennsylvania, 1988 -; visiting prof. at, i.a.: Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Ulm (Germany), 1972, Naples & Palermo Universities (Italy), 1973, University of Paris (France), 1974-76, Andrew Mellon prof., Cooper Union, New York City, 1977, Harvard University (MA) and Ecole Polythechnique Federale (Switzerland), 1979-80; reader in architecture, Cambridge University, 1981-87; George Lurcy prof., Columbia University, New York City, 1986; also lecturer i.a. in: United States - C. Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Smithsonian Institution, Yale University, and Europe - Ecole Nationale des Beaux - Arts, Paris, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
Author, i.a.: The Golden House, 1947; The Idea of a Town, 1963; Church Building, 1966; On Adam's House in Paradise, 1972; The First Moderns, 1980; The Necessity of Artifice, 1982; translator and commentator, N. Leach and R. Tavernor, On the Art of Building in Ten Books of L. B. Alberti, 1989; essays in books and exhibitions catalogues, i.a.: Art, Artists and Thinkers, 1956, Meaning in Architecture, 1969, Streets as Elements of Urban Structure, 1977, La Ville lnquiete, 1987; Word Encyclopedia of Religion, 1987, Arquitectura Espanola Contemporanea, 1990; numerous articles in professional journals.
Member of i.a.: research grants commission member, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles, Paris, 1974; commissioner, Venice Biennial (Italy), 1974-77; jury, Parc de la Vilette Competition, Paris, 1982; steering committee member, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conference on Urbanism, 1989 -.
Honors: fellowship, National Gallery of Art, Washington (DC), 1981; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Government of France, 1984; A. Jurzykowski Award, 1989.
Office: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Architecture, 210 South 34th Street, 102 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.