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Makeshift Metropolis

Ideas About Cities

de Witold Rybczynski ...

In this new work, prizewinning author, professor, and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski returns to the territory he knows best: writing about the way people live, just as he did in the acclaimed bestsellers Home and A Clearing in the Distance. In Makeshift Metropolis, Rybczynski has drawn upon a lifetime of observing cities to craft a concise and insightful book that is at once an ... Leer más

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In this new work, prizewinning author, professor, and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski returns to the territory he knows best: writing about the way people live, just as he did in the acclaimed bestsellers Home and A Clearing in the Distance. In Makeshift Metropolis, Rybczynski has drawn upon a lifetime of observing cities to craft a concise and insightful book that is at once an
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The Driving Machine

A Design History of the Car

de Witold Rybczynski ...

**“[A] compact epic.… Brisk, lucid and enjoyable.” —Richard Snow, Wall Street JournalThe renowned design writer on the extraordinary history of car design.**In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski—hailed as “one of the best writers on design working today” by Publishers Weekly—tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and ... Leer más

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**“[A] compact epic.… Brisk, lucid and enjoyable.” —Richard Snow, Wall Street JournalThe renowned design writer on the extraordinary history of car design.**In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski—hailed as “one of the best writers on design working today” by Publishers Weekly—tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and
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How Architecture Works

A Humanist's Toolkit

de Witold Rybczynski ...

The prize-winning scholar's "expert, holistic, down-to-earth guide" to the beauty and function of architecture ( Booklist , starred review).We spend most of our days and nights in buildings. They are the setting of our everyday lives as well as a public art form. Yet architecture remains a mystery to most of us. In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, a renowned critic and winner of the ... Leer más

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The prize-winning scholar's "expert, holistic, down-to-earth guide" to the beauty and function of architecture ( Booklist , starred review).We spend most of our days and nights in buildings. They are the setting of our everyday lives as well as a public art form. Yet architecture remains a mystery to most of us. In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, a renowned critic and winner of the
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汽車的設計史：從106輛經典車款，看140年來汽車設計如何從賓士專利動力車走向特斯拉Y型

The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car

de 黎辛斯基, Witold Rybczynski ...

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結合動力與美汽車設計的百年風華◎收錄106張經典車款手繪圖，從線條中感受設計之美◎第一本從設計角度回顧汽車發展的歷史記述汽車已經是都市生活的一部分。同時，各式車款設計的演變，也代表了技術的革新與時代的流動。本書將從愛車人的角度，回顧106輛經典的車款，看見汽車誕生140年來的全球影響。日本汽車如何插旗國際，成為通行世界的大眾車款？福斯小巴如何成為嬉皮年代的反骨標誌？戰後經濟如何催生經典小車Mini未來的電動車會變成什麼樣子？140年的汽車工藝從1885年賓士發明第一台引擎動力汽車，到現今電動車逐漸引領流行，汽車已經成為現代社會的重要標誌。在建築評論家，同時也是車痴的黎辛斯基眼中，汽車設計就像是建築，隱含著技術的創新與文化的流變。自由奔騰，汽車的黃金年代二十世紀是美國的時代，也是汽車的黃金年代。福特T型車開啟了大量製造的年代，也帶動了汽車文化的興起。在戰後的嬉皮世代裡，福斯小巴躍上舞台 ... Leer más

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結合動力與美汽車設計的百年風華◎收錄106張經典車款手繪圖，從線條中感受設計之美◎第一本從設計角度回顧汽車發展的歷史記述汽車已經是都市生活的一部分。同時，各式車款設計的演變，也代表了技術的革新與時代的流動。本書將從愛車人的角度，回顧106輛經典的車款，看見汽車誕生140年來的全球影響。日本汽車如何插旗國際，成為通行世界的大眾車款？福斯小巴如何成為嬉皮年代的反骨標誌？戰後經濟如何催生經典小車Mini未來的電動車會變成什麼樣子？140年的汽車工藝從1885年賓士發明第一台引擎動力汽車，到現今電動車逐漸引領流行，汽車已經成為現代社會的重要標誌。在建築評論家，同時也是車痴的黎辛斯基眼中，汽車設計就像是建築，隱含著技術的創新與文化的流變。自由奔騰，汽車的黃金年代二十世紀是美國的時代，也是汽車的黃金年代。福特T型車開啟了大量製造的年代，也帶動了汽車文化的興起。在戰後的嬉皮世代裡，福斯小巴躍上舞台
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City Life

de Witold Rybczynski ...

In City Life, Witold Rybczynski, bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down, looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes wrought by the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, and telecommuting, Rybczynski reveals how ... Leer más

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In City Life, Witold Rybczynski, bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down, looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes wrought by the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, and telecommuting, Rybczynski reveals how
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Last Harvest

From Cornfield to New Town

de Witold Rybczynski ...

In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met ... Leer más

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In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met
... Leer más
One Good Turn

A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

de Witold Rybczynski ...

The Best Tool of the MillenniumThe seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its ... Leer más

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The Best Tool of the MillenniumThe seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its
... Leer más
Mysteries of the Mall

And Other Essays

de Witold Rybczynski ...

A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes.Following How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski casts a seasoned critical eye over the modern scene with Mysteries of the Mall. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world.In thirty-five discerning essays, Rybczynski ranges over subjects as varied as shopping malls, Central ... Leer más

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A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes.Following How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski casts a seasoned critical eye over the modern scene with Mysteries of the Mall. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world.In thirty-five discerning essays, Rybczynski ranges over subjects as varied as shopping malls, Central
... Leer más
當女孩成為貨幣：一位社會學家的全球超富階級社交圈臥底報告，揭開以性別、財富與階級不平等打造的派對勞動產業赤裸真相

Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

de 艾希莉．米爾斯, Witold Rybczynski ...

Traducido por 柯昀青 ...

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◆獲亞馬遜書店編輯精選「最佳非文學選書」◆一本全球超富階級VIP派對圈的民族誌研究沈秀華／國立清華大學社會學研究所副教授周芷萱／女性主義者房慧真／報導文學作家柯映安／作家馬欣／作家陶曉嫚／作家張子午／《報導者》主編張婉昀Wanyun／吾思傳媒（女人迷）主任製作人陳明莉／世新大學性別研究所副教授陳美華／國立中山大學社會系教授兼系主任筠筠／酒與妹仔的日常負責人趙又萱（少女A）／作家、編輯羅珮嘉／台灣女性影像學會秘書長——齊聲推薦妳以為自己免費得到了什麼，其實是在廉價販賣妳最珍貴的東西……跟著社會學家臥底美女、美酒組成的「美妙」夜生活圈看富人豪宴與奢華派對中，勞動交換、性別權力與金錢的綿密關係如何建構出全球超富階級複雜而隱微的社交潛規則又怎麼讓女性在其中被層層剝削... ... Leer más

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◆獲亞馬遜書店編輯精選「最佳非文學選書」◆一本全球超富階級VIP派對圈的民族誌研究沈秀華／國立清華大學社會學研究所副教授周芷萱／女性主義者房慧真／報導文學作家柯映安／作家馬欣／作家陶曉嫚／作家張子午／《報導者》主編張婉昀Wanyun／吾思傳媒（女人迷）主任製作人陳明莉／世新大學性別研究所副教授陳美華／國立中山大學社會系教授兼系主任筠筠／酒與妹仔的日常負責人趙又萱（少女A）／作家、編輯羅珮嘉／台灣女性影像學會秘書長——齊聲推薦妳以為自己免費得到了什麼，其實是在廉價販賣妳最珍貴的東西……跟著社會學家臥底美女、美酒組成的「美妙」夜生活圈看富人豪宴與奢華派對中，勞動交換、性別權力與金錢的綿密關係如何建構出全球超富階級複雜而隱微的社交潛規則又怎麼讓女性在其中被層層剝削...
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The Perfect House

A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

de Witold Rybczynski ...

"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today ... Leer más

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"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today
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My Two Polish Grandfathers

And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life

de Witold Rybczynski ...

AWARD-WINNING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI DELIVERS A REVELATORY COLLECTION OF LINKED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS -- PART MEMOIR, PART FAMILY HISTORY -- ABOUT THE UPHEAVALS OF EUROPEAN LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II, HIS OWN INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES OF ART, MUSIC, AND ARCHITECTURE.Witold Rybczynski's parents and grandparents were a thriving, cultured family ... Leer más

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AWARD-WINNING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI DELIVERS A REVELATORY COLLECTION OF LINKED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS -- PART MEMOIR, PART FAMILY HISTORY -- ABOUT THE UPHEAVALS OF EUROPEAN LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II, HIS OWN INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES OF ART, MUSIC, AND ARCHITECTURE.Witold Rybczynski's parents and grandparents were a thriving, cultured family
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What Architecture Is

de Witold Rybczynski ...

Witty, personal, and engaging, this cri de coeur from an esteemed critic takes on the age-old question of what elevates a mere building into an art formWhat is it about architecture that distinguishes it from ordinary building? Frustrated with the many cookie-cutter buildings going up around his home in downtown Philadelphia, eminent architectural historian and critic Witold Rybczynski offers an ... Leer más

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Witty, personal, and engaging, this cri de coeur from an esteemed critic takes on the age-old question of what elevates a mere building into an art formWhat is it about architecture that distinguishes it from ordinary building? Frustrated with the many cookie-cutter buildings going up around his home in downtown Philadelphia, eminent architectural historian and critic Witold Rybczynski offers an
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汽車的設計史：從106輛經典車款，看140年來汽車設計如何從賓士專利動力車走向特斯拉Y型

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