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Architecture Book Talk: Witold Rybczynski

Attend a discussion with award-winning author of new book: How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit.

how-architecture-worksIn How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, renowned author and winner of the Vincent Scully Prize for his architectural writing, explains the central elements that make up good building design, using a wide range of examples from the rich and varied world of modern architecture.

The book serves as a guide to analyzing contemporary design from a humanist’s perspective, revealing how architects as different as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano and Robert A. M. Stern envision and create their designs.

Through well-detailed examples, he takes the reader behind the scenes to explore key design decisions, from a building’s response to its site down to the details of a stair balustrade, broadening the reader’s understanding and appreciation of the built environment and the role architecture plays in shaping the human experience.

Books will be available for purchase ($27+tax) through Posman Books.
Co-sponsored by the AIANY Oculus Committee.











When: Wed., Dec. 4, 2013 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl.
212-683-0023
Price: $10
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Attend a discussion with award-winning author of new book: How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit.

how-architecture-worksIn How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, renowned author and winner of the Vincent Scully Prize for his architectural writing, explains the central elements that make up good building design, using a wide range of examples from the rich and varied world of modern architecture.

The book serves as a guide to analyzing contemporary design from a humanist’s perspective, revealing how architects as different as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano and Robert A. M. Stern envision and create their designs.

Through well-detailed examples, he takes the reader behind the scenes to explore key design decisions, from a building’s response to its site down to the details of a stair balustrade, broadening the reader’s understanding and appreciation of the built environment and the role architecture plays in shaping the human experience.

Books will be available for purchase ($27+tax) through Posman Books.
Co-sponsored by the AIANY Oculus Committee.

Buy tickets/get more info now