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Witold Rybczynski

Autor/a de Home; a Short History of an Idea

29+ obres 5,583 Membres 77 Ressenyes 9 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Witold Rybczynski is an architect and emeritus professor of urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.
Crèdit de la imatge: Isak Tiner

Obres de Witold Rybczynski

Home; a Short History of an Idea (1986) 1,002 exemplars
Waiting for the Weekend (1991) 335 exemplars
The Look of Architecture (2001) 193 exemplars

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“(The) history of physical amenities can be divided into two major phases: all the years leading up to 1890 and the three following decades. (All) the “modern” devices that contribute to our domestic comfort— central heating, indoor plumbing, running hot and cold water, electric light and power and elevators—were unavailable before 1890, and were all known by 1920. We live, like it or not, on the far side of a technological divide.” —Witold Rybczynski, 1986.


We’ve spent the last 50 years, more importantly the recent 20, doubling down on energy efficiency. We’ll spend the next 50 on energy transformation to ensure the advancement of home and energy-driven comfort is ubiquitous, accessible, and considering equity and energy justice, that it doesn’t kill us all and the planet in the process. That has to be our legacy of affordable comfort.… (més)
 
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NeelieOB | Hi ha 15 ressenyes més | Jan 20, 2024 |
Interesting, rambling, under-illustrated.
 
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mmparker | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Oct 24, 2023 |
The subject was interesting, but the writing style did not grab my attention and hold it.
 
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blueskygreentrees | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jul 30, 2023 |

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Obres
29
També de
4
Membres
5,583
Popularitat
#4,445
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Ressenyes
77
ISBN
113
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9
Preferit
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