Witold Rybczynski Faculty Profile

Witold Rybczynski
Martin & Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism; Professor of Real Estate

Doc.Sc. (Hon), McGill University, 2002; MA (Hon), University of Pennsylvania, 1994; MArch, McGill University, 1973; BArch, McGill University, 1966

Research Areas
Architecture; urban design; urbanism; housing

Current Projects
Case study of a suburban planned community.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1996-present. University of Pennsylvania 1993-present: (Martin & Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism)

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Alfred Jurzykowski Award, 1993; Progressive Architecture Award, 1991; Honorary Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1993; Athanaeum of Philadelphia Award, 1997 & 2001. Ballard Real Estate Scholar, 1994, 2000 & 2004.

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Advisory Board, Encyclopedia Americana, 1993-present; Editorial Board, Urban Design International, 1995-present; Editorial Board, Open House International, 1983-present; Co-Editor, Wharton Real Estate Review, 1996-present; U.S. Commission of Fine Art

Representative Publications
Home: A Short History of an Idea. New York: Viking, 1986.

The Most Beautiful House in the World. New York: Viking, 1989.

City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World. New York: Scribner, 1995.

A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century. New York, Scribner, 1999.

The Look of Architecture. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001.