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Witold Rybczynski: one of America's most prominent observers of architecture and urbanism opines on suburbia, Wal-Mart, differences between designers and economists, celebrity buildings, do-it-yourself, and other aspects of how Americans live.("Live" with TAE)(Interview)

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An architect by training, Witold Rybczynski is one of America's most accessible and thoughtful critics of the built world. He writes with grace and common sense on subjects ranging from city life to technology to house design. He even produced a lively book on the history of the screwdriver and the screw.

Though Rybczynski's wisdom extends far beyond mere academic knowledge, he is also a prominent scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. Here again he crosses boundaries in interesting ways, serving not in the architecture or arts faculty but at the Wharton School of Business, where he is Meyerson Professor of Urbanism and Professor of Real Estate.

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