Witold Rybczynski

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw is a book published in 2000 by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski. The idea for the book came in 1999 when an editor at The New York Times Magazine asked Rybczynski to write a short essay on the best and most useful common tool …

The Most Beautiful House in the World is a book published in 1989 by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski. The Most Beautiful House in the World recounts Rybczynski's his experience building a house for himself and his wife. As he describes the long process of designing and constructing the …

Waiting for the Weekend is a book published in 1991 by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski. In Waiting for the Weekend, Rybczynski recounts the evolution of the seven-day week, which came into being with the Babylonian calendar, and the later, more modern, development of the two-day weekend. In …