
Witold Rybczynski
Canadian-American architect and professor
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Sep 18, 2026
What Architecture Is and Why It Matters
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Witold RybczynskiGUEST
... there's many ways to, to kind of classify architects, but one way is there have always been architects who look to vernacular and incorporate it in their work.

Witold RybczynskiGUEST
Palladio built basically vernacular farmhouses, but then he explored connecting them to Roman classicism, historical classicism as it was in his case, th- that he'd studied.

Witold RybczynskiGUEST
And so, so these buildings are both vernacular and grand at the same time.

Witold RybczynskiGUEST
A, an architect like Charles Moore or Venturi in a more considered way both look to vernacular in their work, whereas an architect like I. M. Pei doesn't.
Vroom!
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Seth ShostakHOST
So Witold, the early cars, uh, did they find acceptance, uh, at, at least at some level by a lot of people? Were people eager to get into cars, or did they, uh, sort of shy away from them figuring that "These are dangerous machines that could kill me"?

Witold RybczynskiGUEST
The first car in the world travels at something like 20 miles an hour top speed.
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