![]() ![]() In this, his third popular work on the subject, he sets up an intriguing historical context, proposes some reasonable findings, and then leaves us to act on our own conclusions. Those of us who would rather sprawl the evening away in grandfather's padded rocker than try to negotiate our way around a fashionable Wassily armchair can appreciate what Witold Rybczynski has to say about the evolution of the idea of comfort.Īlthough ``home'' is the subject of the title, this engaging new book is really about the feeling of being at home - the satisfaction that comes from walking into an otherwise unfamiliar room and saying to ourselves, ``Now this is comfortable.''Ī professor of architecture at McGill University, Rybczynski has been both an observer and a recorder of the effects of modern technology for some time. ![]() ![]() Home: A Short History of an Idea, by Witold Rybczynski. ![]()
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