by Witold | Jul 10, 2021 | Modern life
A friend sent me these lines from Auden’s “Funeral Blues”: . . . my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, Yes.
by Witold | Jul 7, 2021 | Modern life
This morning at two o’clock, my wife Shirley died peacefully in her sleep. She’d been at home under hospice care for six weeks after an acute failure of her mitral heart valve. She was very brave and put up with the indignities of bed-care with good humor and without...
by Witold | Jun 22, 2021 | Architecture
I recently wrote an essay for the catalog of the Polish pavilion at the London Design Biennale 2021. The theme of the exhibit of handwoven textiles was “The Clothed Home,” and the title of my essay was “Dress and Decor.” I think I first made this connection when I was...
by Witold | Jun 20, 2021 | Architecture
Several weeks ago I was interviewed by Carolyn Stewart for American Purpose. One of her questions was: “Are there any overlooked aspects of classical architecture – whether an element of design, function, or ethos – that deserve to be rediscovered in the current...
by Witold | Jun 16, 2021 | Architecture
Architectural history is sometimes recounted as if it evolved autonomously, architects attacking and solving architectural problems largely of their own devising. But because buildings are large, complicated, and expensive, architecture is subject—more than other...
