Author: Witold Rybczynski
Binding: Paperback
Published: Penguin Books, 1990

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image

What begins as a simple plan to build a small boat evolves into a deeply personal journey into the art and meaning of home. Blending memoir, philosophy, and architectural insight, this reflective narrative follows one man’s quest to design and build a house from the ground up—discovering along the way that beauty lies as much in proportion, light, and comfort as in grand design. With warmth and curiosity, it explores how our homes shape us just as surely as we shape them. Thoughtful and intimate, it invites readers to reconsider what makes a house truly beautiful—and what makes it truly ours.