Joseph Rykwert

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Joseph Rykwert CBE
Rykwert in 2013
Born	(1926-04-05)5 April 1926 Warsaw, Poland
Died	18 October 2024(2024-10-18) (aged 98) London, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Bartlett School of Architecture Royal College of Art
Occupation	Architectural historian
Spouses	Jane Morton ​ (divorced)​ Anne Engel ​ ​ (m. 1972; died 2015)​
Children	1

Joseph Rykwert CBE (5 April 1926 – 18 October 2024) was a British architectural historian and writer. He was the Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the foremost architectural historians and critics of his generation. He spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom and the United States. He taught the history and theory of architecture at several institutions in Europe and North America.^[1] Rykwert is the author of many influential works on architecture, including The Idea of a Town (1963), On Adam's House in Paradise (1972), The Dancing Column (1996) and The Seduction of Place (2000). All of his books have been translated into several languages.