BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83aab83a-4c3e-41f0-966f-2d449b8cfdd8@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20260911T153301Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T200000 SUMMARY:Model T to Tesla/ ‘The Driving Machine by Witold Rybczynksi’ DESCRIPTION:At Charleston Library Society. Explore the vast and engaging history of the invention that made an industry boom like no other — the automobile. Having explored many topics\, the latest by architect\, emer itus professor\, and celebrated author Witold Rybczynski journeys throug h time from Carl Benz’s three-wheel contraption in 1855 to the Golden Ag e of American car design\, car culture\, and the present-day shift to el ectric. This is the story of our most distinctive cars and the people wh o created them\, along with key developments in automobile technology\, the arrival of postwar subcompacts and the long evolution of the SUV (th ink woodie\, Army jeep and Range Rover.) Purchase Tickets HERE! If you a re unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more c opies\, please visit Buxton Books here. About the Book In this lively an d entertaining work\, Witold Rybczynski—hailed as “one of the best write rs on design working today” by Publishers Weekly —tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists\, engineers\, dreamers \, and gearheads who created them. Delving into more than 170 years of i ngenuity in design\, technology\, and engineering\, he takes us from Car l Benz’s three-wheel motorcar in 1855 to the present-day shift to electr ic cars. Along the way\, he looks at the emergence of mass production wi th Henry Ford’s Model T\; the Golden Age of American car design and the rise of car culture\; postwar European subcompacts typified by the Mini Cooper\; and the long tradition of the streamlined and elegant sports ca r. Rybczynski explores how cars have reflected national character (the c harming Italian Fiat Cinquecento)\, served as icons of a subculture (the VW bus for American hippies)\, and even emulated an era (the practical Chrysler minivan). He explains key developments in automotive technology \, including the electric starter\, rack-and-pinion steering\, and disc brakes\, highlighting how the modern automobile is the result of more th an a century of trial and error. And he weaves in charming accounts of t he many cars he’s owned and driven\, starting with his first—the iconic Volkswagen Beetle. The Driving Machine is a breezy and fascinating histo ry of design\, illustrated with the author’s delightful drawings. About the Author Witold Rybczynski\, of Polish parentage\, was born in Edinbur gh\, raised in London\, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canad a. He studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal\, where he a lso taught\; he is currently emeritus professor of urbanism at the Unive rsity of Pennsylvania. His architectural experience has included designi ng houses as a registered architect\, as well as researching low-cost ho using for which he received a 1991 Progressive Architecture award. In 19 93\, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Archite cts\, and he has received honorary doctorates from McGill University and the University of Western Ontario. In 2007\, he received the Vincent Sc ully Prize\, the Seaside Prize\, and the Institute Collaborative Honors from the AIA. He served on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 2004 to 2012. Library Journal described Rybczynski as “one of our most original \, accessible\, and stimulating writers on architecture.” He has written twenty-two books on subjects as varied as the evolution of comfort\, a history of the weekend\, American urbanism\, the development of a new co mmunity\, and a search for the origins of the screwdriver. Home has been translated into ten languages\, and was nominated for a Governor Genera l’s Literary Prize\, while A Clearing in the Distance\, a biography of F rederick Law Olmsted\, received the J. Anthony Lukas Prize\, a Christoph er Award\, a Philadelphia Athenæum literary award\, and was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction. His essays have ap peared regularly in Architect and The New York Times \, and he has writt en for The Atlantic\, The New Yorker \, and The New York Review of Books . In 2014\, he was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He has bee n an architecture critic for Saturday Night\, Wigwag\, and Slate. In 201 4\, Rybczynski received the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Design Mind\, and in 2023\, he received an Arthur Ross Award f or Publishing. His latest book is The Driving Machine \, a design histor y of the car. Witold Rybczynski lives in Philadelphia.\n\nTickets: https ://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/model-t-to-tesla-the-driving-machi ne/\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/83aab83a-4c3e-41f0-966f-2d449b8 cfdd8 LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King St\, Charleston\, SC 29401 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/83aab83a-4c3e-41f0-966f-2d449b8cfdd 8 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR