CUP is pleased to present the next installment of People and Buildings. Next Tuesday's event deals with the legacy of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Visionary and monumental, the Tennessee Valley Authority brought hydroelectric dams, electricity, flood control, and consumer appliances to the impoverished Tennessee Valley Region. Adorned with the motto “Built for the People of the United States,” the TVA’s monumental dams and power stations are regarded by many as the greatest achievements of American Modernism. The event will feature talks by Tim Culvahouse and Jane Wolff, preceded by a slideshow of photographs by Charles Krutch.

Tim Culvahouse is an architect, educator, author, and editor of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion. Culvahouse served as Associate Dean for Design and Architectural Studies at the California College of the Arts, where he is presently an adjunct professor. He heads the Culvahouse Consulting Group, dedicated to the communication of design ideas, and is Senior Advisor to Public Architecture, a non-profit, public interest architecture group.

Jane Wolff is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in Saint Louis. Her work investigates the hybrid landscapes produced by natural process and cultural intervention. Wolff’s Delta Primer, a book designed to educate diverse audiences about the contested landscape of the California Delta, was presented at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in 2004.

Concrete Benefits: Design, Persuasion, and the Tennessee Valley Authority
a talk with Tim Culvahouse and Jane Wolff
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 7 pm
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street (between Prince and Houston)
R/W to Prince Street, B/D/F/V to Broadway-Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker Street
New York, NY
www.housingworksbookstore.org
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