The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion
Category: Books,History,Americas
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion Details
Review The Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, was a project ofFaustian scale generally known to the public as a mention in high schoolhistory. What is not generally known is the degree to which design was aconscious force that played an important role throughout its development. The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design andPersuasion, edited by Tim Culvahouse recovers this history in a thoroughlyenlightening story presented by a series of interdisciplinary essays bymultiple authors with different perspectives. --Architectural Record Read more About the Author Richard Barnes is an architectural photographer whose work has appeared in a number of publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, ARTnews, and Architectural Record. Barnes's work has been exhibited worldwide and is a part of the permanent collection at some of the world's most notable museums.Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, is an architect, writer, and adjunct professor of architecture at the California College of the Arts. He leads Culvahouse Consulting Group, Inc., and is senior advisor to Public Architecture, a nonprofit public interest architecture group. Read more
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Reviews
This was a good read, filled with some interesting information and some great photographs. I wish that the chapter that contained the photo essay had had some captions to tell about the pictures though.
