http://www.culvahouse.net a resource for design and architectural communication Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:29:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Editor's introduction, The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion (NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) "The landscapes, buildings, details, graphic elements, and murals of the TVA form a unified ensemble, a completeness in the classical sense, in which nothing may be added or taken away without diminishing the whole. The comprehensiveness of ... http://www.culvahouse.net/writing/215/ Someone should publish comparative background information that would put dramatic statements in perspective. For example, "In the United States, every 9½ minutes, someone is infected with HIV." That sounds bad, and certainly anyone becoming infected with HIV is bad, but how bad is it compared to other infection rates or other ... http://www.culvahouse.net/extra-ideas/perspective-com/ FB.init("f689b9c98e330150aee9154729cf8e4e");The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion on Facebook http://www.culvahouse.net/tva/163/ Since 2000, I have edited arcCA (Architecture California), the journal of the American Institute of Architects California Council. arcCA is dedicated to exploring ideas, issues, and projects relevant to the practice of architecture in California. It focuses quarterly editions on professional practice, the architect in the community, the AIACC Design ... http://www.culvahouse.net/arcca-archtecturecalifornia/arcca-architecture-california/ Only two major streets run north-south in New Orleans: Napoleon Avenue (bottom center of this image) and Elysian Fields (upper right). The yellow areas represent the portions of the grid of minor streets that are oriented to the cardinal points. Elsewhere in the city, the streets cannot orient you to ... http://www.culvahouse.net/new-orleans/true-north/ “Intelligent Design,” McCallie Magazine Tulanian The Architect's Newspaper The Leaf Chronicle http://www.culvahouse.net/tva/reviews/ I have not spread myself as thin in the realm of community service as I have in most areas. The following four organizations are the ones to which I chiefly devote energy and resources. I support them because they are effective. http://www.culvahouse.net/beneficence/117/ Since its founding in 1951, the Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide. http://www.culvahouse.net/beneficence/nature-conservancy/ Located in Montgomery, Alabama--the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement--the Southern Poverty Law Center was founded by Morris Dees and Joe Levin, two local lawyers who shared a commitment to racial equality. Its first president was civil rights activist Julian Bond. Throughout its history, the SPLC has worked to make ... http://www.culvahouse.net/beneficence/southern-poverty-law-center/ Public Architecture identifies and solves practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and acts as a catalyst for public discourse through education, advocacy, and the design of public spaces and amenities. Supported by the generosity of foundation, corporate, and individuals grants and donations, Public Architecture works outside the ... http://www.culvahouse.net/beneficence/public-architecture-2/