Contributor Profile: Tim Culvahouse

Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, is an architect who helps fellow architects expand, refine, or otherwise enrich what they’re doing. He is entering his second decade as editor of arcCA (Architecture California), the quarterly journal of the AIA California Council, and is past chair of the board of the non-profit Public Architecture. He is the editor, as well, of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design & Persuasion, published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press. His articles have appeared in a wide range of journals, including 306090, ANY, Art Papers, Design Book Review, Harvard Design Magazine, Modulus, Perspecta, Residential Architect, and World Architecture. A former Head of the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and former Associate Dean for Design & Architectural Studies at California College of the Arts, he has served as the Favrot Distinguished Chair in Design at Tulane School of Architecture, Masters Studio Visiting Critic at Carleton University in Ottawa, and Friedman Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley. He earned his Master of Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture and a Master of Environmental Design from Yale University.