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Heinz Galinski School, Berlin, 1995, Zvi Hecker
The Heinz Galinski School was the first Jewish school to be built in Berlin since the Second World War. It was built in 1995 and designed by Zvi Hecker, who the authors note "has long been preoccupied with spirals and sunflowers (which formed part of his wartime diet) and the Heinz Galinski School is based on the petals of the sunflower with their spiralling 'celestial construction' - Hecker's take on design is part of Expressionism's return curve to Berlin. As with all his projects, the scheme evolved even as it was built and as it grew, the Berlin school began to take the form of the open pages of a book...."
Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. The enterprise was a result of the efforts of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska. TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional economic development agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and societ
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