{"id":1946121,"date":"2023-06-14T02:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-to-make-federal-buildings-beautiful-instead-of-eyesores\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:15:08","slug":"exclusive-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-to-make-federal-buildings-beautiful-instead-of-eyesores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-to-make-federal-buildings-beautiful-instead-of-eyesores\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio introduces bill to beautify federal buildings."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-to-make-federal-buildings-beautiful-instead-of-eyesores%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1946121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senator Marco Rubio Introduces Bill to Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFederal buildings physically embody our system of government and its institutions,\u201d Rubio said in a statement. \u201cFederal buildings should therefore reflect our government\u2019s dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability while inspiring civic pride. I am proud to introduce the \u2018Beautifying Federal Civil Architecture Act\u2019 to restore the tradition and beauty that our nation\u2019s federal architecture has lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio introduced the \u201cBeautifying Federal Civil Architecture Act,\u201d a bill that will make classical and traditional architecture the preferred architectural style for certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-blm-vandalize-ice-building-burn-original-starbucks\/\" title=\"Antifa, BLM vandalize ICE building, burn original Starbucks\">federal buildings<\/a>. The legislation would codify Trump\u2019s \u201cMake Federal Buildings Beautiful Again\u201d executive order, which would have required new office buildings in Washington, D.C. be classical in design had it not been undone by President Joe Biden one month into his presidency. Republican Rep. Jim Banks introduced the House version of the bill last month.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Classical Architecture Matters<\/h3>\n<p>Since 1962, modernism has been the official government building style after the General Services Administration adopted the \u201cGuiding Principles for Federal Architecture.\u201d However, research suggests not only that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-to-make-federal-buildings-beautiful-instead-of-eyesores\/\" title=\"Rubio introduces bill to beautify federal buildings.\">people prefer beautiful buildings<\/a>, but that classical architecture also makes people happier. Historically, when the Department of the Treasury, which used to oversee federal architecture, established the supremacy of classical architecture in 1901, it issued a statement that read, \u201cThe experience of centuries has demonstrated that no form of architecture is so pleasing to the great mass of mankind as the classic, or some modified form of the classic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet the American people strongly favor classical architecture over international and brutalist (aka ugly and depressing) stylings. In a 2020 study conducted by the Harris Poll, the National Civic Art Society found 72 percent of Americans prefer traditional rather than modern architecture for U.S. courthouses and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winning-the-culture-war-by-shrinking-the-government\/\" title=\"Winning the Culture War by Shrinking the Government\">federal office buildings<\/a>. Moreover, traditional architecture is preferred across all demographics, including sex, age, geographic region, household income, education, race and ethnicity, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-has-no-future-in-the-republican-party-and-she-knows-it\/\" title=\"Liz Cheney Has No Future In The Republican Party And She Knows It\">political party affiliations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition to Beautiful Buildings<\/h3>\n<p>Elected Democrats and the architects they hire, however, don\u2019t care what the people want. Democrat politicians have vehemently opposed any attempts by Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-banks-wants-to-make-federal-buildings-beautiful-again\/\" title=\"Jim Banks aims to beautify federal buildings.\">make federal buildings beautiful<\/a>, introducing legislation to oppose Trump\u2019s executive order. And the American Institute of Architects (AIA) publicly condemned the order, sending more than 11,400 letters to the White House demanding they be allowed to design hideous buildings. \u201cMandating any single design style will undermine the value of the very architectural style it seeks to promote,\u201d AIA 2020 president Jane Frederick said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>However, neither Trump\u2019s executive order nor Rubio\u2019s new bill prohibits certain design styles. Instead, it would make classical and traditional the preferred architectural style, reversing the General Services Administration\u2019s decision that made modernism the preferred style.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cArt is always the index of social vitality,\u201d said English philosopher and art historian Herbert Read. Indeed, thriving and happy individuals don\u2019t create depressing and unsightly buildings, which says a thing or two about Democrat politicians and the AIA. Fortunately, if Rubio\u2019s bill passes, we may no longer be subjected to their misery and poor taste.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Evita Duffy-Alfonso is a staff writer to The Federalist and the co-founder of the Chicago Thinker. She loves the Midwest, lumberjack sports, writing, and her family. Follow her on Twitter at @evitaduffy_1 or contact her at evita@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marco Rubio proposed the &#8220;Beautifying Federal Civil Architecture Act&#8221; to make classical and traditional architecture the preferred style for specific federal buildings. 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