Congress is considering a non-architect for the nation’s most visible architecture post, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), and that’s riling the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
“It’s a really big slap in the face to the profession of architecture in this country to select someone other than an architect to be Architect of the Capitol,” says Marshall Purnell, FAIA, the AIA’s 2008 president-elect. Purnell is heading the institute’s lobbying effort to get a licensed architect appointed to the congressional job, which oversees 2,200 employees, a $450 million budget, and pays $163,700 in annual salary—some $1,600 more than members of Congress make. The job includes everything from overseeing upkeep on the Capitol building, to managing the Senate cafeteria.
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