The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is embarking on a significant new push for passage of the Democracy in Design Act, first proposed in 2020. Initially introduced by Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada) in response to efforts by former President Trump to mandate Neoclassical design for federal buildings, the bill would codify federal design guidelines dating to the 1960s and bar the federal government from mandating the use of particular architectural styles.
In April, the AIA will hold a “Hill Day” for its members, during which architects will advocate for the bill in a bid to add co-sponsors to it—as well as Senators willing to see it through in the Senate. Backers hope to pass it before the end of the year, and the bill recently received a boost when Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the at-large representative from Washington, D.C.—which might face the most immediate impacts of the bill—signed on as its third co-sponsor.
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