Biden Dumps Committee Favoring Neoclassical Architecture Over Sustainable Design

Not everyone is thrilled with the new composition of the board. Charles Birnbaum, president and CEO of The Cultural Landscape Foundation tells Treehugger.

“Under the Obama Administration, the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) had three landscape architects as commissioners: Elizabeth Meyer, Liza Gilbert and Mia Lehrer. None of the four proposed commissioners is a landscape architect, which is notable considering how much of the capital’s unique and significant landscape legacy falls within its purview. The legacy of landscape architects on the CFA includes Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Gilmore Clarke, Hideo Sasaki & Diana Balmori. Given the importance of climate change & social equity in the public realm, why would the CFA move forward without a landscape architect?”