President of the National Civic Art Society, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that promotes the classical and humanistic tradition in public art and architecture. Eleventh Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency comprising seven presidential appointees who are the aesthetic guardians of Washington.
On April 24, 2025, I delivered a lecture on “The City Beautiful Movement and Washington, D.C.” as part of the inaugural Teófilo Victoria Lecture Series, sponsored by the Florida chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art in collaboration with … Continue reading
Le Point, a French weekly newspaper, published an interview of me as well as a companion news article, “Donald Trump’s Major Offensive Against ‘Just Really Ugly’ Architecture.” To quote the interview (via Google translate): He is Donald Trump’s Mr. Architecture. Appointed chairman of the … Continue reading
The March 12, 2025 Washington Post featured an op-ed by Victoria Coates and me: Here’s One Federal Building We Could — and Should — Scrap The Forrestal Building’s form is impeding its function as home of the Energy Department. By Victoria Coates and Justin Shubow Victoria Coates, … Continue reading
On February 24, 2025, I appeared on Greg Kelly Reports on Newsmax TV to discuss Brutalism, the much-loathed mid-century architectural style of many federal government buildings in Washington, D.C., including the headquarters of the FBI, Department of Health and Human … Continue reading
The New York Times gave me some good quotes in a February 22, 2025 article on the politics of Brutalism under Trump: The [Brutalist] buildings’ very association with government is sinister to people in Mr. Trump’s orbit, like Justin Shubow, … Continue reading
Mike Astrue, a former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration who writes poetry under the pen name A. M. Juster, wrote some kinds words about me for First Things magazine in an article titled “Give the National Endowment for the … Continue reading
On February 5, 2025, I discussed my vision for serving as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, together with how Trump is beautifying civic architecture, on the Ben Shapiro Show. I explained, “My vision comes from Dana Gioia, … Continue reading
On January 31, 2025, I published an article for City Journal, a publication of the Manhattan Institute, titled “Trump Is Right: America’s New Buildings Are Ugly.” To quote: President Donald Trump has made it clear that the aesthetics of government … Continue reading
Writing for Dezeen, the publication’s editor Tom Ravenscroft interviewed me at length in a January 29, 2025 piece on Trump’s directives re federal architecture: [Shubow] described architects’ responses as “hysterical” and claimed that the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is … Continue reading
On January 25, 2025, I was as one of three jurors for the Addison Mizner Awards, the highest prizes given out by the Florida chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. I served alongside San Francisco-based interior designer … Continue reading