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I am Justin Shubow

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.

My Washington Post Op-Ed: the Brutalist Forrestal Building, Headquarters of the Dept. of Energy, Must Be Demolished

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

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