Obama's Building Boom: Will his Architecture Legacy be as Lasting as FDR's?
Pundits and politicians are watching the president’s every move as the new Republican Congress takes power. But from courthouses to border entries, no one seems to be taking note of his diverse—and-oh-so-green—buildings program.
Clockwise from left: Architectural Renderings of the new federal court in Bakersfield, California, the Austin Federal Courthouse, and the new headquarters for the United States Coast Guard.
When Barack Obama was elected president, it was as though someone had fired a starter pistol in the design world. All at once, packs of architects and critics surged out of the gate with articles and blog posts calling for the incoming administration to rebuild the American landscape.
