The GSA Dislikes Modernism Too

Really interesting, behind the scenes story from Roger K. Lewis over at the Washington Post this weekend. He talks about a conference he attended this summer with the US government’s General Services Administration to have ” a national conversation on federal courthouse design.” Apparently, although there wasn’t much heated debate, many of the architects invited to the conference were a little taken aback by the anti-modernism stance. Here’s some:

But to the surprise of many modernist architects in the audience, there seemed to be a hidden agenda.

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