NCAS President Justin Shubow on Ordinary People's Preferences in Architecture

In May 2024, National Civic Art Society president Justin Shubow gave a talk on ordinary people’s preferences in architecture at a Beauty and Ugliness in Architecture conference in Oslo, Norway. Many members of the Arkitekturupproret (Architectural Uprising) were there.

In his lecture, Shubow highlighted the NCAS / Harris Poll survey of 2,000 adults finding that nearly three-quarters of Americans (72%) – including majorities across political, racial/ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic lines – prefer traditional architecture for U.S. courthouses and federal office buildings. For a Bloomberg News story on the survey, see "Classical or Modern Architecture? For Americans, It’s No Contest." 

You can watch the video of Shubow’s talk HERE.