An open letter to President-elect Donald Trump, signed by 276 architecture and design firms, argues that the country's new leader should build the economy by protecting the environment.
Mathew Messner reports that the grassroots collective known as Architects Advocate has written a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, signed by 276 architecture and design firms.
"The letter focuses on three specific actions addressing climate change, a clean and competitive U.S. economy using renewable energy, and standing up against special interest money in politics," reports Messner.
Compare this effort to the controversial decision by Robert Ivy, executive director of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), who shortly after the presidential election wrote a letter to President-elect Trump saying the profession would work with the incoming administration on its goal to invest $1 trillion in the nation's infrastructure. The AIA eventually apologized for the letter.
Rather than adopting the AIA's "conciliatory tone" (as described by the editorial board of The Architect's Newspaper), the letter from Architects Advocate is much more defiant—proposing a policy platform antithetical to Trump's campaign promises and the policy records of his cabinet appointees.
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