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Jim Banks: Architecture in America should be beautiful, not brutalist - The Washington Post
Jim Banks, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Indiana and an author of the pending Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025.
One of the highlights of my job as a U.S. senator is meeting Indiana veterans while they tour the National Mall. It’s a weighty experience for everyone involved. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Veterans Memorial, where we often meet, sit on opposite sides of the Mall’s Reflecting Pool, at probably the prettiest point in Washington. The harmony of the surrounding neoclassical monuments creates a sense of permanence.