About:

As the Architect of the Capitol in Washington, DC, appointed in 1997, Alan Hantman, FAIA, "is responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol, the congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress buildings, the Supreme Court building, the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Capitol Power Plant, and other facilities." (Source:www.aoc.gov)  Alan M. Hantman was graduated from the City College of New York with a bachelor's degree in architecture and earned a master's degree in urban planning from the City University of New York Graduate Center. Earlier in his career he served as Vice President of Facilities Planning and Architecture for the Rockefeller Center Management Corporation of New York City for 10 years.
 

Articles (Selected from 1989- 2004):

"Alan Hantman: Architect of the Capitol ... and more."  Randall, Kathleen.  Clem Labine's traditional building, vol.10, no.6, pp.5, 174-175, Nov 1997.

"Capitol architect" [interview]. Architecture, vol.86, no.7, pp.57, [59], July 1997
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Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Web Sites:

Architect of the Capitol.  www.aoc.gov.

Legislative Branch Subcommittee Hearing on FY06 Budget for the Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol: Testimony of Alan Hantman, Architect of the Capitol. April 13, 2005.  Full text available.  appropriations.senate.gov/hearmarkups/record.cfm?id=236633

"Capitol Improvement."  An online discussion with Hantman, PBS's Kwame Holman, and others on September 23, 2003 re the Capitol's new visitor center designed with security concerns in mind.. www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec03/visitor_9-23.html.
 
 
 
 

Judy Connorton
August 2005