Current & Recent Projects

In addition to such major efforts as the construction of the Capitol Visitor Center, the renovation of the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, and the construction of the National Garden, the Architect of the Capitol is involved in hundreds of other projects throughout the Capitol complex.

The Capitol Complex Project Map shows the locations of selected ongoing high-visibility projects around the Capitol Complex and provides project summaries.

Further information about selected projects of special interest is available here:

• Closure of the Capitol's West Front Terrace for 2005 Inaugural Preparations
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• Conservation of the Rotunda Frames and Benches
• Cameron Elm Removed to Protect Public Safety
• Architect Prepares U.S. Capitol for Reagan Memorial
• Summer Concert Series at the Capitol
• Sakakawea Statue Donation by the State of North Dakota to the National Statuary Hall Collection
• Vice Presidential Bust of James Danforth Quayle
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Statue Donated by the State of Kansas to the National Statuary Hall Collection
• Summer Concert Series at the United States Capitol
• AOC Office Waste Recycling Program
• Perimeter Security Project
• Staging Area Created for Senate Perimiter Security Project

A list of recently featured projects is also available.