New bill aims to reverse decades of ugly federal building construction by mandating preference for classical architecture ...

There is something profoundly un-American about the Trump administration’s mandating of architectural style, a move typical of authoritarian regimes. Both the Nazi state and the Soviet Union made ...

It shapes the world we live in in profound ways that are not always fully appreciated as they are normally taken for granted. Greek architecture does remind us of the importance of harmony, balance, ...

Trump’s Executive Order imposes authoritarian aesthetics for buildings, codifies kitsch and signals a broader assault on ...

A new GOP-backed bill would codify President Trump’s executive order last month to make American architecture “great again” ...

With a new executive order, the President has turned his attention to remaking our federal buildings—and it’s not a good look ...

“In the District of Columbia, classical architecture shall be the preferred and default architecture for Federal public buildings absent exceptional factors necessitating another kind of architecture, ...

A Trump administration executive order effectively mandates classical building on federal projects. Jeff Meddaugh / Jeff Meddaugh The would-be architect-in-chief is at it again. Late last month, ...

The order, which affects buildings like federal courthouses and agency headquarters, encourages classical styles rather than modernist aesthetics. By Zachary Small President Trump signed an executive ...

On 4, Senator Jim Banks introduced the “Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act.” According to Sen. Banks, the bill establishes that it is the policy of the United States that classical and ...

From Justin Shubow, President, National Civic Art Society, Former chairman of the US Commission of Fine Arts, Washington, DC. US ...