Yahoo

Opinion - Trump’s classical federal building mandate would make architecture backward again

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid all the chaos emanating from the new administration, architects nationwide are bracing for another battle: Trump’s threatened ...
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The AIA comes out swinging against Trump’s modern architecture-shunning federal building mandate

The United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington, D.C. (Richard Gillin/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0) In its rejection of the executive order, the AIA also vowed to work with the ...
KXAN

Trump order: federal buildings should only be ‘beautiful’ and ‘classical,’ modern architecture style ‘brutalism’ prohibited

In the final stretch of his presidency, Pres. Donald Trump has issued an executive order to leave his architectural preferences on government buildings. On Monday, the White House issued a Trump ...
Architectural Record

Classical Architecture Mandate for Federal Buildings is Back on the Table as Trump Returns to the West Wing

This article has been updated to include a statement from the AIA that was released after publication. Amid this week’s presidential inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump, ...
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Trump orders classical and traditional architecture for federal buildings

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declaring “classical and traditional” architecture the preferred government styles, reviving and expanding his old fight against modernist ...
Wall Street Journal

The Politics of Architecture and Federal Buildings

I agree with Myron Magnet (“Government Buildings Don’t Have to be Ugly,” op-ed, June 27) that the early years of the U.S. produced some of our finest federal buildings, most in the Greco-Roman ...
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Trump Mandates ‘Classical Architecture’ for DC’s Federal Buildings

Just to make sure that he is really checking every box in the “How to Be a Dictator” handbook, Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order that requires federal buildings in Washington to be ...
City Journal

Trump Is Right: America’s New Buildings Are Ugly

President Donald Trump has made it clear that the aesthetics of government buildings will be a priority in his second presidency. His memorandum planted the flag: “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic ...
The Indianapolis Star

Reclaiming Classical Design Examines Architecture’s Impact on Human Well-Being and Cultural Heritage

Kristen Wagner’s debut book explores classical design principles rooted in Western philosophy and the Italian Renaissance SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2026 ...
NPR

President Biden Revokes Trump's Controversial Classical Architecture Order

Arbiters of good taste often disagree. That is certainly true of architecture. Late Wednesday, President Biden revoked a controversial executive order that then-President Donald Trump signed in ...
Los Angeles Times

Blending Classical Architecture with Modern Luxury

Experience a contemporary estate blending classical architecture with modern luxury. An expansive foyer with approximately 30-foot ceilings sets the stage for a stunning open floor plan seamlessly ...