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Confinement makes us more aware of architecture, if only of that little sliver of space in which we find ourselves penned. But so long as we have the internet we can be, like Hamlet, “kings of ...
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., will introduce legislation to codify an executive order from former President Trump that made classical architecture the model for government buildings.
A draft executive order mandating classical architecture as the official government style would result in watered-down design.
Trump’s Renewed Mandate for ‘Classical’ Federal Architecture Raises Concerns “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture” drew widespread criticism from many U.S. architects when it ...
In a memorandum published on Inauguration Day, Trump said he wants federal architecture to “respect regional, traditional, ...
The nation’s capital is the only American metropolis where debates still break out periodically between architectural traditionalists and architectural modernists. Why does this debate — once ...
Classical or Modern Architecture? For Americans, It’s No Contest. In a poll, traditional buildings soundly beat modern-looking ones, regardless of age, geography or political preference.
The Grand Penn Community Alliance (GPCA) presented its proposal for renovating Penn Station at the New York Historical on Tuesday, March 11, outlining a return to the original transit hub’s pre ...
Another classical age of sorts has come to an end — a very short-lived one. An executive order that former President Donald J. Trump issued in the waning days of his administration, which sought ...
Politics Trump revives push to make federal architecture ‘classical’ again. The president’s efforts to remake the federal government extend even to the buildings that house it, as he pushes ...