President Donald Trump issued an executive order this week that states new federal buildings should be more like classical designs and “beautify public spaces.” The American Institute of ...

Classical architecture does not have a monopoly on those values, of course. But sometimes modern designs fall short of properly conveying them in the nation’s public buildings.

All buildings costing over $50 million to design and build, the text says, should hew to classical designs and be “visibly identifiable as civic buildings.” Within the District of Columbia ...

Crucial Quote “New Federal building designs should, like America’s beloved landmark buildings, uplift and beautify public spaces, inspire the human spirit, ennoble the United States, command ...

A draft of an executive order called “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again” would establish a classical style, inspired by Greek and Roman architecture, as the default for federal ...

The designs are timeless: they work today, and they will work in 100 years. By contrast, Modernist memorials too often date as badly as bellbottoms and leisure suits.

Oriental rugs come in many fascinating, beautiful designs and ingenious variations, but when we consider their characteristics, we can usually distinguish at least three different main types: ...