The order directs federal building in Washington to follow “classical” styles, such as that of the Treasury Building. - (Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post) President Donald Trump signed an ...

Section 1. Purpose. The Founders, in line with great societies before them, attached great importance to Federal civic architecture. They wanted America’s public buildings to inspire the American ...

“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, ...

Among his day one actions, President Donald Trump addressed an issue he tried to tackle in his first term – federal architecture. Trump issued a memorandum directing the General Service Administration ...

RESTORING AMERICA’S ARCHITECTURAL GRANDEUR: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order mandating that Federal public buildings, such as courthouses and government office buildings, ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring traditional and classical architecture the "preferred" and "default" style for all major new federal buildings in the United States, ...

The post has been updated. Michael Lykoudis is the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame. For the past three decades, the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, ...