Authoritarian regimes use architecture to reshape what the public believes by saturating public spaces with political symbols ...

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, ...

President Donald Trump, returning to a plan he first advanced in 2020 and which was later rescinded by Joe Biden, has again taken personal control over architectural design for federal projects in ...

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, ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to make “federal architecture beautiful again.” The order calls for federal public buildings in the U.S. to “respect regional architectural ...

The U.S. General Services Administration Building at 1800 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts structure was originally built in 1917 to house the Department of the Interior. August 29, 2025 ...

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 ...

On August 28, President Trump signed a new executive order intended to help him reshape Washington, D.C., in his image. The order, titled “Restoring America’s Architectural Grandeur,” requires federal ...