Robert Venturi recognized the merits of classical architecture in his book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966), which Vincent Scully, in his introduction to the original edition ...

Despite these challenges, studying classical philosophy, history, art, architecture and mythology remains profoundly valuable. Engaging with the classical world encourages critical reflection on both ...

Arbitrarily pasting columns and arches on a building so it looks like a Parthenon-Colosseum hybrid is pretentious — and doesn’t make the building classical. Designing classical buildings for ...

The architecture program plumbs the same depths in its approach to the art of building and design, Haigh said, citing the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius (c. 80-15 B.C.), whose 10-book treatise ...

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 ...

Following his inauguration yesterday, President Donald Trump has reinstated a policy from his first term that favors "classical" styles for government buildings over modernist ones. The newly ...

To the Editor: Re “Decreeing Classical Buildings for U.S.” (Arts pages, Feb. 6): I passionately applaud the proposed policy of restoring Greco-Roman architecture to its rightful place as the ...

Government Buildings Don’t Have to Be Ugly The Founders favored the classical style. The Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act would make it the standard.

In September, the agency picked a classical design described by the winning architect as “an ode to the past” for a federal courthouse in Anniston, Ala. The new building will closely resemble ...