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.

By Justin Davidson, New York Magazine’s architecture and classical-music critic since 2007 and was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2002. Feb. 10, 2020 save d ...

On February 4, 2020, the Architectural Record reported that it had obtained a draft copy of a proposed executive order titled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again.” The order would ...

A little-known architectural design group is advocating new guidelines that could radically change the look and feel of federal buildings in the nation’s capital. The proposed executive order ...

Trump’s classical federal building mandate would make architecture backward again by Michael Roehr, opinion contributor - 04/02/25 1:00 PM ET ...

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 ...

Trump’s architecture mandate won’t make America’s federal buildings great again President Donald Trump wants to give preference to traditional and classical designs, a plan that could saddle ...

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.

I agree with Myron Magnet (“Government Buildings Don’t Have to be Ugly,” op-ed, June 27) that the early years of the U.S. produced some of our finest federal buildings, most in the Greco ...

Trump revives push for classical federal architecture Among his day one actions, President Trump is reviving his first-term efforts to promote classical architecture for federal buildings.