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

Classical Architecture Mandate for Federal Buildings is Back on the Table as Trump Returns to the West Wing. ... Trump signed an EO mandating the use of classical architecture over modern styles for ...

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., will introduce legislation to codify an executive order from former President Trump that made classical architecture the model for government buildings.

European traditions have shaped global designs across centuries. From monumental cathedrals to minimalist metropolitan ...

The few design-related initiatives from Donald Trump’s first term revolved around classical architecture, which is not his previous style.

An executive order that former President Donald J. Trump issued in the waning days of his administration, which sought to make classical architecture the default style for new federal buildings ...

The order, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” signed in December 2020, harshly criticized modern architectural styles and instead lauded Roman-Greco-inspired buildings.