The survey, conducted by The Harris Poll, asked more than 2,000 Americans to consider seven pairs of images, most of them side-by-side photographs of various federal buildings — one classical in ...

According to a new survey, Americans want their courthouses to have columns, pediments, and brick, and not “glass, concrete, and sharp geometric shapes.”The survey was commissioned by the National ...

The White House is a classical style piece of architecture. (2013 File Photo)(Mark Wilson / Getty Images) A few weeks ago, in the seminar I teach on architecture and film, we screened The ...

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY. Republicans Want to Mandate a Single Style of Architecture in Washington The Trump-era war against modern design in federal buildings is back — but now it’s in Congress.

The news that an executive order, entitled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” has been drafted mandating that “the classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default ...

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 order to “make federal buildings beautiful again”—a move that many believed echoed mandates by fascist leaders of the 20th century—is no more, thanks to President Biden.

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 ...

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.