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President Biden Revokes Trump’s Controversial Classical Architecture Order
By Elizabeth Blair
February 25, 2021
Arbiters of good taste often disagree. That is certainly true of architecture.
Late Wednesday, President Biden revoked a controversial executive order former President Trump signed in December called “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” The announcement from The White House was included in an executive order that revoked a number of Trump’s actions as president.
When Trump first proposed the executive order, it was clearly an out-with-the-new, in-with-the-old approach to architecture. He called modern federal buildings constructed over the last five decades (think boxy, concrete-heavy Brutalism) “undistinguished,” “uninspiring” and “just plain ugly.”
The skyline of Washington, D.C., including the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol and National Mall, seen on June 15, 2014. Credit: AFP via Getty Images
President Biden Revokes Trump s Controversial Classical Architecture Order By
Arbiters of good taste often disagree. That is certainly true of architecture.
Late Wednesday, President Biden revoked a controversial executive order former President Trump signed in December called Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture. The announcement from The White House was included in an executive order that revoked a number of Trump s actions as president.
When Trump first proposed the executive order, it was clearly an out-with-the-new, in-with-the-old approach to architecture. He called modern federal buildings constructed over the last five decades (think boxy, concrete-heavy Brutalism) undistinguished, uninspiring and just plain ugly.