Trump seeks to leave mark on Washington architecture Last Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 9:13 a.m. ET First Published: Dec. 21, 2020 at 7:57 p.m. ET By Latest executive order’s message to federal architects: Modern is out. ‘Beautiful’ is in.
Not all of official Washington NASA headquarters, for example is constructed of lavishly detailed marble or granite fashioned after the architectural styles of ancient Athens and Rome. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images Email icon Resize icon
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday decreeing that only classical styles be employed in the architecture of federal buildings in the nation’s capital.
“New Federal building designs should, like America’s beloved landmark buildings, uplift and beautify public spaces, inspire the human spirit, ennoble the United States, command respect from the general public, and, as appropriate, respect the architectural heritage of a region,” the e
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The New York Post: Trump executive order seeks to define beautiful architecture and, in Washington, D.C., to insist on it
Executive order titled Promoting Beautiful Federal Civil Architecture waxes dismissively of modern architecture.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order that designates classical architecture as the preferred style of building in Washington, D.C. He says the goal is to make federal buildings “beautiful” and inspire the American people.
Not surprisingly, architects who designed some of Washington’s monstrosities are in a snit.
Trump declares classical architecture as D.C. s official style, new executive order requires federal buildings to be beautiful , nope this is not a joke tweet. https://t.co/bFzIPZ2CDp
So many of the racists that I follow are really into neoclassical architecture.
Remember the tag “degenerate art”? A good book related to this is Albert Speer’s excellent autobiography. He acknowledges the general bad taste around him and the push for neoclassical “big” architecture. Sort of a mea culpa of somebody who could have been a fine individual.