EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., will introduce legislation Wednesday to codify an executive order by former President Trump that made classical architecture the model for new government ...

Look at the Capitol building, which is still functioning well," he said. Modernist architecture, such as brutalism, became the norm for federal buildings starting in 1962.

Trump revives push to make federal architecture ‘classical’ again© Kent Nishimura/For The Washington Post Visitors at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool in D.C. in 2022.© Bonnie Jo ...

The Politics of Architecture and Federal Buildings The modern era has given us some stinkers, but imposing a particular style could be a mistake. July 5, 2023 3:46 pm ET Share ...

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 us ...

The 2020 executive order required federal buildings to dump modern styles for classical designs. The government had mandated modern designs before, and this had severed American civic architecture ...