Confinement makes us more aware of architecture, if only of that little sliver of space in which we find ourselves penned. But so long as we have the internet we can be, like Hamlet, “kings of ...

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 style” for ...

Whether it's to start analyzing a detail or impressing someone in conversation, understanding a classical building begins with an awareness of the different classical orders of architecture. In the ...

Editor's note: The AIA has issued an official response to the order. Read it here. Story last updated 3:30pm 12/21/20. On December 18, President Donald Trump signed a new Executive order into effect ...

My previous piece for The American Conservative concerned the mayhem postwar “urban renewal” wrought in Washington, D.C.’s southwest quadrant. A conspicuous feature of that mayhem is the Robert C.

Ten months ago, a draft executive order leaked from the Trump administration, aiming to “make federal buildings beautiful again” by mandating they be in classical styles. Now, outgoing president ...

Predictable outrage ensued. The AIA condemned the imposition of a preferred style, conveniently overlooking the fact that modernism has reigned for decades as the default style by mutual consensus ...

The order directs federal building in Washington to follow “classical” styles, such as that of the Treasury Building. - (Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post) President Donald Trump signed an ...