One of President Donald Trump’s final actions in his first administration was a last-ditch attempt to confront the ...

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 ...

This post was updated Oct. 21 at 11:41 p.m. Just a 20-minute walk from campus, the 1100 Wilshire Federal Building is 17 ...

(CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that mandates all federal buildings “embrace classical architecture.” “In the District of Columbia, classical architecture shall be ...

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.

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 buildings ...

President Joe Biden has made a sweeping change to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts that could have broad implications for the aesthetics of the federal government’s architecture. On Tuesday, the Biden ...

This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter explores the traditional-versus-modernist style debate and features an interview with ...

President Donald Trump has made it clear that the aesthetics of government buildings will be a priority in his second presidency. His memorandum planted the flag: “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic ...

New bill aims to reverse decades of ugly federal building construction by mandating preference for classical architecture that reflects American values.

SOUTH BEND — Thomas Gordon Smith, professor emeritus and former chair in the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, died Tuesday. He was 73. After earning bachelor’s and master’s ...