President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to establish classical architecture as the preferred style for US civic buildings, doubling down on a
With the new order, the White House has revised a longstanding ban against establishing an official style for government — and substantially boosted the profile of architecture firms that practice in a traditional style.
The order aims to return the national aesthetic to buildings that are “visually identifiable as civic buildings,” eschewing a federal program for selecting designers in a wide range of styles that dates back to the 1990s. ...