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December 24, 2020 US president Donald Trump waited until his final full month in office to make a new rule dictating the look of federal buildings. Trump’s 203rd executive order, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” seeks to establish “traditional architecture,” exemplified in Greek and Roman antiquity, as America’s official architectural brand. Backed by the National Civic Arts Society, a Washington-based group that promotes classical arts and architecture, the ...

US President Donald Trump signs executive order on architecture as coronavirus pandemic rages 21 Dec, 2020 10:42 PM 5 minutes to read US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to promote "beautiful" federal buildings, attempting to do away with "ugly" modernist styles. Photo / AP news.com.au By: Frank Chung US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to promote "beautiful" federal buildings, attempting to do away with "ugly" modernist styles in favour of classical arch...

  Donald Trump has signed an executive order to promote "beautiful" federal buildings, attempting to do away with "ugly" modernist styles in favour of classical architecture. Some have questioned the timing of the order and the Presidents priorities, as the US continues to record more than 3000 deaths per day from COVID-19. The countrys devastating third wave is raging out of control despite the vaccine rollout, with hospitals in the worst-hit states overflowing with seriously ill patien...

Trump Signs Order Requiring Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings 21 Dec 2020 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday requiring federal buildings be constructed in the style of American classical architectural codes. Following decades of modernist, brutalist, and deconstructivist designs for federal buildings, Trump has issued an order that will return federal architecture to its original ethos of classical, Neoclassical, Art Deco, Georgian, Greek Revival, and Beaux-Arts ...