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a neoclassical building with columns, a capital building the likes of which the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts would have authority over
Out With The Classical...

Biden administration replaces four members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

exterior of a gilded age mansion in chicago
1942-2021

Chicago historic preservation champion Richard Driehaus dies at age 78

a D.C. agency building with greek columns and a statue, not subject to an architecture executive order
No Shocker Here

Biden quashes Trump’s “beautiful” neoclassical architecture executive order

US Treasury Building, which is already in a style mandated by the executive order
The Opposition Rolls In

The AIA comes out swinging against Trump’s modern architecture-shunning federal building mandate

a classical style federal building in washington, now mandated under an executive order
A Big Day For Pediments

Trump signs executive order mandating classical architecture for D.C. federal buildings

Aerial shot of fort lauderdale, showing a river winding between houses
Draft Outrage

AIA speaks out against federal neoclassical mandate for Fort Lauderdale courthouse

The US capitol building, where the Democracy in Design Act will need to pass
Law and Order

Proposed Democracy in Design Act would head off neoclassical executive order

Interior rendering by Jean Jacques Leqeue of the Hotel de Montholon
Overlooked No More

Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect is a fantastical retrospective of expert draftsmanship

An example of federal architecture, the Capitol dome
By Decree

On beauty, value, and justice in federal architecture in America

Aerial view of U.S. Capitol and administrative buildings
Neoclassical is Now in Session

AIA rejects Trump’s draft order for uniform federal architecture style

A photo of the White House, a neoclassical structure akin to the buildings typified in the new executive order
Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again

[Updated] Potential executive order might force neoclassical style on federal buildings

A Neoclassical Education

Brush up on the designs of despotism with the new monograph on Napoleon’s official architects

Restoration work brings new windows to long-vacant Michigan Central Station in Detroit

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