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Home Front: Politix
Trump signs executive order insisting on classical architecture in government buildings
2020-12-24
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] President Donald Trump wants to make federal architecture 'beautiful' again

  • The White House released a Trump-signed executive order on Monday that called for 'classical architecture' to be used for future federal buildings

  • The order applauds the styles of Neoclassical, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Beaux-Arts and Art Deco architecture, while criticizing Brutalism and more modern designs

  • It suggests that there are a number of buildings the president finds problematic, including a federal courthouse in Utah that is said to resemble a 'Borg Cube' from 'Star Trek'
Posted by:Fred

#8  ^ already started - see the new Smithsonian African-American Museum on the Mall
Posted by: Bigfoot B. Hayes6040   2020-12-24 13:38  

#7  Classical Architecture is a style created by white men, ergo rayciss.

I demand all government buildings be built out of sticks and hay covered in mud.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-12-24 13:32  

#6  Take a look at the State Department's 23rd Street entrance and you will comprehend why the neo-Egyptian movement lasted less than a decade.
Posted by: b   2020-12-24 09:22  

#5  Soviet Concrete Blocks
Posted by: Frank G   2020-12-24 08:47  

#4  I wonder if anybody has done a study on the effect ugly business buildings has on the people who have to work in them ?
Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624   2020-12-24 08:38  

#3  I hope the Bill also includes selling all the non-classical GIVERnment buildings.
Posted by: Airandee   2020-12-24 06:49  

#2  ^Hi magpie, long time.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-24 02:33  

#1  Several decades ago the University of Oklahoma took a second look at some of the newer buildings. One monstrosity was called the "Waring Blender" for it's *ahem* impact on the skyline. They decided that all new constructions needed to be Cherokee Gothic or at least harmonize with the old style using a red brick with cream colored stone trim.

The overall view has much improved...
Posted by: magpie   2020-12-24 01:14  

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