The news that an executive order, entitled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” has been drafted mandating that “the classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default style” for ...

For more than 25 years, New York–based architect Robert A.M. Stern has designed buildings that seamlessly fit into—and enrich—the Manhattan skyline. There’s the famous limestone 15 Central Park West, ...

Is modern architecture a “hideous cultural atrocity”? Is insisting on classical buildings the hallmark of a dictatorship? Readers engage in an aesthetic and philosophical debate. To the Editor: Re ...

In the final stretch of his presidency, Pres. Donald Trump has issued an executive order to leave his architectural preferences on government buildings. On Monday, the White House issued a Trump ...

In 1962, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then an assistant secretary at the Labor Department, prepared a memo on the use of federal office space for President John F. Kennedy. Into this document he tucked a ...

This article has been updated to include a statement from the AIA that was released after publication. Amid this week’s presidential inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump, ...

The United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington, D.C. (Richard Gillin/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0) In its rejection of the executive order, the AIA also vowed to work with the ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to remake the federal government extend even to the buildings that house it, as he revives his fight against modern and contemporary architecture and pushes ...

HOUSTON — Should all federal buildings look like the U.S. Supreme Court? A group that opposes modern architecture has drafted an executive order, titled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” ...

Experience a contemporary estate blending classical architecture with modern luxury. An expansive foyer with approximately 30-foot ceilings sets the stage for a stunning open floor plan seamlessly ...