Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to favor classical architecture got the ax on Wednesday as part of a sweeping scrapping of Trump-era executive orders by President Joe Biden.
Trump’s executive order in December, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” disparaged the modernist architectural styles of some federal buildings as “ugly” and a jarring contrast with local architectural styles. The Trump administration hailed Greco-Roman-inspired buildings as an important homage to democracy in antiquity.
The executive order, signed in the final moments of the Trump presidency, promptly met condemnation from architects as aesthetically myopic, though it had relatively weak enforcement. The order only placed a preference for classical styles in future buildings and did not outright ban brutalism. “Though we are appalled with the administration’s decision to move forward with the design mandate, we are happy the order isn’t as far reaching as previously thought,” Robert Ivy, CEO of the American Institute of Architects, said in a statement at the time.
It was one of a number of Trump-era executive orders the Biden White House declared null on Wednesday. Biden also rescinded an order threatening financing for cities that the Trump administration felt curtailed support for local police amid the summer’s anti-racism protests. Biden also tossed an executive action that halted new visas amid the coronavirus economic crisis.
Waste of money.
ladevita12 It's good to see they've replaced the previous sign which read, 'Department of Wealth and Human Sacrifices.'
Trump on architecture? Nooooo!!!
Good for you Joe! Undo all the stupid executive orders one at a time!
sap1028 Good. Even for trump that was a really stupid idea
jeffAndersonUSN That will be the Former Guy's cell in the top right hand corner in the not too distant future.Lots of room for the rest of his family and believers.
Undoing one stupid executive order at a time.
'Albert Speer architecture'
Good
Where have I seen such an obsession with Roman forms before, made gigantic and to the greater glorification of one man? Can't put my finger on it.
As an architect, I’m delighted with Biden reversal of the foolish Trump order. The point is not “Brutalism”, a debunked 1970s style, but simply the most responsive modern architecture to each case. Go look into the wide variety of buildings resulting from GSA’s Design Excellence!
Architects love to show academic disdain while ignoring the obvious: no one likes Brutalism. No one.
Good! Architecture should move forward, not be stuck in some idealized state!
I have mixed feelings about Brutalism, but did agree with the spirit of Trump’s executive order on this. Maybe could go more in depth on this topic?
Beautiful buildings are a terrible idea. Thank you President Biden for ditching this!
might be the first (and only) time that I agree with DJT -- it IS ugly. Might also be the first time that DJT wasn't attracted to the anything of Russian style.
The what order?
The one and only thing I agreed with.
Tonight on Hannity: Why does the president hate our buildings?
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