Trump's war on "ugly architecture"....Ah a little levity...YMMV [View all]
Early in his first presidency he issued a draft order named Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, which along with encouraging classical architecture aimed to ban civic buildings from being built in brutalist or deconstructivist styles.
"Architectural designs in the brutalist and deconstructivist styles, and the styles derived from them, fail to satisfy these requirements and shall not be used," the document stated.
This draft order was criticised by the American Institute of Architects, which "strongly and unequivocally" opposed the change and called on members to sign an open letter to the Trump administration.
https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/21/trump-promoting-beautiful-federal-civic-architecture-executive-order/
I don't know if an EO is BS, but I really don't picture this going too far.
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