President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declaring “classical and traditional” architecture the preferred government styles, reviving and expanding his old fight against modernist ...

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden revoked the “Promoting Beautiful Civic Architecture” executive order, closing one of the most absurd chapters of the Trump presidency. The order, which Trump signed ...

Since Trump entered office, he’s sought to undermine the legacy of Obama at every turn. It’s plausible that the order is a direct reaction to the building boom that happened under Obama. Decades of ...

Editor's note: The AIA has issued an official response to the order. Read it here. Story last updated 3:30pm 12/21/20. On December 18, President Donald Trump signed a new Executive order into effect ...

Arbiters of good taste often disagree. That is certainly true of architecture. Late Wednesday, President Biden revoked a controversial executive order that then-President Donald Trump signed in ...

In 2014, during the winter in his second term, Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orbán, ordered the installation of a new statue in one of Budapest’s oldest squares. The unveiling of the ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order this week that states new federal buildings should be more like classical designs and “beautify public spaces.” The American Institute of Architects ...

Editor's Note: The American Institute of Architects issued a statement in response to this story on the afternoon of February 4, 2020. Read it at the bottom of this page. While the country was riveted ...

The Republican Party used to oppose federal government intrusion into local affairs, but the Trump administration seems about to turn that tradition on its head with a draft executive order titled ...

“There is reason for alarm in the rhetoric that the king of tasteless glitz is attempting to impose his personal brand on the physical manifestation of this nation.” When it comes to foreign policy, ...