President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Jan. 20 directing the General Services Administration (GSA) to ensure that all new federal buildings in the United States adhere to traditional design styles.
Titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” it seeks to promote the use of traditional and classical architecture for civic buildings in order “to uplift and beautify public spaces and ennoble the United States and our system of self-government.”
It directs the administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA)—in consultation with the assistant to the president for domestic policy and the heads of various departments and agencies—to submit recommendations to Trump within 60 days regarding how this vision for federal buildings can be achieved….