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fromHyperallergic
4 hours ago

Hundreds Lambast Trump's $7.5M Plan to Whitewash Eisenhower Building

“Are you out of your minds?” wrote Jessica Douglas in an email to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) ahead of a meeting about the Trump administration's plan to whitewash the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's granite exterior. According to over 2,000 public responses submitted to the NCPC, hundreds of concerned citizens like Douglas have voiced their disapproval of the Eisenhower Executive Office Beautification Project before the commission reviewed the proposal on May 7, emphasizing that paint and granite are about as compatible as oil and water.
Arts
US politics
fromFast Company
8 months ago

Trump's new executive order aims to overhaul federal architecture

President Trump signed an executive order requiring federal buildings adopt classical Greco-Roman architecture and mandate presidential notification for modernist deviations.
fromBusiness Insider
9 months ago

What are hundreds of Marines still doing in LA? Not much.

Half of the 4,000-strong California National Guard force deployed by President Donald Trump to Los Angeles a month ago is returning home, but 700 Marines are set to remain.
Los Angeles
Renovation
fromArtforum
11 months ago

Executive Disorder

The renewed focus on classical architecture underlines a troubling political agenda that may hinder modern architectural advancements.
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