"When the United States celebrated its bicentennial on 4 July 1976, it marked the occasion with the opening of the National Air and Space Museum's exhibition hall on Washington DC's National Mall. Designed in a boldly modernist style by the blue-chip firm Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (now HOK), it stood as a testament to American aeronautical derring-do, from the Wright brothers to the moon landings."
"His post on Truth Social shows three uncredited versions of the so-called Arc de Trump now rebadged as the Independence Arch, embellished with varying degrees of gilding and statuary. Given Trump's weakness for bling, the smart money would be on the gilded iteration, a gaudy exemplar of what the American architecture critic Kate Wagner has described as regional car dealership rococo. All three versions are modelled on the Arch of Titus in Rome, originally constructed in the first century following Rome's military conquest of Jerusalem."
When the United States celebrated its bicentennial on 4 July 1976, the National Air and Space Museum's exhibition hall opened on the National Mall, designed in a boldly modernist style by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (now HOK). The building symbolized American technological achievement from the Wright brothers to the moon landings and reflected a national mood oriented toward progress. By the 250th anniversary, historical re-enactments have come to dominate commemorative architecture over modernist expressions. Donald Trump proposed a triumphal Independence Arch across from the Lincoln Memorial, presenting three gilded, statuary-embellished designs modeled on Rome's Arch of Titus, described by critic Kate Wagner as "regional car dealership rococo."
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