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Washington DC
fromFast Company
22 hours ago

MAGA Has an Architecture Problem

The National Capital Planning Commission approved plans for a new White House ballroom, leading to the demolition of the historic East Wing.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
11 hours ago

Promoting Civic Friendship: The Transformative Power of Public Spaces

The neighborhood in Lisbon faces challenges due to population growth, infrastructure strain, and a need for community-driven solutions like SAAL.
Left-wing politics
fromAxios
10 hours ago

House Democratic leadership signals sudden openness to 25th Amendment push

Democratic lawmakers are increasingly pressured to consider drastic measures against Trump due to rising political costs of inaction.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
11 hours ago

The Most Transparent Presidency in History-And the Most Opaque

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, potentially allowing Trump to destroy or take records from his administration.
New York Knicks
fromYahoo Sports
2 days ago

President Obama, Empire State Building celebrate Michigan basketball

Michigan men's basketball won the NCAA Tournament national championship against UConn with a score of 69-63.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 days ago

Curly Cube / People's Architecture Office

Curly Cube is a modular public art installation that transforms public spaces into vibrant hubs for social interaction and engagement, set in a park along Shanghai's Huangpu River.
Design
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 days ago

Taliru House / Wright Inspires

Taliru is a multigenerational residence designed for a family, emphasizing simplicity, comfort, and integration of light, ventilation, and greenery.
US Elections
fromFortune
2 days ago

Supreme Court throws out ruling upholding Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction | Fortune

Steve Bannon's Supreme Court order may lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for defying a congressional subpoena.
Photography
fromArchDaily
3 days ago

40+ Contemporary Architectural Works Across Ecuador Captured by Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti

Photographers document Ecuador's architecture and landscapes, highlighting the country's evolving identity and the interplay between built environments and natural surroundings.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

At 250, America Must Reframe Its Founding Icons | Artnet News

The frame, magnificently ornate and gilded, was intended for royalty and originally surrounded a portrait of British King George II that hung in the college's Nassau Hall.
Arts
#trump
fromTruthout
1 day ago
Left-wing politics

Dems Call for 25th Amendment Remedy to Remove Trump - Is It Plausible?

Washington DC
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Court orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction

A US judge ruled Trump cannot build a ballroom on White House grounds without congressional approval.
NYC LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 days ago

Journalist detained for booing Trump at Kennedy Center 'Chicago' performance

A journalist was briefly detained for booing President Trump at the Kennedy Center during the musical Chicago.
Left-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 day ago

Dems Call for 25th Amendment Remedy to Remove Trump - Is It Plausible?

Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump's threat to Iran, prompting calls for his removal under the 25th Amendment.
Washington DC
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Court orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction

A US judge ruled Trump cannot build a ballroom on White House grounds without congressional approval.
Right-wing politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 days ago

US Supreme Court leans toward delivering another blow to Trump's immigration policy

The Supreme Court is reviewing a case on birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors.
#cherry-blossom-festival
Washington DC
fromThe Washington Post
6 days ago

The 31 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

The National Cherry Blossom festival features music, crafts, and fireworks, alongside various local events including sports, parties, and cultural activities.
fromAllthingssmitty
1 week ago

You probably don't need to lift state - Matt Smith

Keep state as close as possible to where it's actually used. Lift it when multiple components need it or you need to coordinate behavior between components.
React
#fallingwater
fromArchDaily
3 days ago
Renovation

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Reopens After Restoration, Celebrating Its 90th Anniversary

Renovation
fromArchDaily
3 days ago

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Reopens After Restoration, Celebrating Its 90th Anniversary

Fallingwater has reopened after a three-year preservation project, celebrating its 90th anniversary and addressing structural challenges while preserving its original design.
Renovation
fromArchitectural Digest
6 days ago

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Completes a 3-Year, $7 Million Restoration

Fallingwater underwent a $7 million renovation to address structural issues, enhancing its iconic beauty and ensuring its preservation for future generations.
Renovation
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Fallingwater' is too iconic for a logo

Fallingwater's rebranding avoids a logo, emphasizing the house's iconic elements and visual identity instead.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Fox News Host Has a Direct Question for Republican Lawmaker: What Exactly Does Congress Do These Days?'

Rep. Chip Roy stated, 'We aren't getting the job done. Part of that is because we are bound by this big, broken, fake filibuster of 60 votes. But part of it is you gotta have the willpower to do it.'
US politics
Design
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Typography
fromOpen Culture
2 weeks ago

An Introduction to Brutalism: The Iconic Postwar Architectural Style That Combined Utopianism and Concrete

Esperanto was created as a universal second language, while Brutalism aimed to rebuild post-war society with raw concrete architecture.
#white-house
fromFortune
2 days ago
Washington DC

A $400 million ballroom was just the beginning. Now, Trump plans to spend $174 million more on renovations | Fortune

fromFast Company
6 days ago
Washington DC

'We're going to wonder why we didn't do it earlier': Trump's White House ballroom gets a stamp of approval

fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago
Washington DC

Video: President Trump Shares Revised Plans for White House Ballroom

President Trump revealed updated designs for the White House ballroom addressing previous criticisms from architects and preservationists.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago
Washington DC

The White House's security checkpoint is getting a modern makeover-if Trump's design team allows it

A modern, subterranean security screening facility is proposed for the White House to improve visitor experience and security efficiency.
Washington DC
fromFortune
2 days ago

A $400 million ballroom was just the beginning. Now, Trump plans to spend $174 million more on renovations | Fortune

The White House plans to spend $377 million on renovations this year, funded mainly by donors, marking a significant increase in repair costs.
Washington DC
fromFast Company
6 days ago

'We're going to wonder why we didn't do it earlier': Trump's White House ballroom gets a stamp of approval

The National Capital Planning Commission approved the White House ballroom expansion despite a court order halting construction.
Washington DC
fromAxios
1 week ago

Trump's White House ballroom project halted by judge

The National Trust for Historic Preservation halted the White House expansion project, arguing it requires congressional approval and violates constitutional protections.
Washington DC
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

Video: President Trump Shares Revised Plans for White House Ballroom

President Trump revealed updated designs for the White House ballroom addressing previous criticisms from architects and preservationists.
Washington DC
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

The White House's security checkpoint is getting a modern makeover-if Trump's design team allows it

A modern, subterranean security screening facility is proposed for the White House to improve visitor experience and security efficiency.
US news
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Trump unveils renderings of planned presidential library tower

Donald Trump revealed plans for a 50-story presidential library in Miami featuring White House reconstructions and memorabilia from his presidency.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Trump asks Congress for $152 million to start rebuilding Alcatraz prison

Trump proposed $152 million to rebuild Alcatraz as a federal prison, facing opposition from critics and local representatives.
Washington DC
fromPOLITICO
1 week ago

Hill staffers brace for their boss's 'TMZ moment'

Lawmakers are being photographed in leisure activities while government funding remains unresolved, prompting criticism and discussions among staffers about public perception.
#trump-administration
Washington DC
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Trump files emergency motion to continue building White House ballroom

The Trump administration seeks to resume White House ballroom construction, citing national security concerns and criticizing a court ruling that paused the project.
Washington DC
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Halting $400m White House ballroom project is national security risk, Trump officials say

A judge's order halting White House ballroom construction poses a security risk, prompting Trump's administration to appeal the ruling.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
4 weeks ago

Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America

The street plan of the Valley is 'the street plan of America.' By this, he means that streets in cities across the U.S. offer rectilinear uniformity: 'broad, arrow-straight avenues, regularly spaced and perfectly parallel to one another, are met at fixed intervals by equally straight and parallel streets that intersect them at precise right angles.'
History
fromemptywheel
3 weeks ago

Mixing The Mixed Constitution - emptywheel

Burke's was a broadside that not only excoriated the social upheavals effected by the French revolutionaries and (by extension) commended by Marx, but the continual economic and social instability prized by modern liberal economic philosophy and practice. Against a new class of elites-mainly, an alliance between ideological progressive theorists and a rising financial oligarchy-Burke urged protection of the stability, tradition, and social continuities vital for the flourishing of ordinary people.
Left-wing politics
Washington DC
fromwww.housingwire.com
6 days ago

D.C. pushes single-stair apartments higher with added safety rules

D.C. Council advances One Front Door Act to allow taller single-stair residential buildings, aiming to reduce housing costs and increase supply.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Beautiful, Beautiful Marbles': Trump Goes Full Real Estate Developer in Wild Kennedy Center Ramble

If you remember, I said I want to run it for a year just to see, because the place is falling down. It's horrible. Air conditioning, heating is gonna to be ripped out in its entirety and, you know, it needs new it's old. It's how many years is it, Rick? What's the total? Over 50, and we have 50-year-old air conditioning more than that, actually and it's in bad shape. Everything's in bad shape. It's gotta be redone.
Renovation
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Federal Judges Threatened For Doing Their Jobs Speak Up - Above the Law

Federal judges face escalating violent threats and harassment for making constitutional rulings, including swatting attacks and assassination attempts, undermining judicial independence.
#white-house-renovation
#frank-lloyd-wright
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Op-Ed | The Trump administration believes that it has the right to decide what the rule of law is | amNewYork

A federal judge invalidated the Trump administration's policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to third countries rather than their home countries, ruling it violates U.S. law protecting against torture and persecution.
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Trump administration places Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds

"As we celebrate our Nation's 250th anniversary of independence, the White House is proud to honor Christopher Columbus's legendary life and legacy with a well-deserved statue on the White House grounds."
Washington DC
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Dispatched: Architecture of the American Post Office and the Privatization of Civic Space

Across towns and city centers, they carry the shifting architectural ambitions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Greek Revival formality to Beaux-Arts monumentality and Art Deco ornament. Architects and federal planners would give these buildings a clear public role and a powerful physical presence. Stone façades, monumental halls, and crafted interiors projected stability, trust, and permanence. The post office placed the federal government directly into the everyday landscape of American life.
Remodel
US politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

Purpose-Built or Perilous: Congress Faces a Critical FBI Headquarters Decision

The FBI headquarters relocation must prioritize employee safety and data security over cost, requiring a new facility meeting Level V security standards rather than retrofitting the vulnerable Reagan Building.
#white-house-architecture
Washington DC
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Trump's design appointee wants to change the White House columns to be more ornate

The Commission of Fine Arts chair proposed replacing the White House's Ionic columns with Corinthian columns to match the Capitol and Supreme Court, though the White House has no plans to implement this change.
Washington DC
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump Official Proposes Replacing 200-Year Old White House Columns

A Trump administration official proposes replacing the White House's 200-year-old Ionic columns with Corinthian columns to match the Capitol and Supreme Court.
Washington DC
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Trump's design appointee wants to change the White House columns to be more ornate

The Commission of Fine Arts chair proposed replacing the White House's Ionic columns with Corinthian columns to match the Capitol and Supreme Court, though the White House has no plans to implement this change.
Washington DC
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump Official Proposes Replacing 200-Year Old White House Columns

A Trump administration official proposes replacing the White House's 200-year-old Ionic columns with Corinthian columns to match the Capitol and Supreme Court.
#historic-preservation
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

This D.C. Loft Has French Doors for Windows and Custom Barn Doors That Look like Art

"I'm a music curator, so having a space that inspires creativity is a must for me. The airiness of the space, the natural light, and the high ceilings allow a heightened listening experience when I'm enjoying music or when I'm on my turntables," she writes. "As most creatives can tell you, having a flexible space that you can constantly rearrange also feeds the creative mind.
Design
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

Trump's arch plan and the history of gateways

Speaking to donors at a White House dinner, he revealed several scale models, inspired by Paris' Arc de Triomphe earning the project the nickname, 'Arc de Trump.' When asked by a CBS news reporter who the arch was for, he reportedly pointed to himself saying 'me,' adding that it would be 'really beautiful.'
Washington DC
Washington DC
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

How to celebrate America's 250th anniversary in the D.C. area this spring

Washington D.C. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with museums, cultural institutions, and festivals featuring concerts, theater, exhibitions, and the Spirit of Independence Festival in June.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Trump's D.C. building boom includes a proposed arch, the 'biggest one of all'

"It was interrupted by a thing called the Civil War, and so it never got built," Trump said aboard Air Force One as he flew to Florida last weekend. "Then, they almost built something in 1902, but it never happened."
US politics
#white-house-ballroom
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Trump wants a 'classical' stadium in D.C. Here's what that could look like

With a ring of massive columns and seating for more than 70,000 people, President Donald Trump may be getting the football stadium of his dreams. Renderings have just been released of the proposed design for a new stadium for the Washington Commanders NFL team, and the aesthetic is right in line with an architectural style the Trump administration has been championing with increasing passion.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Trump wants to build 250ft Washington DC arch that dwarfs Lincoln Memorial report

Donald Trump plans a 250-foot Independence Arch in Washington, D.C., taller than the Lincoln Memorial and funded from leftover White House ballroom donations.
US politics
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This famed architect believes Trump's plan for Kennedy Center is 'absurd'

The Kennedy Center faces a proposed two-year closure for renovation amid politicization, leadership changes, artist cancellations, and skepticism from its REACH designer Steven Holl.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

A peek inside the Fed's renovations that are now at the center of a DOJ probe

Federal Reserve building renovations increased from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion after lead paint and asbestos discoveries, drawing political criticism and potential DOJ scrutiny.
US politics
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

See All of Trump's Changes to the White House So Far

President Trump directed an unusually fast, large and costly White House makeover, including contested East Wing demolition, a proposed $400 million ballroom, and plans for an Upper West Wing.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

The Executive Branch Discovers Judicial Independence, Hates It - Above the Law

DOJ solicited prosecutors for examples of judges who ruled against the government to report to Congress for potential impeachment.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

DOJ Argues East Wing Ballroom Is Needed for "National Security" Reasons

Halting demolition of the White House East Wing and construction of a $400 million ballroom would imperil the President and pose national security risks.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

America has reached a tipping point on fascism and on opposition to it | Robert Reich

Recent events in Minneapolis and federal actions have driven lifelong Republicans away, exposing lies and accelerating a slide toward a repressive, fascist police state.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Oh, Look, Some More Renovation Projects for Donald Trump!

The president announced on Truth Social that the recently renamed center will close on July 4 for two full years of renovations. No better way to celebrate 250 years as a nation than by shutting down our center for the performing arts! Most high schools, given the opportunity to shut down their performing-arts departments, don't view it as an exciting, patriotic celebration, and prefer to have a bake sale.
US politics
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.

Government staffing cuts and institutional disruptions have weakened regulatory oversight, prompting individuals to perform personal safety checks such as buying Geiger counters.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

American Democracy Is Showing Signs of Life

American democracy faced severe authoritarian threats under Trump but shows resilience through declining presidential support, mass protest, citizen defense, political opposition, and judicial resistance.
US politics
fromFast Company
2 months ago

How Trump is breaking with precedent by naming a growing list of federal properties after himself

Donald Trump and allies have placed his name on numerous federal, local and commercial institutions and assets while he remains in office, an unprecedented scale of self-commemoration.
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