and most certainly ignorant motives behind the Trumpian obsession with neoclassical architecture. Both executive orders are part of the populist far-right’s obsession with the Classics.

The president’s efforts to remake the federal government extend even to the buildings that house it, as he pushes designs ...

The neoclassical style, popular from 1895 to 1955, represented the revival or return to the Greek classics in architecture. With grand architecture that emphasized symmetry and balance ...

But take a closer look and you’ll start to notice that buildings from similar periods of history often share characteristics ... in the architecture of the Greeks and Romans. Neoclassicism ...

At its core, Art Nouveau architecture sought to break away from historical revival styles, such as Gothic or Neoclassical ... recognizable due to its unique characteristics, which include the ...