No design style is more intertwined with early America than Federal architecture, and it makes sense when you consider that this architectural movement saw its boom just after the American Revolution.

'Federal' is one of America's grandest architectural styles, drawing inspiration from both ancient traditions, such as Roman and Greek construction, and later Georgian styles. While it's rare to find ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The order directs federal building in Washington to follow “classical” styles, such as that of the Treasury Building. - (Pete ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid all the chaos emanating from the new administration, architects nationwide are bracing for another battle: Trump’s threatened ...

Architecture speaks volumes about how any culture sees the world and the values that guide it. When Americans think of the buildings that best reflect our values, we think of landmarks like the ...

On August 28, President Trump signed a new executive order intended to help him reshape Washington, D.C., in his image. The order, titled “Restoring America’s Architectural Grandeur,” requires federal ...

Since humans first abandoned their nomadic ways and started building permanent settlements, architecture has been a powerful tool for communicating authority and ideologies. Rulers across millennia ...

Within hours of ascending to the presidency, Donald Trump issued a memorandum designed to promote the beautification of federal buildings. The order continues a quest Trump began during his first term ...

Even if the recently introduced bills that would put Uncle Sam’s architectural patronage on a more classically oriented footing are unlikely to pass during the current Congress, they provide a ...

My previous piece for The American Conservative concerned the mayhem postwar “urban renewal” wrought in Washington, D.C.’s southwest quadrant. A conspicuous feature of that mayhem is the Robert C.