Milton S. F. Curry, USC Architecture Dean: Observations on Draft White House Executive Order, “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again”

2020-03-05T11:30:00-05:00

Milton S. F. Curry, Dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, shares his perspective on the recently proposed "Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again" draft executive order.

Architecture Critics Shrug Over Trump's Classicizing Executive Order

2020-02-20T11:36:00-05:00

Over the last week, critics from across the country have begun weighing in on the proposed “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again” executive order, an initiative crafted by the National Civic Art Society for President Donald Trump that would impose a “classical architectural style” on many of the nation’s federal buildings.

The order, which also proposes to eliminate the influence of professional architects, planners, and artists over the design review process for federal buildings that cost more than $50 million, has been generally panned by architects, critics, professional organizations, and other associated groups alike, including by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), The Architecture Lobby, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and several others.

To help make sense of the debate, Archinect has collected some of the critical responses to the in...

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Milton S. F. Curry, USC Architecture Dean: Observations on Draft White House Executive Order, “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again”

Architecture Critics Shrug Over Trump's Classicizing Executive Order