An executive order issued by President Donald Trump revives his push for classical architecture in federal buildings.

The original executive order banned the “Deconstructivist” architectural style that emerged in the late 1980s as a radical ...

The order was titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” Classical architecture draws cues from Roman and Greek styles marked by columns and symmetry. The GSA oversees the ...

Classical architecture is much more than an arrangement of columns and arches, to be shuffled around like so many refrigerator magnets. At its best, it is a poetic expression of order, each part ...