This is excellent news.
Biden tosses Trump's classical architecture order
The former president’s action on “ugly” modernist federal buildings received condemnation from architects as aesthetically myopic.
By MATTHEW CHOI
02/24/2021
Politico
The Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., is one of the city's prime examples of brutalist architecture, which former President Donald Trump disparaged as "ugly." | Mark Wilson/Getty Images
"Brutalists, rejoice!
Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to favor classical architecture got the ax on Wednesday as part of a sweeping scrapping of Trump-era executive orders by President Joe Biden.
Trump’s executive order in December, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” disparaged the modernist architectural styles of some federal buildings as “ugly” and a jarring contrast with local architectural styles. The Trump administration hailed Greco-Roman-inspired buildings as an important homage to democracy in antiquity..."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...e-order-471459
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