Trump mails orders on federal architecture’s preferred architectural style

president Donald Trumpa wealthy real estate tycoon caring about building aesthetics, issued an executive order on Thursday declaring traditional and classical architecture as the preferred style of federal architecture.

“Applicable federal public buildings should enhance and beautify public places, inspire the human spirit, devour the United States and be respected by the public. They should also be visually regarded as civic buildings and conform to proper respect for regional architectural heritage.” Order assertion.

The language matches the language contained in a similar executive order issued by Trump at the end of his first term to the end of his first term with the end of the “Promoting Beautiful Federal Citizen Building”, the President Joe Biden It was revoked in 2021.

Trump signs execution order to cancel cashless bail for suspects in Washington, D.C. and nationwide

“Buildings that meet the standards set out in this subsection, especially traditional and classical buildings, are preferred buildings for applicable federal public buildings. In the District of Columbia, classical buildings should be preferred and default buildings for federal public buildings, without other types of buildings,” the President’s newly issued order.

His other architectural styles were not Executive Order.

Trump’s flag order attracts rare fires from conservatives

On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, the dome of the U.S. Capitol rolls towards Capitol Hill. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images))

The text states that “classical and traditional architecture are the preferred modes of architectural design”, but “preference does not rule out the possibility of alternative styles in appropriate circumstances”.

Although the president focuses on the aesthetics of order, he also needs to keep costs and reliability in mind.

Biden Bullden

President Donald Trump saw the White House the day after announcing a U.S. military strike in Iran’s nuclear site on June 22, 2025. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Click here to get the Fox News app

The order states: “The design should adhere to good construction practices and utilize reliable materials, methods and equipment. The building should be economical to build, operate and maintain and should be prone to disability.”