America the Beautiful

The Guardian 04-02-2020, por Martin Pengelly 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/04/trump-federal-buildings-beautiful-classical-order

Trump wants to 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again' with neoclassical order

Montagem: Àbeira do urbanismo 

Donald Trump wants to “make federal buildings beautiful again” by mandating a return to “the classical architectural style”, according to a draft executive order obtained by Architectural Record on Tuesday.

The Record reported that it had obtained “what appears to be a preliminary draft of the order”.

Under the order, it said, the White House would require a rewrite of the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture, issued in 1962, “to ensure that ‘the classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default style’ for new and upgraded federal buildings. (..) 

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