neoclassicism

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One little-reported story is that the Trump administration has mandated neoclassicism as the official architectural style for federal buildings.

From Salon

The draft order, dispiritingly titled Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, argues that neoclassicism symbolises the founding fathers’ “self-governing ideals”, whereas contemporary styles such as brutalism and deconstructivism are incapable of embodying America’s “national values”.

From The Guardian

He was an admirer of the neoclassicism of the Chicago World’s Fair, and he detested anyone—especially postmodernists—who treated its verities with irony or contempt.

From The New Yorker

For neoclassicism, the Rotunda’s Dome would have been the highlight of architectural achievement.

From Seattle Times

Sadly, the Second World War destroyed many planetariums from this first German wave, which borrowed architectural elements from neoclassicism and Bauhaus.

From Nature