Special Reports

Opinion

6 November 2024

Trumpism, Neoclassicism, and Architecture as Propaganda

In an article, originally published on Platform, Michael R. Allen, an American historian, researcher and visiting professor at West Virginia University, looks back at Donald Trump’s executive order of 23 December 2020, ordering that all new federal government buildings adopt a neoclassical style. This decision was part of a long-running campaign by the American right against ‘ugly’ architecture. Although the ...More about