The Republican Donald Trump returns to the White House – which he occupied from 2017 to 2021 – after defeating the Democrat aspirant Kamala Harris in extremely neck-and-neck presidential elections that have laid bare the ideological division of the
Trump vence a Harris
With the attempt to assassinate him, Trump steps up from history to myth. More than thirty years ago we gave him space in these pages, in line with the publication of The Art of the Deal, part memoir and part property developer’s manual, and his arri
President Biden ordered the revocation of the Executive Order, “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” signed by former President Trump on December 18, 2020. The Trump order, mandating the preference for “traditional and classical architect
The year 2021 begins with three black swans, sounding like drum beats after the Christmas truce: the assault on the United States Capitol by a mob devoted to still-President Trump, the historic snowstorm that has paralyzed Spain, and the sudden spike
Donald Trump decreed on Monday that all new US federal buildings should be “beautiful”, in a long-expected executive order which excoriated architectural modernism but stopped short of demanding that all such projects should be in the classical style
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. Societies have long recognized the importance of beautiful public architecture. Ancient
The US Election
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.” This line of the replicant in Blade Runner referred to robotic battles in remote worlds, but it wouldn’t be a stretch to apply it to phenomena we are living right now which, indeed, are pretty hard to b
Donald Trump proposes architectural classicism as the default style of federal buildings. A draft executive order obtained by the magazine Architectural Record sets a list of rules for architecture commissioned by the government. The document – title
On 25 April a Portuguese cartoonist’s drawing in the international edition of The New York Times sparked off a universal storm of controversy. Moreira’s silent but scathing commentary on the bond between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu w
When Trump won the election, photographer Brian Rose made straight for the gambling town – to show the reality behind his billionaire boasts. The broken city he captured speaks volumes about today’s America. When Donald Trump opened the towering
A once young real estate developer and lover of ostentation has surprised the world by making it to the White House with a populist discourse.
The triumph of Trump was no less a surprise than Obama’s four years ago. That Americans have handed power to a foul-mouthed and potentially dangerous magnate is as unbelievable as was their electing a Kenyan Muslim’s son four years ago, even though h
