Would Trump Ban Modernist Federal Buildings Again?
Two federal courthouses commissioned under President Donald Trump’s order that buildings be “beautiful” are currently underway.
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, designed by Paul Cret in 1937 in Washington, DC, is a modernist version of a classical building.
Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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