In A.D. 98, Emperor Trajan granted what is now Holland’s Nijmegen (the largest city in Gelderland) the status of a Roman imperial city—one whose citizens were equal to citizens of Rome. Almost two ...

When a project calls for an architect who can draw from the language of classicism to compose spaces that elegantly respond to the needs of today, few are more skilled at bridging the past and present ...

I agree with Myron Magnet (“Government Buildings Don’t Have to be Ugly,” op-ed, June 27) that the early years of the U.S. produced some of our finest federal buildings, most in the Greco-Roman ...

The history of modern architecture has been well covered in classical surveys that traced the developments of this major movement that dominated the architectural landscape of the 20th century until ...

Michael Schaffer is a senior editor at POLITICO. His Capital City column runs weekly in POLITICO Magazine. Should America’s government decree an official national architectural style? Should the ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to remake the federal government extend even to the buildings that house it, as he revives his fight against modern and contemporary architecture and pushes ...

This article has been updated to include a statement from the AIA that was released after publication. Amid this week’s presidential inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump, ...

Manchester Art Gallery is shown from above in the center of Manchester, surrounded by a mix of historic architecture and modern city buildings. The aerial perspective highlights the gallery’s ...