White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.

Donald Trump

When Donald Trump abruptly demolished the White House’s East Wing last month, he shattered a culture of consultation with experts that has shaped Washington’s architecture for 125 years—since the last time an administration tried to massively enlarge the White House. Over three cold days in December 1900, members and guests of the American Institute of Architects gathered at the capital’s Arlington Hotel and strategized about how to stop a White House expansion that they deemed an affront to a

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White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed. https://www.theatlantic.com - 01.11.2025 10:00

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White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed. https://www.theatlantic.com - 01.11.2025 10:00