President Trump wants "Classical Look" for all Federal buildings ...

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  • dogtag
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 14985

    #1

    President Trump wants "Classical Look" for all Federal buildings ...

    So, no designs by Howard Roark will be acceptable.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...buildings.html

    I'd suggest that building design is not one of the more important
    items that needs the attention of Presidents, especially this
    President who has to contend with fraudulent voting while
    surrounded by hostiles.
  • togor
    Banned
    • Nov 2009
    • 17610

    #2
    Same taste as Albert Speer's most memorable patron. Don't frown, it's true.

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    • lyman
      Administrator - OFC
      • Aug 2009
      • 11269

      #3
      Originally posted by togor
      Same taste as Albert Speer's most memorable patron. Don't frown, it's true.
      sure about that?

      not exactly Hitleresque ..............................


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      • togor
        Banned
        • Nov 2009
        • 17610

        #4
        People love columns. Berlin had Germany won the war.



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        DT I agree with you that this doesn't rank as a priority, given that they'll punt it 30 days from now anyways.

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        • Roadkingtrax
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2010
          • 7835

          #5
          To be fair, nearly every country favors a columned building in government design.

          Now, in Munich today, the House of German Art has some nifty mosaics if you know where to look.

          "The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman

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          • lyman
            Administrator - OFC
            • Aug 2009
            • 11269

            #6
            I think a Treasury building put up in the very early 1800's Trumps anything Hitler even thought of,


            and keep it up you may trigger Sam again
            Last edited by lyman; 12-22-2020, 04:41. Reason: jojp rabbit

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            • Mark in Ottawa
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2009
              • 1744

              #7
              It may be elegant to build in a classical style but unfortunately it is not only far more expensive, there is a problem with getting artisans who can work in stone. There are some around but not many.

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              • Vern Humphrey
                Administrator - OFC
                • Aug 2009
                • 15875

                #8
                Originally posted by Mark in Ottawa
                It may be elegant to build in a classical style but unfortunately it is not only far more expensive, there is a problem with getting artisans who can work in stone. There are some around but not many.
                But if you begin a building programs, more artisans will appear -- the many will learn from the few.

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                • jgaynor
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 1287

                  #9
                  Somehow the wishes of a looser candidate who also has the distinction of being impeached will probably not count for much in the days ahead.

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