#ArchitecturalCriticism

2025-10-25

"His fetishisation of classicism, a historically recurring comfort blanket for despots of all stripes, is bleakly predictable."
― Catherine Slessor

#Architecture #ArchitecturalDesign #ArchitecturalCriticism #FetishizationOfClassicism #DictatorChic #Trump #WhiteHouse
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The Guardian
Architecture
‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling

He has already turned the Oval Office into a wrestler’s changing room. Now the president is building a place so gilded Nero would feel at home. Why did he pick an architect whose speciality is Catholic churches?
[architectural rendering of the proposed Trump ballroom]
All very Louis XIV … how the faux classical ballroom will look. Photograph: McCrery Architects PLLC via the White House

Catherine Slessor
ArchUpArchup
2025-08-30

What is originality in architecture? And what is faithful evolution?

In mid-August 2025, I found myself spending the summer in Miami. It was a well-thought-out choice. I stayed at the Fontainebleau, selecting a City View room on the 24th floor. I referred to it as my lighthouse a vantage point to observe the city’s architectural rhythm.

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