The order, issued yesterday among a slew of other headline-grabbing directives, mandates that more classical styles of architecture such as Neoclassicism be applied to public buildings ...

The order was titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” Classical architecture draws cues from Roman and Greek styles marked by columns and symmetry. The GSA oversees the ...

Mussolini, for his part, used the Classical motif and identification with ancient Rome to frame his fascist regime as the rightful heir to the Roman Empire. Architecture was deployed to justify a ...