... As the Fed moved forward with plans to renovate its Great
Depression-era headquarters in Washington during Trump’s first term, it
faced concerns in 2020 during a vetting process involving Trump
appointees, who called for more “white Georgia marble” for the facade of
building.
The Fed’s architects said the central bank had wanted glass walls to
reflect the Fed as a transparent institution, but three Trump appointees
to a local commission felt marble best fit the building’s historic
character. Marble was added as a result, according to the minutes of the
Commission of Fine Arts, which advises the federal government on
architecture. ...
Russ Vought, Trump’s top budget adviser, cited “premium marble” in a letter to Powell last week as an example of the “ostentatious overhaul.” ...
Trump issued [an] executive order in December 2020, which criticized modernist architecture and expressed a preference for “beautiful” classical buildings with more [costly] traditional designs. ...
