Modern architecture in D.C. has a rough road ahead as staunch traditionalists retake power in the nation’s capital.

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 ...

Unlike the Classical Revival style ... Drawing from many different time periods, architectural ideas, and forms, Gothic Revival houses merge architectural ideas and forms from a range of times ...