US EditionTrump's White House Ballroom Is Too Big, Architect Says, as 2nd Panel Prepares to Vote on It
Architect and preservationists argue the proposed White House ballroom, potentially up to 90,000 sq ft, risks historic sightlines, ADA compliance, and architectural integrity, with thousands opposing.
- On March 5, the National Capital Planning Commission will vote on the 90,000-square-foot White House East Wing and Ballroom, with David Scott Parker registered to speak after renderings were posted Feb. 17.
- The White House submitted renderings and information to federal review panels last month, informing Parker’s architectural analysis, after plans were announced last summer and the East Wing was demolished in October.
- The ballroom’s roughly 22,000 square feet is slated to hold 1,000 guests, which Parker contests as oversized compared to his 15,000-square-foot alternative, and design plans include a 4,000-square-foot south-facing porch raising ADA concerns.
- The White House said Wednesday the ballroom will comply with federal disability law and that above-ground work won't start before April, despite legal challenges and public opposition.
- The change is framed as permanent and likely to alter the White House’s historic character, with preservationists warning it would impede Pierre L’Enfant’s Pennsylvania Avenue sight line and overwhelm the mansion’s symmetry.
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Trump's White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel sets final vote
At nearly twice the size of the main White House itself, which is 55,000 square feet, critics have argued the addition would overwhelm the mansion and throw off the symmetry of the complex.
Panel reviewing Trump's White House ballroom project will vote on it April 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump's plans to build a ballroom at the White House has set April 2 for a final vote on the project, the chairman said as the agency prepared to give additional consideration to the construction plans. Will Scharf, chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission and [...]
Sun-Sentinel
Panel reviewing Trump’s White House ballroom project will vote on it April 2
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump’s plans to build a ballroom at the White House has set April 2 for a final vote on the project, the chairman said as the agency prepared to give additional consideration to the construction plans. Will Scharf, chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission and a top aide to the Republican president, made the announcement Thursday at the start of the pa…
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Trump's White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as panel prepares to vote on it
A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, whose firm specializes in residential design and historic preservation, shared his views.
Trump undertakes sweeping makeover of White House and Washington
WASHINGTON, March 5 - President Donald Trump is pursuing an ambitious remaking of Washington, from a $400 million White House ballroom to a 250-foot arch and a renovated Kennedy Center. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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