US EditionTrump's White House Ballroom Is Too Big, Architect Says, as 2nd Panel Prepares to Vote on It
The National Capital Planning Commission will vote on Trump’s $400 million, 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom after receiving over 35,000 public comments, mostly opposing the plan.
- 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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President Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom project is too big and should be reduced, said an architect and board member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, one of several changes he has suggested for a project he says could permanently alter the country’s most recognizable historic home. David Scott Parker, a member of the American Institute of Architects, whose firm specializes in residential design and historical preservation, …
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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.
National Capital Planning Commission hearing examines Trump's ballroom plans
A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump's plans to build a ballroom at the White House got an earful Thursday from members of the public. Most speakers said they opposed the project and criticized it as too big and unnecessary.
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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…
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