White Stones

By Jacques Lœuille

In October 2025, a wrecking ball tore down the White House’s East Wing to make way for a new ballroom.
Upon returning to the presidency, Donald Trump ordered new federal buildings to follow classical architecture principles and modern buildings to be demolished. Washington, D.C. is now undergoing a major architectural transformation.
Drawing on leading architects and historians, White Stones explores this cultural battle and the imposition of an official style now unfolding in the U.S. The return to “white stone” is not merely aesthetic, but political: an attempt to erase the legacy of the Enlightenment and impose a new narrative.