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Congress approved the funding for the major White House mechanical and systems modernization that began during Barack Obama’s first term; reporting cites a roughly $376 million, four‑year project that...
Melania Trump oversaw a major redesign of the White House Rose Garden, first unveiled in August 2020, which included removing and replacing many plantings and changing hardscape elements; social-media...
President George W. Bush’s administration oversaw several White House refurbishments, but for “how much Bush spent” on White House renovations; the clearest itemized figure in the record is a restorat...
The Obama years included both visible redecoration projects and a large, congressionally authorized that is frequently described with a $376 million figure; the bulk of that work targeted aging infras...
Responsibility for White House maintenance is split: the General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service handles large-scale building maintenance across the White House complex while the Wh...
The key approval responsibility for major White House construction projects falls to the for government buildings in the Washington area, but the NCPC’s jurisdiction has limits and its role on the cur...
The approval process for White House renovations is a patchwork of formal statutes, advisory reviews, and de facto presidential control: the Executive Office manages the residence, federal preservatio...
During Barack Obama’s presidency the White House saw a handful of rather than sweeping structural renovations: the South Lawn tennis court was adapted to accommodate basketball, Michelle Obama planted...
Multiple agencies and the president are involved in approval of White House construction and renovation: advisory and permitting roles typically sit with the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC...
Historical and recent analyses of White House event‑setup and renovation costs present : some accounts place cumulative historical works near and cite a modern ballroom project, while event‑by‑event c...
The Clinton White House renovation mixed private-funded redecoration of the family and public rooms with adherence to established preservation procedures, producing both stylistic updates and curated ...
Major White House overhauls have alternated between formal congressional control—most notably the Truman reconstruction, which prompted creation of a statutory Commission on the Renovation of the Exec...
Oversight of White House renovation is a layered mix of advisory federal commissions, preservation committees, and ultimately the President and the Executive Office — but those advisory bodies lack ab...
The official process for approving White House renovations ordinarily involves multiple federal reviews, advisory committees, and sometimes Congressional oversight, but the White House is from parts o...
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to assess effects of federally funded or permitted projects on historic properties through a Section 106 review, but Congress ex...
The White House ballroom renovation is being overseen publicly by a team named by the White House: Clark Construction as lead contractor, AECOM as engineer and McCrery Architects as designer, with the...
Hillary Clinton during Bill Clinton’s presidency; her public role focused on cultural programming and interior decoration choices rather than demolition or construction projects. Recent reporting and ...
Michelle Obama played a hands-on and multi-faceted role in White House renovations during her time as First Lady, focusing on interior redesigns, historic preservation choices, and new programming suc...
The oversight of architectural and design aspects of White House renovations is shared among several bodies, with the Committee for the Preservation of the White House playing a central, specialized r...
The federal agency with principal statutory authority to advise and oversee historic preservation reviews across the federal government is the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP); it play...