{"id":392366,"date":"2026-04-10T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/392366\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:20:10","slug":"trump-officials-reveal-designs-of-triumphal-arch-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/392366\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump officials reveal designs of triumphal arch in Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump<\/a> administration has released updated designs of its proposed triumphal arch project by architecture studio Harrison Design, which were submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts on Friday.<\/p>\n

The triumphal arch would be located on an undeveloped traffic circle in Washington, DC<\/a>, across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n

It was first proposed by US President Donald Trump in October 2025<\/a> as part of initiatives to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. Commenters jokingly referred to it as the “Arc De Trump” \u2013 a play on the famous Paris arch.<\/p>\n

\"PresidentThe administration of Donald Trump released designs for a triumphal arch on Friday<\/p>\n

The design was submitted via a PDF presentation to the advisory Commission of Fine Arts<\/a> (CFA).<\/p>\n

The documents contain site plans and renders of the project.<\/p>\n

The drawings show the archway spanning the width of a roundabout. Two eagles and a winged angel sit on top, while the words “One Nation Under God” and “Liberty and Justice for All” are shown presented across the capital of the arch on either side.<\/p>\n

\"PresidentThe project was first made public in October 2025<\/p>\n

Shiny, golden adornments and two lions are also placed around the site.<\/p>\n

Plans and sections show a staircase travelling through the structure.<\/p>\n

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The CFA, which features several Trump appointees, acts as a federal advisory panel to the President on “matters of design and aesthetics” in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

It does not have the power to vote on the construction of a federal project. However. Trump used the panel to move the White House ballroom forward, which is currently being held up in courts<\/a>, as the approval process was deemed unlawful.<\/p>\n

\"\"It is proposed to be part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the United States of America<\/p>\n

The CFA is due to consider the design at a meeting next week, based on the current plans.<\/p>\n

Trump previously presented models of the arch at a fundraising event at the White House in October. At the time, it was unclear if there was an architect on the project, although architecture studio Harrison Design<\/a> produced renders for the event.<\/p>\n

Trump has proposed a number of projects around the nation’s capital. It remains to be seen if the project will be built, given his unprecedented approach to building in the area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The administration also released designs for a presidential library in Miami last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The images are courtesy of the Commission of Fine Arts by Harrison Design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration has released updated designs of its proposed triumphal arch project by architecture studio Harrison Design,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,969,93,61,60,814,815,10316,812,14053],"class_list":{"0":"post-392366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-donald-trump","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-sectionall","18":"tag-sectionarchitecture","19":"tag-sectionnews","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-washington-dc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}