The Architect Doing Trump's Ballroom Also Thinks It's Way Too Big: Report
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A White House official said the McCrery firm is still handling the project, though.
James McCrery II, the architect President Donald Trump hand-picked to realize his grandiose plans for a White House ballroom, has reportedly urged the president to rethink its massive footprint for fear it will dwarf the White House itself.
Citing four individuals familiar with internal discussions, The Washington Post reported that McCrery has concerns about the 90,000-square-foot addition, given that the White House residence is only 55,000 square feet.
McCrery apparently wishes to stay on the project to prevent another architect from designing “an inferior building,” the Post said in its report published Wednesday.
A White House official told HuffPost that McCrery is not going anywhere, stating that “[a]s with any building, there is a conversation between the principal and the architect” and that “all parties are excited to execute on the President’s vision.”
Trump has imposed a vastly accelerated timeline for the construction project in order to make use of it toward the end of his term. In doing so, critics say that he has improperly ignored input from preservationists and the public.
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