In November, US voters elected Donald Trump to a new, nonconsecutive term. The Developer in Chief will take the initiative to shape, and slash, policies in ways that stand to imperil the infrastructure of civic life. His various, nebulous campaign pronouncements included ending regulations related to housing construction, ramping up fossil fuel production, removing green energy incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act, and imposing staggering tariffs on imports. If Trump’s first tenure was marked by ambitions to erect a “magnificent” border wall and an executive decree to institute classical architecture in the design of federal buildings, what might his second bring? We ask our respondents to see through the fog of uncertainty to analyze the political terrain on which the future will be determined.
ART OF THE STEEL
Until biomimicry proponents figure out how to grow buildings from mushrooms and algae, steel remains essential for construction. If Trump doubles down on the widespre…