President Donald Trump has proposed covering the exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) with white paint, submitting design plans to the Commission of Fine Arts, which advises on architecture and design in Washington, D.C. The French Second Empire-style building located adjacent to the White House currently features a slate-gray stone facade.
Built in 1888, the EEOB houses office space for the president’s staff, including the National Security Council. According to the submitted plans, the building has long been criticized as an eyesore and has suffered from disrepair. The proposal stresses that the existing color, design, and massing do not visually align with the surrounding architecture and lack symbolic cohesion with the White House.
The submitted documentation points to visible cracks and poor exterior maintenance as ongoing problems affecting the stone facade. It argues that painting the building white would provide a repeatable, maintainable baseline color that could resolve these persistent maintenance challenges. The proposal states, “The inability to bring the stone facade back to a baseline color has plagued the maintenance of the [EEOB] in the past, and will continue to plague it if not addressed.”
Renderings accompanying the plans depict the EEOB with a stark white exterior, showing the contrast with the White House West Wing. The design was submitted by the Executive Office of the President to the Commission of Fine Arts, a panel composed of Trump appointees. The CFA is scheduled to review and hear a presentation on the proposal on April 16, 2026.
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