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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Even Trump’s architect is trying to shrink the size of the ballroom that is set to dwarf the White House

The architect hand-picked by President Donald Trump to design the White House ballroom has butted heads with him over the massive scale of the project, according to a new report.

James McCrery II, the founder of McCrery Architects, has pushed to reduce the size of the planned 90,000-square-foot event space, arguing it could overshadow the 55,000-square-foot White House, four people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

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