The room takes inspiration from the bow oval rooms in the main residence of the White House. The west wing oval office was created when the wing was expanded in the early 1900s, a few years after the wing was built. Presidents generally decorate the office to suit their own personal tastes, choosing furniture and drapery and often commissioning ...

President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House to the Oval Office, Feb. 14, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) Also known as the “45 second commute,” the West Colonnade was built for Thomas Jefferson to run alongside service spaces underneath the West Terrace, such as the ice house and storage rooms ...

Wyeth modeled the new president's office after the White House's most famous oval-shaped room—the Blue Room. Before moving to the President's House in Philadelphia in late 1790, George Washington ordered that the straight rear walls of …

自1934年安裝在辦公室天花板上的美國總統徽章 俯視橢圓形辦公室. 橢圓形辦公室（ Oval Office ）位於白宮 西廂，是美国总统的正式辦公室。 顧名思義，辦公室呈橢圓形，總統辦公桌後有三扇朝南的窗戶，房間北側有一個壁爐。 其建於1909年塔夫脫總統時期，辦公室的靈感來自橢圓藍室。

The official office of the President and his primary place of work, the Oval Office provides the President with easy access to senior advisors and the Executive Residence. It was created in 1909 when the West Wing doubled in size under President William Howard Taft.

Among the features that remain constant are the white marble mantel from the original 1909 Oval Office, the presidential seal in the ceiling, and the two flags behind the president's desk--the U.S. flag and the President's flag. President George W. Bush has selected several paintings depicting Texas scenes by Texas artists for his office.

In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy undertook a restoration and redecoration of the White House, and moved the ornate desk into the Oval Office; since then, all successive leaders except Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford have used the Resolute Desk (though President George H.W. Bush used it for only part of his ...

The Oval Office was different from the office of President Theodore Roosevelt, who built the West Wing in 1902. Roosevelt's office was rectangular. Taft relocated the office and changed its shape to oval, like the Blue Room in the White House. Preferences for oval rooms date to the time of George Washington.

Aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner.. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D ...

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