The entirety of the East Wing of the White House will be demolished within days, two Trump administration officials have said.
Construction crews began demolishing parts of the structure on Monday, and the structure will be completely torn down by the weekend, the officials told the BBC’s US news partner CBS.
President Donald Trump previously said that his $250m (£186m) White House ballroom addition would not “interfere with the current building”.
The White House has served as the historic home of the US president for two centuries. The East Wing was constructed in 1902 and was last modified in 1942.