First Lady Melania Trump has shared an update on the construction progress for a new 1,200-square-foot tennis pavilion that is currently taking shape on the South Lawn of the White House.

In a social media post published today, Trump writes, "I am excited to share the progress of the Tennis Pavillion at @WhiteHouse. Thank you to the talented team for their hard work and dedication."

Site Plan for the project. Image courtesy of the National Capital Planning Commission.

The pavilion, CNN reports, is being created by the First Lady to create a new recreation space for the First Family. In a follow-up statement published, Trump writes, "It is my hope that this private space will function as a place to gather and spend leisure time for First Families."

I am excited to share the progress of the Tennis Pavillion at @WhiteHouse. Thank you to the talented team for their hard work and dedication. pic.twitter.com/Wzown2ho26

— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) March 5, 2020

According to a 2019 proposal submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal government's planning agency for the National Capital Region, the pavilion will "replace a building that currently houses restrooms and a storage space on the White House Grounds just southwest of the White House itself," and will "provide a connection between the tennis courts and the Children’s Garden." The Children's Garden was created in 1969 by Lady Bird Johnson, wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. The pavilion will also sit nearby the Kitchen Garden, which was started by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009.

First Lady Melania Trump inspecting plans for the pavilion. Image courtesy of @FLOTUS Twitter account

The design of the pavilion is classically inspired, as one might expect following the recent controversy over the draft "Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again" executive order.

The pavilion rises to a height of 18-feet and is designed as a rectangular structure topped by a copper hipped roof. The building is marked by a central arcade framed by four Doric columns. The arcade is sandwiched between two slightly protruding wings, each marked by a fan window-topped glass door. The entire structure is wrapped on four sides by a cornice and parapet wall, with the hipped roof rising beyond the parapet.

An architect for the project has not been named.

Orthographic projection of the pavilion design. Elevation view of the proposed tennis pavilion. Image courtesy of the National Capital Planning Commission.

Text accompanying the proposal states that "the proposed designs are specifically informed by the existing architecture of the White House, including the East and West Colonnades, fan windows, columns, stonework, and cornices. Architectural inspiration is drawn from the symbolic images of the White House that are so recognizable to the American public."

The pavilion is the first of two structures Trump has designated for this part of the White House grounds. The second, which has yet to break ground, includes a maintenance building that will be used by the National Parks Service, the official public stewards of the White House.

A construction timeline has not been announced for either structure, though the Tennis Pavilion broke ground in October.