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Still pending are the sculpting of the south-facing Glory façade, the eventual front of the church, celebrating Christ triumphant, and the addition of a grand entrance staircase envisioned by Gaudí.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Today, visitors enter via the ornate Nativity façade, on the church’s eastern side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A nearby building had deep fissured in its façade.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Exposed rooms where families once lived can be seen, and Iranian flags fly from the shattered façade.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Chamberlin had planned the meeting as a trap to try to shatter Holmes’s imperturbable façade, and was impressed with Holmes’s ability to maintain his insouciance despite the rancor in the room.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Munich's Allianz Arena is sculpted by thousands of diamond-shaped inflatable cushions, while Sydney's similarly named Allianz Stadium has a flatter facade smoothed with long bronze fins.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

But under his facade of online success was a life in disarray: He’d lost his construction job.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

BALTIMORE—With its boarded-up windows and peeling facade, the vacant building didn’t seem like the kind of house that would prompt a bidding war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It helps that Early’s vision of our media-steeped contemporary lives sees through the shiny, digital facade.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

He studied the facade of the Night of Joy and lumbered up to the poster in the glass case.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The restaurant experience was the visitors’ introduction to the officious inanities of the Soviet Union, a place of facades and concealment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Not only that, but a lot of “Love Story” takes place behind the public facades of Kennedy and Bessette, in the offices of Calvin Klein and inside Kennedy’s Tribeca loft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Designed to blend into the historic Baroque park, they are notable for their curved ceramic facades, daylight from skylights, accessibility features, drinking fountains -- and free use.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

But in some cases, blue skies can be seen through the facades, making the decaying structures look like theater props.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

The train rumbles over a bridge; the setting sun is feverishly beautiful, casting a striking pink glow on the facades of the clapboard houses that dot the water’s edge.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri