façade
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The council said the building's 19th Century façade had been "fully stabilised" with supporting steel beams, while the eastern gable was reduced in height by almost two metres in order to make it secure.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Mocked by some as the “Darth Vader” façade for its bizarrely helmeted Roman soldiers, the Passion façade embodies the New Testament story of betrayal, suffering and transcendence in angular, expressionistic figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And the occasional cracks in what might be called her monumental façade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Exposed rooms where families once lived can be seen, and Iranian flags fly from the shattered façade.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The mirrored façade of one store on 125th Street was smashed and I passed to see a group of boys watching their distorted images as they danced before the jagged glass.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
That includes erecting a massive electronic sign on its facade intended to bring a flavor of Times Square to Figueroa Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Videos circulating on social media show an excavator tearing down the facade of the building.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The facade is currently getting a lick of new white and burgundy paint, financed by the sale of raffle tickets.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Out of the front windows was the distinctive facade of the Chelsea Hotel.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jessie had built the water wall along the eastern facade of the brownstone, inspired by a science class during which her teacher showed them different cartoons of Rube Goldberg machines.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Alongside roads and across facades, skinny silver heating pipes snake through the town.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
But most insistently, the interstitial visuals are cinematographer Szor’s night shots of apartment facades in modern Tel Aviv: citizens at rest with their loved ones, working out or eating in front of their televisions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The contrast between restrained facades and secretive decoration gets to the heart of the Genoese mentality, says Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, who divides his time between his native Genoa and Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
“You see through the facades of the world, Citra Terranova. You’d make a good scythe.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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