façade
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A planning application, lodged in March, would have seen the building clad in a false façade including an advertising screen to hide building work prior to the fire.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
What better place to reflect on that proposition than a spot just 12 blocks south of Hunt’s apogee: the façade of the Met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
“The façade was badly deteriorated, and the interior was … well, let’s say it was very lived-in,” according to their architect, Ben Bischoff.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
A day later, crews could be seen etching the president's name on the building's façade.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The façade was old and exceedingly well crafted, and those who had erected it had long since died and had taken with them the memory of their achievement.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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More cracks have emerged in the facade of the artificial-intelligence spending boom in July, right as more “hyperscalers” are due to report quarterly earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Beyer Blinder Belle, lead developer on the building's exterior, enlisted a speciality manufacturer in California to replicate and restore thousands of terra-cotta pieces from the facade, reinstalling each by hand.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Perhaps the same will be true with “Obsession”; Curry Barker’s copycats will try and fail to interpret the trials of dating when personality is a facade, and I’ll be left eating crow.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Instead, a government team will come later to tell her and place a red warning sticker on her building’s facade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Once we reached the building, I tugged him to the side, away from the gateway with its concentric arches and ornate repousse facade.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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
There are no such qualms about portraits of 73-year-old strongman leader Emomali Rakhmon -- which have replaced many of the torn-down facades.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Stuf’s business model means it doesn’t put up new buildings with blank facades, but neither does it bring new life to existing commercial strips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
While the grounds have yet to be landscaped, the structures designed to house foster siblings together are clearly taking shape, featuring white facades, gray rooftops, and numerous windows.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
Across their facades ran enormous plates of polished gold.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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