façade

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

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Designed by Gaudí, the Nativity façade is both naturalistic and overflowing with natural imagery: lilies and palm trees, a tortoise and sea turtle, insects and frogs, sheep and ducks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But step past the luxury façade into the basement, and the quiet disappears.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

And the occasional cracks in what might be called her monumental façade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

The project also includes restoration of the facade and polishing of its famous stainless steel crown.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The steady decrease in quality is unmistakable, and it’s perfectly conceivable that even a day-one Marvel enthusiast would feel the facade crumbling at some point.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Standing in the open courtyard of Longshan Temple in Taipei on a recent morning, I watched a small girl, a rubber duck on her shirt, gaze up at the building’s elaborate facade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

If Hefner was good at anything, it was creating a facade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Like the rest of the buildings at Rock Center, Tuttle’s had a kind of boring tan Art Deco facade.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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

His photographs capture not only the movie houses but their ornate facades and decay -- a record of a cultural landscape disappearing as cinemas are demolished, converted into multiplexes or left to crumble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He’d return with images of abandoned stairwells, dilapidated neon signage, Art Deco theater facades, boiler room control valves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

A small, quiet neighbourhood with Arabic writing and crescent moons inscribed on the facades of the houses.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel