façade
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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
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
And the occasional cracks in what might be called her monumental façade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Cracks in the façade of industry collaboration for the sake of humanity have been exposed before.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
But his anger was a façade, easily seen through after a few minutes of talking.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen and opened in 1962, the terminal has a dramatic, glass-walled facade with a sloping roofline that recalls a wingspan.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 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
The latest proposal would instead add “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump” to the facade and name the surrounding grounds “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
It has become a rallying point for Tibetan activists, below the turquoise-windowed facade of the UN.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The house is tall and narrow, eleven windows in its facade.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
Some apartment blocks are stripped of their facades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
A 2025 simulation of a densely populated neighbourhood in the French city of Lyon showed that air conditioners installed on building facades could locally raise the air temperature by 1.75C.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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
Old buildings, whose gray rococo facades housed my memories of the Forty-Niners, and Diamond Lil, Robert Service, Sutter and Jack London, were then imposing structures viciously joined to keep me out.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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