building facade
Architectural front surface
The facade of a building is its front face, especially the principal exterior wall facing a street or public space.
Facades often receive the most architectural attention and ornamentation: The limestone facade featured elaborate carvings.
By extension, facade describes any outward appearance that conceals what lies behind: His confidence was just a facade.
- brickFired clay building unit
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- cast ironBrittle iron-carbon alloy
- stuccoDecorative wall plaster
- glassTransparent solid from sand
curtain wall · bay window · terracotta · metal · concrete · pilasters · trim · fenestration · windows · window box · cornices · rustication · Renaissance · frame · load bearing · Baroque · period style · parapets
- urban sketchesrainy street, street corner
- lightinglamp, lamps, bulbs, light bulb, light bulbs
surface appearance vs. underlying reality
building facadetrue nature
Authentic character underneath
inner workings · substance · framework · load-bearing structure · skeleton