2. Noun. (plural of façade) ¹
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Definition of Facades
1. facade [n] - See also: facade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Facades
Literary usage of Facades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"It is true then there had not been wanting in Rome itself instance of rich facade
decoration: the street facade and court facades of the Palazzo Spada with ..."
2. Memoirs by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1913)
"The Palace of the facades with Vertical ... The friezes of the two facades fell
off long ago. Doubtless the east structure once had a receding second story, ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"chants, with highly decorated facades, and richly carved balconies and door-frames.
Large wells, of tasteful architecture, occur in the principal streets. ..."
4. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1878)
"... with porti- coed facades and sculptured pediments, thought to be unique in
Etruria, until the discoveries of Mr. Ainsley, at Sovana. ..."
5. Twist & Build: Creating Non-orthogonal Architecture by Karel Vollers (2001)
"... IN TWISTED facades As far as production complexity is concerned, twisted
surfaces can be positioned in- between developable and double-curved surfaces. ..."
6. Paris and Half-Europe in '78: The Paris Exposition of 1878, Its Side-shows by Henry Morford (1879)
"It is with this " Rue des Nations " and the facades forming it that we have next
to do, in a brief examination of the styles of architecture displayed in ..."
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