façade

Exposed rooms where families once lived can be seen, and Iranian flags fly from the shattered façade.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Only the façade of the building at the corner of Gordon Street and Union Street was left standing after the fire in March.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 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

Huge Greek medallions showed in spots of light upon its façade, above a dark labyrinthine pattern in the stone, and I propped her against the stoop with its carved stone monster.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

And the building's entire facade – with its unique form and intricate detailing - will be showcased with new lights, allowing passersby to admire it at night.

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

The prosecutor's office is already investigating a criminal complaint regarding the 958,000-euro renovation of the tower's surrounding 700-metre wall, for which workers were painting a brick-effect concrete facade instead of laying brick cladding.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

It isn’t clear whether the sealed-off factory, its facade damaged by attacks, is operational.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

It is not a front for something else, not a facade, not a pseudonym.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Across Havana, the ravages of time, lack of maintenance and overcrowding is writ large in the facades of one of the best preserved colonial cities in the Americas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

The ornate exterior, with its tapering towers and multiple facades, has an almost organic quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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

Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri